Published October 7, 2004 | Version v1
Journal article

SrAl4O7 : Eu2+ nanocrystals: synthesis and fluorescence properties

  • 1. Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi 630006 (India)
  • 2. Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan (China)
  • 3. Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai 600036 (India)

Description

Divalent europium doped strontium di-aluminate (SrAl4O7 : Eu2+) nanocrystals have been synthesized using a facile sol-gel polymer thermolysis method. The photoluminescence characteristics of smaller particles (φ ∼ 15 nm) show a significant difference with respect to their bulk counterpart. In this nanocrystalline system, the electronic structure of the Eu2+ excited state seems to undergo considerable modification induced by the surface states involved in slow relaxation kinetics that mimic phosphorescence like features

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0022-3727/37/2664/d4_19_009.pdf or at the Web site for the Journal of Physics. D, Applied Physics (ISSN 1361-6463) http://www.iop.org/

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. D, Applied Physics
Journal Volume
37
Journal Issue
19
Journal Page Range
p. 2664-2669
ISSN
0022-3727
CODEN
JPAPBE