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Solvothermal synthesis and upconversion emission of monodisperse ultrasmall SrYbF5 nanocrystals

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Uniform ultrasmall monodisperse SrYbF5 and SrErF5 nanocrystals (NCs) were synthesized via solvothermal method using oleic acid as stabilizing agent. Transmission electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction assays reveal that the as-synthesized NCs are of face-centered cubic structure and the cell parameters are 5.608 Å (SrYbF5) and 5.632 (SrErF5) Å. Under the excitation of a 980 nm laser, visible upconversion (UC) emission can be observed by naked eyes in Tm3+ or Er3+ doped SrYbF5 NCs. The integrated intensity of infrared emission is nearly two orders of magnitude stronger than that of the blue emission of SrYbF5:Tm3+ NCs. The energy transfer UC emission mechanisms were also investigated.

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The authors would like to acknowledge financial support from the Scientific Research Fund of China Hunan Provincial Science & Technology Department (No. 2009SK3145) and the Science and Technology on Electro-Optical Information Security Control Laboratory (No. 9140C150303110C1504).

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  1. Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Materials and Application Technology, Ministry of Education, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, 411105, China

    Lunjun Gong, Yuyu Li, Mo Ma, Changfu Xu, Jianguo Lin & Qibin Yang

  2. Institute of Modern Physics, Faculty of Materials, Optoelectronics and Physics, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, 411105, China

    Lunjun Gong, Yuyu Li, Mo Ma, Changfu Xu, Guozhong Ren & Qibin Yang

  3. Department of Food and Bioengineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, 411105, China

    Jicheng Yang

  4. Science and Technology on Electro-Optical Information Security Control Laboratory, Sanhe, 065201, China

    Guozhong Ren

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Gong, L., Yang, J., Li, Y. et al. Solvothermal synthesis and upconversion emission of monodisperse ultrasmall SrYbF5 nanocrystals. J Mater Sci 48, 3672–3678 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-013-7163-6

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