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Enhanced upconversion fluorescence of Er3+:ZrO2 nanocrystals induced by phase transformation

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Abstract

In this letter, we demonstrate for the first time a growth of monoclinic phase ZrO2 nanocrytals based on a sol-gel method, compared to the ordinary sol-gel procedure, our method decreases the synthesized temperature from ∼ 1000 °C to ?800 °C. In addition, it is found that Er3+ in monoclinic phase ZrO2 nanocrystals have greatly enhanced upconversion emissions under infrared LD excitation due to its lower environmental symmetry.

Original languageEnglish
Article number012102
JournalAIP Advances
Volume2
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2012

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