Study on the Intermixing of Core and Shell in NaEuF4/NaGdF4 Core/Shell Nanocrystals

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 27, Issue 24, 2015, Pages 8375-8386

  Dühnen, Simon ^a   Haase, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHELATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; EUROPIUM; IONS; LIGANDS; LUMINESCENCE; MIXING; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOPARTICLES; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

CORE/SHELL NANOCRYSTALS; CORE/SHELL NANOPARTICLES; CORE/SHELL PARTICLES; DEGREE OF INTERMIXING; ENERGY TRANSFER PROCESS; LUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; RARE EARTH FLUORIDES; SENSITIZING LIGANDS;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 84951740260     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b03846     Document Type: Article

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