A New Cubic Phase for a NaYF4 Host Matrix Offering High Upconversion Luminescence Efficiency

Adv Mater. 2015 Oct 7;27(37):5528-33. doi: 10.1002/adma.201502748. Epub 2015 Aug 19.

Abstract

A NaYF4 host matrix with a new cubic phase is fabricated to offer high upconversion luminescence efficiency. The new cubic phase is formed through a hexagonal-to-cubic phase transition by shining intense near-infrared light on lanthanide-doped hexagonal NaYF4 materials.

Keywords: NaYF4; luminescence; phase transitions; phonon coupling; upconversion.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Computer Simulation
  • Energy Transfer
  • Fluorescence*
  • Lanthanoid Series Elements / chemistry*
  • Lasers
  • Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
  • Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
  • Models, Chemical
  • Nanostructures / chemistry*
  • Phonons
  • Photochemical Processes
  • Spectrum Analysis
  • Temperature
  • X-Ray Diffraction

Substances

  • Lanthanoid Series Elements