SrAl4O7 : Eu2+nanocrystals: synthesis and fluorescence properties

Autor: K R Sophya Preethi, D. C. Trivedi, Radhakrishna I, M. Jayachandran, Chung-Hsin Lu, Jagannathan R, Jagannathan Thirumalai, N U Nayak, T S Natarajan
Rok vydání: 2004
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Zdroj: Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics. 37:2664-2669
ISSN: 1361-6463
0022-3727
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/37/19/009
Popis: Divalent europium doped strontium di-aluminate (SrAl4O 7 : Eu2+) nanocrystals have been synthesized using a facile sol-gel polymer thermolysis method. The photoluminescence characteristics of smaller particles (� ? 15 nm) show a significant difference with respect to their bulk counterpart. In this nanocrystalline system, the electronic structure of the Eu2+ excited state seems to undergo considerable modification induced by the surface states involved in slow relaxation kinetics that mimic phosphorescence like features.
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