Recent Advances in Rare Earth‐Doped Hydrides

The optical properties of rare earth ions in different inorganic host materials, for instance oxides, silicates, borates, or nitrides, have been used in applications for many years, from color TV to fluorescent tubes, lasers, or pc‐LEDs. However, rare earth metal ion‐doped hydrides have not really been considered as host lattices and up to now only been studied in a relatively small number of investigations. Yet, for certain metal hydrides these studies, e.g., allowed the determination of the crystal field strength and nephelauxetic effect of the hydride anion using the Eu²⁺ 5d excited state. In air‐sensitive hydrides, the use may be restricted to fundamental studies and local probes. But recently more and more air‐stable mixed anionic hydrides have been discovered, which may serve as hosts. This short review summarizes the synthesis and characterization of rare earth metal ion‐doped hydrides reported so far.     

Luminescence studies on europium-strontium phthalate system

New lanthanide luminescence materials were prepared. The main component lanthanide chelates generally need a relatively high content of rare earth. Inorganic luminescence materials only need low rare earth concentration using doped method. Similarly, lanthanide chelates can be added to complex matrix by doped method. In this way, low rare earth concentration emission was successful in the lanthanide chelates system as well. The influence of europium ion concentration on luminescence intensities was discussed. When the europium ion weight in the complex is only about 0.6%, the sample exhibits good luminescence properties. The fluorescence, Fourier transform infrared spectra, micro-Raman and electron spin resonance spectra of the samples were measured. And a possible luminescence mechanism was suggested by the inorganic doped mechanism and the luminescence of lanthanide complexes together.     

Computer modelling of the reduction of rare earth dopants in barium aluminate

Long lasting phosphorescence in barium aluminates can be achieved by doping with rare earth ions in divalent charge states. The rare earth ions are initially in a trivalent charge state, but are reduced to a divalent charge state before being doped into the material. In this paper, the reduction of trivalent rare earth ions in the BaAl₂O₄ lattice is studied by computer simulation, with the energetics of the whole reduction and doping process being modelled by two methods, one based on single ion doping and one which allows dopant concentrations to be taken into account. A range of different reduction schemes are considered and the most energetically favourable schemes identified.     

在空气下制备掺二价稀土的硼酸盐及二价稀土离子(RE2+=Sm,Eu,Tm,Yb)的光谱特征

本文讨论了Sm2 、Eu2 、Tm2 、Yb2 等二价稀土离子的光谱特征 ,特别是在一些含四面体硼酸根的硼酸盐如SrB4 O7、SrB6 O10 和BaB8O13中它们的光谱性质。当以三价稀土离子取代化合物中的二价碱土离子时 ,利用不等价取代而产生的缺陷所带的电荷 ,可在高温的空气下使上述的稀土离子还原成二价 ,不需加入化学还原剂 ,从而提出了一个简便、安全的制备含二价稀土离子发光材料的方法     

无机纳米稀土发光材料的制备方法*

无机纳米稀土发光材料作为一种重要的发光材料,由于具有独特的光、电和化学性质,使其在高性能磁体、发光器件、显示、生物标记、光学成像和光学治疗等方面得到了广泛的应用。稀土发光材料的这些性质与材料的尺寸和形状密切相关,近年来研究者已经利用多种合成方法制备了不同形状的纳米稀土发光材料,包括纳米线、纳米棒、纳米管、纳米纤维和纳米片等。本文综述了无机纳米稀土发光材料的几种常用的制备方法,包括水热/溶剂热法、有机/无机前驱体热分解法和超声辅助合成法等,评述了这些方法的优缺点,并结合课题组在无机纳米稀土发光材料制备方面的工作,对无机纳米稀土发光材料制备方法的发展进行了展望。     

Recent Advances in Rare Earth Doped Inorganic Crystalline Materials for Quantum Information Processing

Since quantum information technologies are expected to offer communication security and high computational capacities, research in the field is currently attracting a lot of attention. Among the materials studied so far, rare earth doped inorganic insulators are one of the most promising. With the different available trivalent rare earth ions, the visible and the IR range including the telecom wavelength at 1.5 μm can be covered. Transitions are usually narrow, and at low temperatures, long optical and spin coherence times can often be observed. Investigations using bulk single crystals have already led to many promising results. Recently, spectroscopic studies have been extended to other forms of inorganic materials, such as transparent ceramics, thin films, and nanoparticles for single rare‐earth qubits. Progress in these areas is expected to offer many new possibilities for the design of quantum light‐matter interfaces and scalable quantum memories and processors.     

溶胶-凝胶法制备光学杂化功能材料

在简述溶胶-凝胶法基本原理的基础上,介绍了设计杂化材料的原则及预掺杂法、后掺杂法和原位化学合成法三种溶胶-凝胶法制备光学杂化功能材料的途径;综述了稀土发光材料、波导材料和光致变色材料三种光学杂化功能材料,并结合国内外的研究提出开展光学杂化功能材料研究的重要方向.     

Researches on the Growth Habit and Optical Properties of Fe^3＋ Ion Doped KDP Crystal

During the process of KDP crystal growth,metal ions strongly affect the growth habit and optical properties of KDP single crystal. In this paper,KDP crystals were grown from an aqueous solution doped with different concentration of Fe3+ dopant by traditional temperature-reduction method and "point-seed" rapid growth method. Furthermore,we examined the light scatter and measured the transmission of these KDP crystals. It is found that the dopant of Fe3+ ion can improve the stability of the KDP growth solution when its concentration is less than 30 ppm. The effects of Fe3+ ion on the growth habit and optical properties of KDP crystal are also obvious.     

掺杂比例和光敏剂对上转换纳米材料性能的影响

以NaYF_4材料为基质的上转换纳米颗粒(UCNPs)是最早报道的、应用范围最广的上转换材料之一。掺杂了稀土离子的颗粒不但可以在不同激发条件下发射出不同波长和强度的荧光,而且可以与多种光敏分子搭配使用,通过荧光共振能量转移产生单线态氧,实现生物医学成像或诊疗方面的应用。但是其形貌和荧光性能均受制备方法和工艺条件的影响较大。本文通过水热法合成了两类掺杂不同稀土离子的十种NaYF_4 UCNPs,在保持掺杂离子的终浓度不变的条件下,探究离子类型与比例对纳米材料的结构和上转换发光性能的影响。在此基础上,探索了多种卟啉类光敏剂分子与NaYF_4 UCNPs发生能量转换及单线态氧的产生能力。本工作可为基于NaYF_4材料的上转换颗粒的规模化制备和工艺升级提供数据支撑和理论参考。     

在空气下制备掺二价稀土的硼酸盐及二价稀土离子(RE2+=Sm,Eu,Tm,Yb)的光谱特征

本文讨论了Sm²⁺、Eu²⁺、Tm²⁺、Yb²⁺等二价稀土离子的光谱特征,特别是在一些含四面体硼酸根的硼酸盐如SrB₄O₇、SrB₆O₁₀和BaB₈O₁₃中它们的光谱性质。当以三价稀土离子取代化合物中的二价碱土离子时,利用不等价取代而产生的缺陷所带的电荷,可在高温的空气下使上述的稀土离子还     

Accidental formation of Gd4(SiO4)2OTe: crystal structure and spectroscopic properties

Designing new functional materials with increasingly complex compositions is of current interest in science and technology. Complex rare‐earth‐based chalcogenides have specific thermal, electrical, magnetic and optical properties. Tetragadolinium bis[tetraoxidosilicate(IV)] oxide telluride, Gd₄(SiO₄)₂OTe, was obtained accidentally while studying the Gd₂Te₃–Cu₂Te system. The crystal structure was determined by means of single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction. The compound crystallizes in the space group Pnma. Three symmetry‐independent gadolinium sites were determined. The excitation and emission spectra were collected at room temperature and at 10 K. Gd₄(SiO₄)₂OTe appears to be a promising optical material when doped with rare‐earth ions.     

掺杂稀土配合物的无机/高分子纳米杂化薄膜的 制备与发光性能

通过在溶胶-凝胶过程中引入高分子组分,并将稀土配合物掺杂其中的方法得到了具有良好发光性能的无机/高分子杂化薄膜,它们有很好的韧性和透明性,测定了薄膜的荧光光谱和荧光寿命,发现它们均发射出稀土离子的特征荧光且寿命比本体配合物增长。透射电镜的观察表明配合物在SiO~2/高分子互穿网络中分布较均匀,分散尺度在20～30nm之间。     

Crystal structure, electronic structure, and optical and photoluminescence properties of Eu(III) ion-doped Lu6Mo(W)O12

Lu(6)WO(12) and Lu(6)MoO(12) doped with Eu(3+) ions have been prepared by using a citrate complexation route, followed by calcination at different temperatures. The morphology, structure, and optical and photoluminescence properties of the compounds were studied as a function of calcination temperature. Both compositions undergo transitions from a cubic to a hexagonal phase when the calcination temperature increases. All the compositions have strong absorption of near-UV light and show intense red luminescence under a near-UV excitation, which is related to the transfer of energy from the host lattices to dopant Eu(3+) ions. Density functional theory calculations have also been performed. The calculation reveals that hexagonal Lu(6)WO(12) and Lu(6)MoO(12) are indirect bandgap materials, and the near-UV excitations are due to the electronic transitions from the O-2p orbitals to W-5d and Mo-4d orbitals, respectively. The lattice parameters and bandgap energies of hexagonal Lu(6)WO(12) and Lu(6)MoO(12) were determined.     

微孔镧系配位聚合物

微孔配位聚合物与通常的微孔无机材料相比, 具有非常明显的优势. 而镧系离子特殊的光学和磁学性质, 更使得微孔镧系配位聚合物的研究成为热点. 本文简要地报道了微孔镧系配位聚合物的研究现状, 对一些微孔镧系配位聚合物的结构特点进行了描述, 讨论了影响微孔配位聚合物形成的主要因素. 一般来说, 线型配体往往能很好地将金属离子连接起来, 得到理想的微孔镧系配位聚合物; 选择合适的第二配体, 有利于构筑结构新颖的微孔镧系配位聚合物; 镧系收缩对能否形成微孔配位聚合物的影响并不明显, 只是轻稀土离子往往倾向于多结合一些小分子配体来满足更高的配位数.     

稀土发光和贮氢材料研究进展

本文结合我们自己的工作总结和概括了稀土发光材料和贮氢材料最近几年来的研究和应用新进展。     

离子色谱法分析金属离子的研究进展

综述了离子色谱法(IC)分析金属离子的研究进展,对目前应用于分析金属离子的阳离子交换IC、阴离子交换IC和螯合离子色谱进行了评述。阳离子交换IC是IC分析金属离子的主要形式,固定相为强酸(磺酸)型阳离子交换剂和弱酸(羧酸)型阳离子交换剂,结合适当的检测方法,阳离子交换IC可以测定碱金属、碱土金属、过渡金属、稀土离子、铵离子及低相对分子质量的有机胺类分子等。阴离子交换IC可以分析碱土金属、过渡金属、稀土离子等,对金属离子的分析具有更好的选择性,并可以实现金属离子和无机阴离子的同时测定。螯合离子色谱可以对复杂基体中的痕量金属离子进行测定。引用文献125篇。     

A comparison of the effect of rare earth vs Si site doping on the conductivities of apatite-type rare earth silicates

Apatite-type lanthanum silicate (La_9.33Si₆O₂₆) has been attracting significant recent interest due to its high oxide ion conductivity. In this paper, synthesis and conductivity data for a range of doped samples (Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, B, Ga and Zn) are reported, in particular, to compare the effect of rare earth vs Si site doping. The results show that Ga, B and Zn favour substitution on the Si site, while Ca, Sr and Ba favour La-site substitution. Mg is shown to be an ambi-site dopant, substituting on either site depending on the starting composition. The samples doped on the Si site show higher conductivities than comparable samples doped on the La site, providing further support for the importance of the silicate network in the conduction process, as initially predicted by atomistic modelling studies. For Ga doping on the Si site, the effect of varying the rare-earth size on the conductivities is also reported.     

Optical Properties of Lanthanide Doped Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Materials

Sol-gel matrices have been investigated for some years as potential matrices for rare earth luminescence. Sm³⁺, Eu³⁺, Dy³⁺, Er³⁺ and Tm³⁺ optical properties in siloxane-zirconium hybrid matrices prepared at room temperature have been investigated. Even if luminescence efficiency is governed by non-radiative relaxation linked to hydroxyl groups, in these matrices, rare earth fluorescence is always observed but lifetimes and quantum yields are dependent on the elaboration procedure. Eu³⁺ is used as a probe of the local surrounding around the dopant and the emission and decay profiles measurements in rare earth doped and undoped matrices are presented.     

稀土红色长余辉发光材料研究进展

综述了稀土元素掺杂红色长余辉发光材料的研究进展，总结了硫化物、钛酸盐、硫氧化物、硅酸盐、氧化物和磷酸盐等基质体系的红色长余辉发光，并指出硫氧化物和磷酸盐等基质是最具有发展前景的红色长余辉发光体系，讨论了Eu^2 在硫化物、Pr^3 在钛酸盐以及Eu^3 和Sm^3 等稀土离子在硫氧化物和硅酸盐等体系中的红色长余辉发光机制。介绍了传统的高温固相法以及溶胶．凝胶法、微波合成法等稀土红色长余辉材料的制备技术。提出了从基质材料、制备技术和稀土离子发光机制入手是稀土红色长余辉发光材料今后研究与开发的发展方向。     

Dipole‐Induced Band‐Gap Reduction in an Inorganic Cage

Metal‐doped polyoxotitanium cages are a developing class of inorganic compounds which can be regarded as nano‐ and sub‐nano sized molecular relatives of metal‐doped titania nanoparticles. These species can serve as models for the ways in which dopant metal ions can be incorporated into metal‐doped titania (TiO₂), a technologically important class of photocatalytic materials with broad applications in devices and pollution control. In this study a series of cobalt(II)‐containing cages in the size range ca. 0.7–1.3 nm have been synthesized and structurally characterized, allowing a coherent study of the factors affecting the band gaps in well‐defined metal‐doped model systems. Band structure calculations are consistent with experimental UV/Vis measurements of the Ti_xO_y absorption edges in these species and reveal that molecular dipole moment can have a profound effect on the band gap. The observation of a dipole‐induced band‐gap decrease mechanism provides a potentially general design strategy for the formation of low band‐gap inorganic cages.