Enhanced upconversion luminescence in yb3+/tm3+-codoped fluoride active core/active shell/inert shell nanoparticles through directed energy migration

Nanomaterials

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 55-68

  Qiu, Hailong ^a,b   Yang, Chunhui ^a   Shao, Wei ^a,b   Damasco, Jossana ^b   Wang, Xianliang ^c   Ågren, Hans ^d   Prasad, Paras N ^b   Chen, Guanying ^a,b  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c State University of New York   (United States)

^d ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Core shell; Efficiency; Energy migration; Upconversion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905403187     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20794991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nano4010055     Document Type: Article

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