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Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 763048, 6 pages
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Red Fluorescence in Doped L a F đťź‘ : N d đťź‘ + , S m đťź‘ + Nanocrystals Synthesized by Microwave Technique

S. G. Gaurkhede,1 M. M. Khandpekar,2 S. P. Pati,3 and A. T. Singh4

1Department of Physics, Bhavan’s College, Andheri (W), Mumbai 400058, India
2Department of Physics, Material Research Lab, Birla College, Kalyan 421304, India
3National Institute of Science and Technology, Palur Hills, Behrampur 761008, Odisha, India
4Department of Physics, K M Agarwal College, Kalyan 421301, India

Received 18 April 2012; Accepted 5 July 2012

Academic Editors: K. S. Bartwal, B. Geng, and P. Pramanik

Copyright © 2012 S. G. Gaurkhede et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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