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MATERIALS RESEARCH EXPRESS
Volume 4, Issue 11, Pages -Publisher
IOP Publishing Ltd
DOI: 10.1088/2053-1591/aa99ec
Keywords
Y2O3:Eu3+; gamma irradiation; electron spin resonance; thermoluminescence
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- Inter University Accelerator Centre, New Delhi, India under UFR [48303]
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Europium doped Y2O3 nanophosphors have been prepared by the solution combustion method. The prepared nanophosphors were characterized by powder x-ray diffraction (XRD). XRD revealed that the cubic phase with crystallite size in the range 25-37 nm formed. Surface morphology of the samples was studied by field emission scanning electron microscopy and the particles were observed as spherical in nature, having an average size similar to 30 nm. The electron spin resonance spectrum of the irradiated nanophosphor exhibited a signal having peaks at g = 2.1646 and 2.0035 which are attributed to V-and O-2(-) defect centers, respectively. Thermoluminescence (TL) emission showed a strong red (611 nm) emission at 417 K. The prominent TL glow (417 K) peak exhibited low fading, good reproducibility and linear dose response in the range 0.01-2.0 kGy. This behavior is favorable for TL dosimetry applications. The Y2O3: Eu3+ nanophosphor has prodigious potential as a dosimeter to be use for monitoring high dose ionizing radiation fields.
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