Novel sol–gel fabrication of Yb3+/Tm3+ co-doped β-NaYF4 thin films and investigation of their upconversion properties-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Novel sol–gel fabrication of Yb3+/Tm3+ co-doped β-NaYF4 thin films and investigation of their upconversion properties

Published:2018 Issue:9 Volume:17 Page:1239-1246
ISSN:1474-905X
Container-title:Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences
language:en
Short-container-title:Photochem. Photobiol. Sci.

Author:

Pellegrino Anna L.¹²³⁴⁵^ORCID,Catalano Maria R.¹²³⁴⁵,Cortelletti Paolo⁶⁷⁸⁹⁵^ORCID,Lucchini Giacomo⁶⁷⁸⁹⁵^ORCID,Speghini Adolfo⁶⁷⁸⁹⁵^ORCID,Malandrino Graziella¹²³⁴⁵^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche

2. Università degli Studi di Catania

3. INSTM UdR-Catania

4. Catania

5. Italy

6. Nanomaterials Research Group

7. Dipartimento di Biotecnologie

8. Università di Verona and INSTM UdR Verona

9. 37134 Verona

Abstract

An innovative sol–gel process, using a mixture of Na(hfa)·tetraglyme and RE(hfa)₃·diglyme (RE = Y, Yb, Tm) complexes, has been optimized to produce upconverting β-NaYF₄:Yb³⁺/Tm³⁺ thin films.

Funder

Università di Catania

Università degli Studi di Verona

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2018/PP/C8PP00295A

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