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Intense ultraviolet upconversion emission from water-dispersed colloidal YF3:Yb3+/Tm3+ rhombic nanodisks

  • School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology
  • University of California at San Diego
  • SUNY Buffalo
  • Harbin Medical University
  • KTH Royal Institute of Technology
  • Korea University

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Abstract

Intense ultraviolet upconversion emission has been observed in water-dispersed uniform rhombic nanodisks (side length of ∼14 nm and thickness of ∼2.5 nm) of YF3 co-doped with Yb3+ sensitizer and Tm3+ activator ions, when excited at ∼980 nm.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)753-757
Number of pages5
JournalNanoscale
Volume6
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 21 Jan 2014

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