Lanthanide dopant stabilized Ti3+ state and supersensitive Ti3+ -based multiparametric luminescent thermometer in SrTiO3:Ln3+ (Ln3+ = Lu3+, La3+, Tb3+) nanocrystals

Two-dimensional nanocrystals produced by exfoliation of Ti3 AlC2.

Spectroscopic studies of Ti3+ ions speciation inside MgAl2O4 spinels

An electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) investigation on Ti-doped MgAl2O4 spinels has been made in order to study the Ti sites. The study we present here concerns the angular dependencies of the Ti EPR lines and the variations of the EPR spectra due to a modification of the TiO2 content or of the chemical composition from MgAl2O4 to MgAl4O7 and MgAl6O10. In all the studied samples except one, ...

Controllable Synthesis and Tunable Photocatalytic Properties of Ti3+-doped TiO2

Photocatalysts show great potential in environmental remediation and water splitting using either artificial or natural light. Titanium dioxide (TiO2)-based photocatalysts are studied most frequently because they are stable, non-toxic, readily available, and highly efficient. However, the relatively wide band gap of TiO2 significantly limits its use under visible light or solar light. We herein...

Lanthanide-based luminescent molecular thermometers

the consciousness of its pathology and physiology and, in turn, on the optimization of therapeutic processes (e.g. in hyperthermal tumour treatment and photodynamic therapy). Conventional temperature sensors are the so-called contact thermometers, in which the measurement of temperature is 25 achieved by heat flow to an invasive probe. 8 The contact nature of such measurements makes traditional...

Crystal chemistry of layered carbide, Ti3(Si0.43Ge0.57)C2

The crystal structure of a layered ternary carbide, Ti3(Si0.43Ge0.57)C2, was studied with single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The compound has a hexagonal symmetry with space group P63/mmc and unit-cell parameters a 1⁄4 3.0823(1) Å, c 1⁄4 17.7702(6) Å, and V 1⁄4 146.21(1) Å. The Si and Ge atoms in the structure occupy the same crystallographic site surrounded by six Ti atoms at an average distanc...