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A T M Anishur Rahman1, Krasimir Vasilev, Peter Majewski.
Abstract
In this paper, we report a facile method for synthesis of ultra small (1-3nm) gadolinium oxide (Gd(2)O(3)) nanoparticles using citric acid (CA) as a capping agent. The dependence of nanoparticle (NP) size on the ratio between CA and gadolinium (Gd) is investigated. Absorption properties of the ultra small Gd(2)O(3) NPs in UV region have four characteristic peaks at 312nm, 274nm, 253nm and 228nm. Finally, we show that the Gd(2)O(3) nanoparticles synthesized by this method induce triplet emission (phosphorescence) from CA and EG in the NIR region. Copyright ÂEntities:
Year: 2010 PMID: 21147481 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2010.11.012
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Colloid Interface Sci ISSN: 0021-9797 Impact factor: 8.128