Unexpected luminescence enhancement of upconverting nanocrystals by cation exchange with well retained small particle size

Nano Research

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 782-793

  Deng, Mingliang ^a   Wang, Leyu ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

cation replacement; cell imaging; luminescence; luminescence enhancement; upconversion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900551600     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-014-0439-6     Document Type: Article

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