The synthesis of rare earth fluoride based nanoparticles

TY - JOUR

T1 - The synthesis of rare earth fluoride based nanoparticles

AU - Rahman, Paula

AU - Green, Mark

PY - 2009

Y1 - 2009

N2 - The requirement for narrow emission profiles and systems that do not include metals perceived to be cytotoxic, has led to an increase in the reports on rare-earth (Ln) materials, with fluoride-based materials in particular attracting attention. This class of compounds includes rare-earth fluorides (LnF(3)) rare-earth oxyfluorides (LnOF) and alkali metal rare-earth fluorides (MLnF(4), where M represents an alkali metal). Here we will describe the main reactions outlining key developments in roughly chronological order.

AB - The requirement for narrow emission profiles and systems that do not include metals perceived to be cytotoxic, has led to an increase in the reports on rare-earth (Ln) materials, with fluoride-based materials in particular attracting attention. This class of compounds includes rare-earth fluorides (LnF(3)) rare-earth oxyfluorides (LnOF) and alkali metal rare-earth fluorides (MLnF(4), where M represents an alkali metal). Here we will describe the main reactions outlining key developments in roughly chronological order.

U2 - 10.1039/b9nr00089e

DO - 10.1039/b9nr00089e

M3 - Article

SN - 2040-3372

VL - 1

SP - 214

EP - 224

JO - Nanoscale

JF - Nanoscale

IS - 2

ER -