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5916645 
Journal Article 
The synthesis of rare earth fluoride based nanoparticles 
Rahman, P; Green, M 
2009 
1 
Nanoscale
ISSN: 2040-3364
EISSN: 2040-3372 
1 
2 
214-224 
WOS:000275164100003 
The requirement for narrow emission profiles and systems that do not include metals perceived to be cytotoxic, has led to an increase in the reports on rare-earth (Ln) materials, with fluoride-based materials in particular attracting attention. This class of compounds includes rare-earth fluorides (LnF(3)) rare-earth oxyfluorides (LnOF) and alkali metal rare-earth fluorides (MLnF(4), where M represents an alkali metal). Here we will describe the main reactions outlining key developments in roughly chronological order.