Issue 12, 2003
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Journal of Materials Chemistry

Synthesis, characterisation and optical properties of nanocrystalline Y2O3–Eu3+ dispersed in a silica matrix by a deposition–precipitation method

Carla Cannas,a   Mariano Casu,a   Marina Mainas,a   Anna Musinu,a   Giorgio Piccaluga,*a   Stefano Polizzi,b   Adolfo Speghinic  and  Marco Bettinellic  

* Corresponding authors

a Dipartimento Scienze Chimiche, Cittadella Universitaria, S.S 554 Km 4.5, Monserrato (CA), Italy

b Dipartimento di Chimica Fisica, Università di Venezia and INSTM, UdR Venezia, DD2137, 30123 Venezia, Italy

c Dipartimento Scientifico e Tecnologico, Università di Verona and INSTM, UdR Verona, Ca' Vignal, Strada Le Grazie 15, 37134 Verona, Italy

Abstract

A Eu3+-doped-yttria–silica nanocomposite was synthesized through a deposition–precipitation technique. Yttria nanocrystalline particles with a mean size of 12 nm, dispersed in an amorphous silica matrix, were evidenced by XRD and TEM in a sample treated at 900 °C. The nanoparticles are coated with an amorphous layer visible in the HRTEM micrographs; this amorphous layer is likely to interact with the silica matrix through Si–O–Y bonds, which is consistent with 29Si NMR MAS results. The nanocomposite treated at 1000 °C partially evolves to give an α-Y2Si2O7 crystalline phase. The luminescence spectra of the nanocomposites indicate that the sites in which the Eu3+ ions are accommodated are disordered. On the other hand, the decay times of the 5D0 emission are rather long in the present nanocomposites studied herein, indicating that multiphonon relaxation is not effective in quenching the luminescence. The reduced coupling to OH vibrations in the materials under investigation could be ascribed to the presence of the amorphous layer coating the nanoparticles and effectively shielding the Eu3+ ion from the silanol groups.

Graphical abstract: Synthesis, characterisation and optical properties of nanocrystalline Y2O3–Eu3+ dispersed in a silica matrix by a deposition–precipitation method

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B305992H
Article type
Paper
Submitted
27 May 2003
Accepted
09 Sep 2003
First published
06 Oct 2003

J. Mater. Chem., 2003,13, 3079-3084

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Synthesis, characterisation and optical properties of nanocrystalline Y2O3–Eu3+ dispersed in a silica matrix by a deposition–precipitation method

C. Cannas, M. Casu, M. Mainas, A. Musinu, G. Piccaluga, S. Polizzi, A. Speghini and M. Bettinelli, J. Mater. Chem., 2003, 13, 3079 DOI: 10.1039/B305992H

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