Eu(III) incorporation in sol-gel aluminum-yttrium matrix by non-hydrolytic route |
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Authors: | Eduardo J Nassar Lilian R Avila Cesar Mello Katia J Ciuffi |
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Institution: | a Universidade de Franca, Av. Dr. Armando Salles Oliveira, 201 Franca-SP, CEP 14404-600, Brazil b Departamento de Física and CICECO, Universidade de Aveiro-3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal |
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Abstract: | The sol-gel method using metal alkoxide has been investigated to prepare aluminum-yttrium oxide as yttrium-aluminum garnet (YAG) matrix composite fiber. In this paper we investigate the influence of yttrium content and temperature in the synthesis of Eu(III)-doped aluminum-yttrium oxide by non-hydrolytic sol-gel route. The formation process and the local structure of the samples were discussed by means of X-ray diffraction (XRD), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy. For temperatures around 800 °C, initial crystallization was observed and the phases Y4Al2O9 (YAM) and Y3Al5O12 (YAG) appear. For samples treated at 800 and 1500 °C the emission spectra display preferentially the f-f transitions characteristic of the YAM monoclinic phase, whereas the YAG cubic appears as the favored phase at 1100 °C, in accordance with the Eu(III) centrosymmetrical local site. |
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Keywords: | Europium III |
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