Upconversion of rare earth nanomaterials

Annual Review of Physical Chemistry

Volumn 66, Issue , 2015, Pages 619-642

  Sun, Ling Dong ^a   Dong, Hao ^a   Zhang, Pei Zhi ^a   Yan, Chun Hua ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

4f 4f transitions; anti Stokes emission; energy transfer; nanomaterial; optical application

Indexed keywords

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PHOTONS; RARE EARTHS;

4F - 4F TRANSITIONS; ANTISTOKES EMISSIONS; ENERGY-TRANSFER; INTERMEDIATE ENERGIES; OPTICAL APPLICATIONS; PHOTON UP CONVERSIONS; RARE-EARTH NANOMATERIALS; RARE-EARTHS; UP-CONVERSION; UP-CONVERSION EMISSION;

ENERGY TRANSFER;

EID: 84926429505     PISSN: 0066426X     EISSN: 15451593     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-physchem-040214-121344     Document Type: Article

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