ChemInform Abstract: Quenching of the Luminescence of Upconverting Luminescent Nanoparticles by Heavy Metal Ions.

✍ Scribed by Sayed M. Saleh; Reham Ali; Otto S. Wolfbeis

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2012
• Weight: 19 KB
• Volume: 43
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0931-7597
• DOI: 10.1002/chin.201213005

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Luminescence quenching of upconverting luminescent lanthanoid‐doped NaYF~4~ nanocrystals by Cu^II^, Hg^II^, Pb^II^, Cd^II^, Co^II^, Ag^I^, Fe^III^, Zn^II^, bromide, and iodide ions is investigated.