Passivation of lanthanide surface sites in sub-10 nm NaYF 4:Eu3+ nanocrystals

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Banski, M ^a   Afzaal, M ^b   Podhorodecki, A ^a   Misiewicz, J ^a   Abdelhady, A L ^c   O'Brien, P ^c  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Europium; Nanocrystal; Passivation; Surface site

Indexed keywords

EUROPIUM; NANOCRYSTALS; PASSIVATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE;

COORDINATING SOLVENTS; HIGH SURFACE-TO-VOLUME RATIO; OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY TECHNIQUES; PHOTO-LUMINESCENCE EXCITATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE DECAY; SURFACE SITES; TRIOCTYLPHOSPHINE OXIDE;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EUROPIUM; LANTHANIDE; NANOCRYSTAL; SODIUM YTTRIUM FLUORIDE; TRIOCTYLPHOSPHINE OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATION EXCHANGE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM YIELD; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84867064547     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-012-1228-3     Document Type: Article

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