Jianping Yang et al.
Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 18(43), 13642-13650 (2012-09-22)
In this paper, we report a facile one-step hydrothermal method to synthesize phase-, size-, and shape-controlled carboxyl-functionalized rare-earth fluorescence upconversion phosphors by using a small-molecule binary acid, such as malonic acid, oxalic acid, succinic acid, or tartaric acid as capping