Facile preparation of hydrophilic sodium yttrium fluoride nanorods using hydrophobic nanospheres as precursor

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 27, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 2101-2105

  Tao, Qingling ^a   Li, Zhengquan ^a   Zeng, Yubin ^a   Zhang, Yong ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

lanthanide nanocrystals; photoluminescence; shape control synthesis; upconversion nanocrystals

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC GROWTH; AQUEOUS SOLUTION METHODS; BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; FACILE PREPARATION; FORMATION MECHANISM; HYDROPHILIC SURFACES; HYDROPHOBIC SURFACES; HYDROTHERMAL TREATMENTS; NON-POLAR SOLVENTS; SURFACE-MODIFIED; UPCONVERSION NANOCRYSTALS; YTTRIUM FLUORIDE;

HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; NANORODS; NANOSPHERES; OLEIC ACID; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SODIUM; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; YTTRIUM;

NANOCRYSTALS;

EID: 84864722871     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2012.177     Document Type: Review

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