Elucidating the effects of a rare-earth oxide shell on the luminescence dynamics of Er 3+:Y 2O 3 nanoparticles

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 116, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 10333-10340

  Dorman, James A ^a   Choi, Ju H ^a   Kuzmanich, Gregory ^a   Chang, Jane P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRANCHING RATIO; CORE-SHELL; CORE-SHELL PARTICLE; DEVICE EFFICIENCY; DYNAMIC PROCESS; HYDROXYL GROUPS; LIGHTING DEVICES; LOW PUMP POWER; LUMINESCENCE DYNAMICS; MASS RATIO; MOLTEN SALT SYNTHESIS; OPTICALLY ACTIVE; OPTIMAL THICKNESS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE INTENSITIES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE LIFETIME; PUMP POWER; RADIATIVE TRANSITIONS; RARE EARTH OXIDE; SHELL LAYERS; SHELL MATERIALS; STARK SPLITTING; SURFACE PASSIVATION; SURFACE QUENCHING; TWO-STEP PROCESS; UP-CONVERSION; UP-CONVERSION LUMINESCENCE;

ENERGY DISSIPATION; ERBIUM; FUSED SALTS; PASSIVATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SOL-GEL PROCESS; TWO PHOTON PROCESSES; YTTERBIUM;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 84861033041     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp300126r     Document Type: Article

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