Rare-Earth Doped Upconversion Nanophosphors

Comprehensive Nanoscience and Technology

Volumn 1-5, Issue , 2011, Pages 607-635

  Wang, F ^a   Liu, X ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Biological labeling; Fluorescence; Lanthanide; Luminescence; Nanoparticle; Nanophosphor; Near infrared; Rare earth; Upconversion; Upconverting; Volumetric display

Indexed keywords

EID: 85012279645     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374396-1.00146-X     Document Type: Chapter

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