Preparation of core-shell NaGdF4 nanoparticles doped with luminescent lanthanide ions to be used as upconversion-based probes

Nature Protocols

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1634-1644

  Wang, Feng ^a,b   Deng, Renren ^b   Liu, Xiaogang ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 OCTADECENE; HYDROCARBON; LANTHANIDE; NANOCRYSTAL; NANOPARTICLE; OLEIC ACID; SODIUM GADOLINIUM FLUORIDE NANOPARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FLUORIDE; GADOLINIUM; ION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL LABELING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; MOLECULAR PROBE; PARTICLE SIZE; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; LUMINESCENCE; SYNTHESIS;

CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES, SYNTHETIC; FLUORIDES; GADOLINIUM; IONS; LANTHANOID SERIES ELEMENTS; LUMINESCENCE; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 84906562247     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2014.111     Document Type: Article

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