Monodisperse upconversion GdF3:Yb, Er rhombi by microwave-assisted synthesis
1Institute Materials for Electronics and Energy Technology (I-MEET), Friedrich Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Marternsstraße 7, 91058, Erlangen, Germany. wang.hai-qiao@ww.uni-erlangen.de.
Nanoscale Research Letters
|June 30, 2011
Abstract:
We have synthesized a variety of monodisperse colloidal GdF3:Yb, Er upconversion nanocrystals with different shape, size, and dopants by microwave-assisted synthesis. Typical upconversion emission from Er3+ was observed. In addition to highly monodisperse spherical particles, we were able to prepare monodispersed rhombic-shaped slices that showed a tendency for self-assembly into stacks.
