title: Monodisperse lanthanide oxysulfide nanocrystals.
abstract: Monodisperse lanthanide oxysulfide nanoplates and short nanorods were synthesized by the thermal decomposition of molecular precursors in the presence of oxygen. The nanoplates have uniform thicknesses and further self-organize to nanowires up to micron scale. The Eu2O2S and Eu3+-doped Gd2O2S nanocrystals both show unusual fluorescence properties obviously differing from the bulk powder phosphors, which are related to the surface-modification effects.
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
authors.forename: Fei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Mei
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Wen
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Song
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gao