Crystal growth, optical, luminescence and scintillation characterization of Li2Zn2(MoO4)3 crystal
| Autor: | V.A. Trifonov, Moo Hyun Lee, A.A. Pavlyuk, D. Joseph Daniel, Indra Raj Pandey, Sujita Karki, Yeongduk Kim, H. J. Kim |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Scintillation
Flux method Materials science Mechanical Engineering Metals and Alloys Analytical chemistry Physics::Optics Crystal growth 02 engineering and technology 010402 general chemistry 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology 01 natural sciences Thermoluminescence 0104 chemical sciences Crystal Mechanics of Materials Materials Chemistry Exponential decay 0210 nano-technology Luminescence Single crystal |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 860:158510 |
| ISSN: | 0925-8388 |
| Popis: | A Li2Zn2(MoO4)3 (LZMO) single crystal was grown by the flux method under the condition of a low temperature-gradient. The obtained crystal has a single-phase confirmed by a powder X-ray diffraction study. Luminescence properties of the crystal have been studied from room to cryogenic (300–6 K) temperatures under excitation by a 280 nm light-emitting diode (LED). At 6 K, the grown crystal exhibits an intrinsic emission band with emission wavelength ranges from 400 to 900 nm, and the maximum peak at ~612 nm. From 6 to 280 K, the luminescence decay time of the crystal was studied using the 280 nm LED. The decay times for the entire temperature range were fitted with two exponential decay functions. The temperature-dependent (300–10 K) scintillation light yield was studied under the excitation of a 90Sr (beta) radioactive source. We compared scintillation and luminescence light yields of the LZMO with a reference CaMoO4 crystal. Thermoluminescence study of the crystal was carried out from 9 to 300 K and different kinematic parameters such as activation energy and frequency factor have been calculated. From this study, it shows that the LZMO crystal has potential as detector material in experiments searching for neutrinoless double-beta decay of 100Mo at cryogenic temperatures. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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