Ultrasmall Lanthanide-doped NaMgF3 Nanocrystals: Controlled Synthesis and Optical Properties
- Corresponding author: Yong-Sheng LIU, liuysh@fjirsm.ac.cn Fei-Long JIANG, fjiang@fjirsm.ac.cn
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Guo-Wei LI, Yong-Sheng LIU, Fei-Long JIANG, Mao-Chun HONG. Ultrasmall Lanthanide-doped NaMgF3 Nanocrystals: Controlled Synthesis and Optical Properties[J]. Chinese Journal of Structural Chemistry,
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