Monodisperse upconversion GdF3:Yb, Er rhombi by microwave-assisted synthesis

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Wang, Haiqiao ^a   Nann, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; YTTERBIUM;

DIFFERENT SHAPES; MICROWAVE ASSISTED SYNTHESIS; MONO-DISPERSE; MONO-DISPERSED; SPHERICAL PARTICLE; UP-CONVERSION; UP-CONVERSION EMISSION; UPCONVERSION NANOCRYSTALS; MONODISPERSE;

MATERIALS SCIENCE; ERBIUM;

EID: 84255194020     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-6-267     Document Type: Article

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