title: Rare-earth-doped bifunctional alkaline-earth metal fluoride nanocrystals via a facile microwave-assisted process.
abstract: Rare-earth-doped magnetic-optic bifunctional alkaline-earth metal fluoride nanocrystals have been successfully synthesized via a facile microwave-assisted process. The as-prepared nanocrystals were monodisperse and could form stable colloidal solutions in polar solvents, such as water and ethanol. They show bright-green fluorescence emisson. Furthermore, Gd(3+)-doped ones exhibit paramagnetic behavior at room temperature and superparamagnetic behavior at 2 K.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, Jilin, China.
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pang
authors.forename: Dapeng
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yongqian
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lei
authors.forename: Shuyan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Weiqiang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Hongjie
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D005459:Fluorides / Q000737:chemistry*; D008280:Magnetics; D008673:Metals, Alkaline Earth / Q000737:chemistry*; D008674:Metals, Rare Earth / Q000737:chemistry*; D008872:Microwaves; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry*; D010316:Particle Size; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D008673:Metals, Alkaline Earth; D008674:Metals, Rare Earth; D005459:Fluorides