Multicolor Emission Tuning and Red/Green Ratio Enhancement of Yb3+/Er3+ Codoped KGdF4 Upconversion Nanoparticles

Journal of Nanomaterials

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Qiu, Xionger ^a   Lin, Tiejun ^a  

^a SHAOYANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERBIUM COMPOUNDS; GADOLINIUM COMPOUNDS; NANOPARTICLES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); YTTERBIUM COMPOUNDS;

ANTI-COUNTERFEIT TECHNOLOGY; DOPING CONCENTRATION; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; LIGHTING DEVICES; MULTI-COLOR EMISSIONS; NANOPARTICLE SHAPE; PHASE AND MICROSTRUCTURES; UPCONVERSION NANOPARTICLES;

FLUORINE COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84939868803     PISSN: 16874110     EISSN: 16874129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/361957     Document Type: Article

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