Tailoring the particle size from mycrometer to nanometer scale by using a surface modifier and their size effect on the fluorescence properties of europium doped yttria [article]

Pramod K. Sharma, Mohammad H. Jilavi, Rüdiger Nass, Helmut K. Schmidt, Universität Des Saarlandes, Universität Des Saarlandes
2010
The concept of tailored interfaces has been applied to the synthesis of Eu O /Y O powders to achieve a narrow size distribution by using a modi"er. It was found that the particle size gradually decreased from 6 m to 10 nm with an increase in concentration of the modi"er from 0 to 10 wt% with respect to Eu O /Y O . Fluorescence spectra of the sample containing 10 wt% of surface modi"er showed approximately a 5-fold enhancement of emission intensity of the D PF transition of Eu>. This transition
more » ... s the characteristic transition of europium for red #uorescence under UV light excitation. The concentration dependence of #uorescence in the range from 0}5 mol% Eu O did not reveal any concentration quenching.
doi:10.22028/d291-24642 fatcat:qlc2qjrgbzehpbanvp42w4f554