A facile method for effective doping of Tb3+ into ZnO nanocrystals.
A technical challenging issue in rare-earth ion doping in ZnO nanocrystals has been tackled in this communication by a novel isocrystalline core-shell protocol, and the fabricated ZnO:Tb(3+)/ZnO core/shell nanocrystals showed efficient doping and excellent optical properties.
Ji
Shulin
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Key Laboratory of Materials Physics and Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, China.
Yin
Liangliang
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Liu
Guodong
G
Zhang
Lide
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Ye
Changhui
C