title: One-pot synthesis of YF3@silica core/shell nanoparticles.
abstract: A new one-pot synthetic method for preparing core/shell YF3@SiO2 nanoparticles with different morphologies, from spherical to elongated structures ("pearl necklace"), is described; absorbance and photoluminescence spectroscopy reveals intrinsic but no extrinsic defects in the YF3.
authors.affiliation: Freiburg Materials Research Center, Albert-Ludwig University Freiburg, Stefan-Meier-Strasse 21, D-79104, Freiburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Masih
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Darbandi
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nann