Boosting the sensitivity of Nd3+-based luminescent nanothermometers

Nanoscale, 2015, 7,17261-17267
DOI: 10.1039/C5NR05631D, Communication

Sangeetha Balabhadra, Mengistie L. Debasu, Carlos D. S. Brites, Luis A. O. Nunes, Oscar L. Malta, Joao Rocha, Marco Bettinelli, Luis D. Carlos
(Gd_0.991Nd_0.009)₂O₃ nanorods exhibit one of the highest thermal sensitivity and temperature uncertainty reported so far, 1.75 +/- 0.04% K^-1 and 0.14 +/- 0.05 K, respectively.
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