1 September 2010 Influence of morphological transformation on luminescence properties of europium-doped gadolinium oxide nanostructures
Kai Zhang, Hareesh Dondapati, Terence Holloway, Wei Cao, Arik Kar, Amitava Patra, Aswini K. Pradhan
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Abstract
Low dimensional europium (Eu3+)-doped gadolinium oxide (Gd2O3) lanthanide nanostructures are synthesized by an effective and simple coprecipitation process followed by subsequent heat treatments. Transmission electron microscope (TEM) images indicate Eu3+-doped Gd2O3 nanostructures undergo significant morphological changes from nanorods to nanoparticles during thermal treatments. Nanostructures with different morphology, including nanotubes, strongly influence the photoluminescence properties. The dependence of luminescence lifetime on morphological nature of the nanostructures demonstrates that the one dimensional nanostructures such as nanorods and nanotubes have higher emission intensity with shorter lifetime. Our analysis suggests that the morphological transformation of the nanostructures plays the most important role in the behavior of radiative and nonradiative relaxation mechanisms, resulting in the overall photoluminescence properties.
Kai Zhang, Hareesh Dondapati, Terence Holloway, Wei Cao, Arik Kar, Amitava Patra, and Aswini K. Pradhan "Influence of morphological transformation on luminescence properties of europium-doped gadolinium oxide nanostructures," Journal of Nanophotonics 4(1), 043517 (1 September 2010). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3501312
Published: 1 September 2010
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KEYWORDS
Nanostructures

Gadolinium

Europium

Luminescence

Nanorods

Annealing

Oxides

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