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Finding a Single Lanthanide Ion through Upconversion

  1. Xiaoyong Huang1,
  2. Prof. Xiaogang Liu1,2,*

Article first published online: 24 OCT 2012

DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201200824

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ChemPhysChem

ChemPhysChem

Volume 13, Issue 18, pages 4095–4097, December 21, 2012

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Huang, X. and Liu, X. (2012), Finding a Single Lanthanide Ion through Upconversion. ChemPhysChem, 13: 4095–4097. doi: 10.1002/cphc.201200824

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  1. 1

    Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543 (Singapore)

  2. 2

    Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, 3 Research Link, Singapore 117602 (Singapore)

*Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543 (Singapore)

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 21 DEC 2012
  2. Article first published online: 24 OCT 2012
  3. Manuscript Received: 2 OCT 2012

Funded by

  • National Research Foundation
  • Economic Development Board. Grant Number: COY-15-EWI-RCFSA/N197-1
  • Singapore-MIT Alliance
  • Agency for Science, Technology and Research
  • A*STAR

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Keywords:

  • lanthanides;
  • nanoparticles;
  • optical detection;
  • rare earths;
  • single-photon luminescence
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Beyond detection: Detection of a single lanthanide ion can be optically achieved by implementing a two-step upconversion process in YAG:Pr3+ nanocrystals (see picture).

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