Published June 5, 2012 | Version v1
Journal article

Thermoluminescence of Eu activated LiF nanophosphors

  • 1. Centre of Material Science and Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur (India)
  • 2. Inter-University Accelerator Centre, Aruna Asif Ali Marg, New Delhi (India)
  • 3. Beant College of Engineering and Technology, Gurdaspur (India)
  • 4. Department of Physics, Government College, Hamirpur (India)

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Nanocrystalline lithium fluoride (LiF) phosphors prepared by the chemical co-precipitation method at 8.00 pH value have been activated with Eu (0.01, 0.03, 0.07 and 0.1%nt;) as single dopants. The formation of nanocrystalline structure has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction. Thermolumniscence (TL) properties of LiF: Eu nano-phosphors irradiated with gamma rays at different doses of 100 Gy - 10 kGy have been further studied. There is only one main glow peak at around 122 deg. C; which shifts to higher temperature with an increase in doping concentration at all studied irradiation doses. However, the glow peak shifts to lower temperature with an increase in irradiation dose from 100 Gy to 10 kGy. The LiF nano-crystallites synthesized at 8.00 pH and activated with 0.03%nt; Eu are found to have maximum TL sensitivity at studied gamma doses.

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Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
1447
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 387-388
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
56. DAE solid state physics symposium 2011
Dates
19-23 Dec 2011
Place
Kattankulathur, Tamilnadu (India)

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(c) 2012 American Institute of Physics