Comprehensive study on the size effects of the optical properties of NaYF4:Yb,Er nanocrystals

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 25, 2013, Pages 13297-13304

  Yuan, Du ^a   Tan, Mei Chee ^b,c   Riman, Richard E ^b   Chow, Gan Moog ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMISSION INTENSITY; LUMINESCENCE INTENSITY; MULTIPHONON RELAXATIONS; NON-RADIATIVE LOSS; NONRADIATIVE DECAYS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; SOLVOTHERMAL PROCESS; VISIBLE UPCONVERSION;

DECOMPOSITION; ERBIUM; NANOCRYSTALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; QUENCHING;

YTTERBIUM;

EID: 84879628449     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp403061h     Document Type: Article

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