Ostwald-ripening and particle size focussing of sub-10 nm NaYF4 upconversion nanocrystals

Nanoscale , 2014, Accepted Manuscript

DOI: 10.1039/C4NR03833A, Paper

Thorben Rinkel, Jorg Nordmann, Athira N Raj, Markus Haase

We have studied the growth behaviour of sub-10 nm NaYF₄ upconversion nanocrystals of the hexagonal [small beta]-phase and the cubic [small alpha]-phase. Ostwald-ripening of such particles in oleic acid/octadecene solvent results in...

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