Coating of upconversion nanoparticles with silica nanoshells of 5–250 nm thickness

Cynthia Kembuan, Maysoon Saleh, Bastian Rühle, Ute Resch-Genger and Christina Graf
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2410–2421. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.10.231

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Coating of upconversion nanoparticles with silica nanoshells of 5–250 nm thickness
Cynthia Kembuan, Maysoon Saleh, Bastian Rühle, Ute Resch-Genger and Christina Graf
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2410–2421. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.10.231

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Kembuan, C.; Saleh, M.; Rühle, B.; Resch-Genger, U.; Graf, C. Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2410–2421. doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.231

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