Facile one-pot sonochemical synthesis of hydrophilic ultrasmall LaF3:Ce,Tb nanoparticles with green luminescence

Progress in Natural Science: Materials International

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 488-492

  Zhang, Lisha ^a   Li, Wei ^a   Hu, Xianghua ^a   Peng, Yanlin ^a   Hu, Junqing ^a   Kuang, Xingyu ^a   Song, Linlin ^a   Chen, Zhigang ^a  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

LaF3:Ce,Tb; Luminescence; Nanoparticles; Sonochemical synthesis

Indexed keywords

GLYCOLS; HYDROPHILICITY; IONIC LIQUIDS; LUMINESCENCE; RARE EARTHS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

BROAD APPLICATION; GREEN LUMINESCENCE; HYDROPHILICS; LAF3:CE,TB; LUMINESCENT MATERIAL; ONE POT; RARE EARTH NANOPARTICLES; SONOCHEMICAL SYNTHESIS; TETRAETHYLENE GLYCOLS; ULTRA-SMALL;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84867036454     PISSN: 10020071     EISSN: 17455391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnsc.2012.07.007     Document Type: Article

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