Controlled synthesis of NaYF4: Yb, Er nanocrystals with upconversion fluorescence via a facile hydrothermal procedure in aqueous solution

Yuhui Wang; Ruxiu Cai; Zhihong Liu

doi:10.1039/C0CE00708K

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Controlled synthesis of NaYF₄: Yb, Er nanocrystals with upconversion fluorescence via a facile hydrothermal procedure in aqueous solution†

Yuhui Wang,^a Ruxiu Cai^a and Zhihong Liu*^a

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Abstract

Controlled synthesis of NaYF₄: Yb, Er nanocrystals with upconversion fluorescence is achieved in aqueous solution by adjusting solvent composition (ethanol-to-water volume ratio) and F⁻/Ln³⁺molar ratio via a facile hydrothermal method.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C0CE00708K
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 08 Oct 2010
Accepted: 22 Dec 2010
First published: 21 Jan 2011

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CrystEngComm, 2011,13, 1772-1774

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Controlled synthesis of NaYF₄: Yb, Er nanocrystals with upconversion fluorescence via a facile hydrothermal procedure in aqueous solution

Y. Wang, R. Cai and Z. Liu, CrystEngComm, 2011, 13, 1772 DOI: 10.1039/C0CE00708K

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