Shape-controllable synthesis of hydrophilic NaLuF4:Yb,Er nanocrystals by a surfactant-assistant two-phase system

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-8

  Zhou, Na ^a   Qiu, Peiy ^a   Wang, Kan ^a   Fu, Hualin ^a   Gao, Guo ^a   He, Rong ^a   Cui, Daxiang ^a  

^a Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

Author keywords

Capping agent; Cytotoxicity; Luminescence; Rare earths; Surfactant; Upconversion

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CYTOTOXICITY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IONIC LIQUIDS; LUMINESCENCE; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOPARTICLES; RARE EARTHS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CAPPING AGENT; CONTROLLABLE SYNTHESIS; FUNCTIONAL SURFACES; IONIC LIQUID (ILS); ONE-POT PROCEDURES; UP-CONVERSION; UPCONVERSION FLUORESCENCE; UPCONVERSION NANOPARTICLES;

SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 84891430587     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-8-518     Document Type: Article

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