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JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS
Volume 104, Issue 10, Pages -Publisher
AIP Publishing
DOI: 10.1063/1.3026612
Keywords
annealing; europium; gadolinium compounds; nanoparticles; nanotechnology; particle size; photoluminescence; reduction (chemical); spectral line intensity
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Nanoparticles of GdVO4 doped with Eu3+ and core/shell of GdVO4:Eu3+/GdVO4 are prepared by urea hydrolysis method using ethylene glycol as capping agent as well as reaction medium at 130 degrees C. Unit cell volume increases when GdVO4 is doped with Eu3+ indicating the substitution of Gd3+ lattice sites by Eu3+. From luminescence study, it is confirmed that there is no particle size effect on emission positions of Eu3+. Optimum luminescence intensity is found to be in 5-10 at. % Eu3+. Above these concentrations, luminescence intensity decreases due to concentration quenching effect. There is an enhancement in luminescence intensity of core/shell nanoparticles. This has been attributed to the reduction in surface inhomogenities of Eu3+ surroundings by bonding to GdVO4 shell. The lifetime for D-5(0) level increases with annealing and core/shell formation.
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