title: Facile preparation of quantum cutting GdF(3) : Eu(3+) nanoparticles from ionic liquids.
abstract: Microwave reaction of Ln(OAc)(3).xH(2)O, Ln = Gd, Eu; OAc = acetate) with and in the ionic liquid [C(4)mim][BF(4)] (C(4)mim = 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium) allows the fast and efficient synthesis of small, uniform, oxygen-free lanthanide nanofluorides with excellent photophysical behaviour. For GdF(3) : Eu(3+) nanoparticles a quantum efficiency of up to 145% was determined.
authors.affiliation: Anorganische Chemie I-Festkörperchemie und Materialien, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany.
authors.forename: Chantal
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lorbeer
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cybinska
authors.forename: Anja-Verena
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Mudring