Yttrium aluminum garnet nanoparticles both undoped and doped with lanthanide ions (Ce, Eu, Dy and Tb) having average size around 30 (73nm) nm were prepared by glycine nitrate combustion method followed by annealing at a relatively low temperature of 800 1C. Increase in the annealing temperature has been found to improve the luminescence intensity and for 1200 1C heated samples there exists stro...

A contact-free diagnostic technique for examining position of the impurity energy level of p-type dopants in nitride semiconductors was proposed based on photoluminescence thermal quenching. The Mg ionization energy was extracted by the phenomenological rate-equation model we developed. The diagnostic technique and analysis model reported here are priorities for the design of highly effective p...

We fabricated europium and silver co-doped tantalum-oxide (Ta2O5:Eu, Ag) thin films using a simple co-sputtering method for the first time, and we evaluated their photoluminescence (PL) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) properties. We found that the most remarkable PL peak at a wavelength of 615 nm due to Eu can be enhanced by Ag doping, and the strongest PL peak can be obtained from a Ta2O5:Eu, Ag t...

Titania and doped-titania coatings can be deposited by a wide range of techniques; this paper will concentrate on magnetron sputtering techniques, including "conventional" reactive co-sputtering from multiple metal targets and the recently introduced high power impulse magnetron sputtering (HiPIMS). The latter has been shown to deliver a relatively low thermal flux to the substrate, whilst stil...

Nanoscale, vanadia-based, quasi-liquid films of self-selecting (equilibrium) thickness were observed on TiO2 surfaces in six ternary oxide systems (Ti–V–X–O; X = P, Na, K, Nb, Mo or W). It is demonstrated that the film appearance and thickness could be tailored via co-doping or changing the equilibration temperature. Furthermore, the observed discontinuous changes in film thickness, hysteresis ...

Catalytic tests to assess the performance of mixed perovskite-type oxides (La0.9Ca0.1FeO3-δ, La0.6Ca0.4FeO3-δ, Nd0.9Ca0.1FeO3-δ, Nd0.6Ca0.4FeO3-δ, Nd0.6Ca0.4Fe0.9Co0.1O3-δ, Nd0.6Ca0.4Fe0.97Ni0.03O3-δ, and LSF) with respect CO oxidation are presented as well characterization materials by XRD SEM. Perovskites a highly versatile class due their flexible composition ability incorporate dopants easi...