Sr2SiO4:Eu phosphor for white light emitting diodes (LEDs) was synthesized by employing an as-prepared (Sr,Eu)CO3@SiO2 core-shell precursor as starting materials, and the effect of the core-shell precursor was also discussed on the crystal structure, particle morphology and luminescent properties of the resultant phosphor. The results showed that the hybrid βand α′-Sr2SiO4: Eu phosphor with fin...

Radioisotopes are useful tracers because their chemical properties are the same as those of stable isotopes and they show higher detection sensitivity than other tracers. Their usefulness has been demonstrated in fluorescence experiments in diverse areas including life science, medicine, and engineering. SiO2-coated radioisotope Au coreshell nanoparticles (Au@SiO2 NPs) were first synthesized by...

We report the self-assembly of core–shell GeTe/Sb2Te3 nanowires (NWs) on Si (100), and SiO2/Si substrates by metalorganic chemical vapour deposition, coupled to vapour–liquid–solid mechanism, catalyzed Au nanoparticles. Scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, micro-Raman mapping, high-resolution transmission energy loss spectroscopy were employed investigate morphology, structure, comp...

Semiconductor nanowires and other one-dimensional materials are attractive for highly sensitive and spatially confined electrical and optical signal detection in biological and physical systems, although it has been difficult to localize active electronic or optoelectronic device function at one end of such one-dimensional structures. Here we report a new nanowire structure in which the materia...