Enhancement of blue upconversion luminescence in hexagonal NaYF 4:Yb,Tm by using K and Sc ions

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Kale, Vishal ^a   Soukka, Tero ^a   Hölsä, Jorma ^a   Lastusaari, Mika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

K; Sc; Tm; Upconversion luminescence; Yb

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; CRYSTAL SYMMETRY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IONS; LUMINESCENCE; NANOCRYSTALS; POTASSIUM; THULIUM; YTTERBIUM;

BLUE UPCONVERSION LUMINESCENCE; GREEN UPCONVERSION; ION CONCENTRATIONS; LUMINESCENCE INTENSITY; LUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; SOLID SOLUBILITIES; UP-CONVERSION LUMINESCENCE; UPCONVERSION NANOPHOSPHORS;

SCANDIUM;

NANOCRYSTAL; NANOROD; NANOSPHERE; POTASSIUM ION; SCANDIUM;

ARTICLE; CELL VOLUME; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENERGY TRANSFER; LUMINESCENCE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SOLUBILITY; SPECTROSCOPY; STOICHIOMETRY; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84880594963     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-013-1850-8     Document Type: Article

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