Preparation and fluorescence spectroscopy of bulk monoclinic Eu3+:Y2O3 and comparison to Eu3+:Y2O3 nanocrystals

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作者
Williams, DK
Bihari, B
Tissue, BM [1 ]
McHale, JM
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[1] Virginia Polytech Inst & State Univ, Dept Chem, Blacksburg, VA 24061 USA
[2] Princeton Univ, Princeton Mat Inst, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA
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10.1021/jp972996e
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
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We report the laser spectroscopic characterization of bulk monoclinic Eu3+:Y2O3, which was prepared by a high-temperature, high-pressure synthesis method. The bulk monoclinic phase has sharp spectral lines without the line broadening and "secondary phase" of Eu2+:Y2O3 nanocrystals. The unusual optical properties of site A in this material have been determined to be intrinsic to the monoclinic phase and are not a result of surface effects in the nanocrystals. The D-5(0) fluorescence life-times are longer in the nanocrystals than in the bulk material, indicating that there is no lifetime shortening in the nanocrystals due to quenching by the proximity of surface defects.
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