Advanced MaterialsVolume 16, Issue 23-24 p. 2102-2105 Communication Highly Efficient Multicolour Upconversion Emission in Transparent Colloids of Lanthanide-Doped NaYF4 Nanocrystals† S. Heer, S. Heer Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, CH-3000 Bern 9, SwitzerlandSearch for more papers by this authorK. Kömpe, K. Kömpe Institute of Chemistry, University of Osnabrück, Barbarastrasse 7, D-49076 Osnabrück, GermanySearch for more papers by this authorH.-U. Güdel, H.-U. Güdel Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, CH-3000 Bern 9, SwitzerlandSearch for more papers by this authorM. Haase, M. Haase [email protected] Search for more papers by this author S. Heer, S. Heer Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, CH-3000 Bern 9, SwitzerlandSearch for more papers by this authorK. Kömpe, K. Kömpe Institute of Chemistry, University of Osnabrück, Barbarastrasse 7, D-49076 Osnabrück, GermanySearch for more papers by this authorH.-U. Güdel, H.-U. Güdel Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, CH-3000 Bern 9, SwitzerlandSearch for more papers by this authorM. Haase, M. Haase [email protected] Search for more papers by this author First published: 16 December 2004 https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.200400772Citations: 1,180 † We thank A. Kornowski and S. Bartholdi-Nawrath for the TEM investigations and Dr. D. Talapin for providing the CdSe-ZnS semiconductor quantum dot samples. Part of this work was financially supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation. Supporting Information is available online from WileyInterScience, or from the author. 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