Ag nanowires enhanced upconversion emission of NaYF4:Yb,Er nanocrystals via a direct assembly method
Wei Feng1, Ling-Dong Sun, Chun-Hua Yan
1Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, PKU-HKU Joint Lab on Rare Earth Materials and Bioinorganic Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
Abstract:
Enhanced upconversion emission of NaYF(4):Yb,Er nanocrystals with Ag nanowires was observed; the enhancement factor of red emission is larger than that of green emission, and it can be further increased with Ag islands composed of larger Ag particles.

