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Investigation of Structure and Performance of Cerium-Doped Lanthanum Fluoride Nanocrystals for Scintillators
The synthesis and characterization of cerium-doped lanthanum fluoride (La (1 −x ) Ce x F 3 ) nanocrystals have been carried out. The surfaces of La (1 −x ) Ce x F 3 ...
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Transparent oxyfluoride glass-ceramics obtained by different sol-gel routes
Oxyfluoride glass-ceramics (OxGC) present attractive optical properties suitable for many applications. The incorporation of fluoride crystals into...
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Nanocrystal phononics
Colloidal nanocrystals are successfully used as nanoscale building blocks for creating hierarchical solids with structures that range from amorphous...
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LaF3: Pr3+ hollow hexagon nanostructures via green and eco-friendly synthesis and their photoluminescence properties
LaF 3 nanocrystals (NCs) are usually used as good host matrix for down-conversion phosphors owing to their impressive photophysical properties. In...
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A comparative investigation on upconversion luminescence in glass–ceramics containing LaF3 and CaF2 nanocrystals
Greater enhancement in upconversion (UC) luminescence was observed in the glass–ceramics (GCs) containing CaF 2 :Yb 3+ , Er 3+ nanocrystals (NCs) compared...
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In-Situ Synthesis Strategy of Monodispersed Ag2S Nanoparticles to Modify Wear Resistance of Polyamide-imide Nanocomposite Lubricating Coatings
A novel in-situ-synthesis strategy via one-pot thermal decomposition of a single-source precursor was developed to fabricate silver sulfide (Ag 2 S)...
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A mini-review on rare-earth down-conversion nanoparticles for NIR-II imaging of biological systems
Rare-earth (RE) based luminescent probes exhibit rich optical properties including upconversion and down-conversion luminescence spanning a broad...
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Transparent SiO2-GdF3 sol–gel nano-glass ceramics for optical applications
Transparent oxyfluoride nano-glass-ceramics (GCs) containing GdF 3 nanocrystals undoped and doped with 0.5 Eu 3+ (mol%) were obtained by a novel...
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Incorporation of Ln-Doped LaPO4 Nanocrystals as Luminescent Markers in Silica Nanoparticles
Lanthanide ions are promising for the labeling of silica nanoparticles with a specific luminescent fingerprint due to their sharp line emission at...
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Synthesis of 5-Fluorouracil conjugated LaF3:Tb3+/PEG-COOH nanoparticles and its studies on the interaction with bovine serum albumin: spectroscopic approach
AbstractThe luminescent lanthanide-doped nanoparticles have gathered considerable attention in many fields especially in biomedicine. In this work,...
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Structural, spectroscopic and cytotoxicity studies of TbF3@CeF3 and TbF3@CeF3@SiO2 nanocrystals
AbstractTerbium fluoride nanocrystals, covered by a shell, composed of cerium fluoride were synthesized by a co-precipitation method. Their complex...
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Semiconductor nanocrystals dispersed in imidazolium-based ionic liquids: a spectroscopic and morphological investigation
A growing interest is devoted to the study of imidazolium-based ionic liquids as innovative materials to combine with functional elements for...
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Nanocrystal solids: A modular approach to materials design
Colloidal nanocrystals can combine the benefits of inorganic semiconductors with size-tunable electronic structure and inexpensive solution-based...
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Efficient manganese luminescence induced by Ce3+-Mn2+ energy transfer in rare earth fluoride and phosphate nanocrystals
Manganese materials with attractive optical properties have been proposed for applications in such areas as photonics, light-emitting diodes, and...
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Multicomponent periodic nanoparticle superlattices
In this article, we review the state-of-the-art in the preparation and characterization of multicomponent self-assembled superlattices of colloidal...
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Dopant-controlled synthesis of water-soluble hexagonal NaYF4 nanorods with efficient upconversion fluorescence for multicolor bioimaging
A novel strategy is proposed to directly synthesize water-soluble hexagonal NaYF 4 nanorods by do** rare-earth ions with large ionic radius (such as...
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Emerging Nanomaterials for Nuclear Radiation Detectors
Nanosize devices have attracted tremendous interest over the last few years for a wide range of biomedical, biochemical sensing, and optoelectronic...