Luminescent, Colloidal, F‐Substituted, Hydroxyapatite Nanocrystals

Shiny, HAp(py) crystals: Luminescent, colloidal, F-substituted, hydroxyapatite (FHAp) nanocrystals have been synthesized by rare-earth-ion doping, which showed green emission in solutions and films and red emission in a polymer matrix. Due to the wide availability and excellent mechanical and biologically compatible properties, these luminescent nanocrystals may find applications in biological labeling, luminescent polymers, and so forth. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as "Supporting Information". Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.