Self-monitored photo-thermal therapy (PTT) still faces huge challenge in cancer treatment,
which aims to realize the real-time temperature reading during the course of optical heating …

The semiconductor oxide BiVO4 has been intensively studied as a highly efficient
photocatalyst. Here we attempt to adopt trivalent lanthanide (Ln3+)-doped BiVO4 as a novel …

This study utilized a simple hydrothermal technique to prepare pure BiVO4 and tightly bound
BiVO4/multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) nanocomposite materials. The surfactant …

BiVO 4, a well-known photocatalyst and industrial pigment, undergoes a reversible
ferroelastic phase transition at about 530 K. In this framework, identifying techniques that …

Abstract Bismuth Vanadate (BiVO 4) is a well-known industrial pigment, a microwave
dielectric material as well as an efficient photocatalyst for the degradation of organic …

Nanomaterials are the subject of extensive investigations due to their applications in
medicine, multimodal imaging, volumetric displays, and photonics. Here, lanthanide-doped …

SrF 2 based upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) were synthesized by hydrothermal
method using ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) as surfactant, by doping with single …

Abstract The BiVO 4: Ho 3+-Yb 3+ upconverting phosphors have been synthesized by using
the chemical co-precipitation method and optimized with 0.7% Ho 3++ 6% Yb 3+ …

Wollastonite is a naturally occurring mineral with a chemical formula of CaSiO 3. Owing to
outstanding mechanical, chemical, and thermal stabilities, wollastonites have become one …

A series of novel bismuth silicate Bi 4 Si 3 O 12: Yb 3+/Ln 3+(Ln= Er, Tm, Ho) upconversion
(UC) phosphors have been synthesized via a simple sol-gel approach. The crystal structure …