High-resolution x-ray powder-diffraction experiments were performed on europium metal at high pressure up to 50 GPa. At variance with previous reports, the hcp phase of Eu was observed to be stable not only to 18 GPa, but to 31.5 GPa. At 31.5(5) GPa, europium transforms to a phase (Eu-IV) with an incommensurately modulated monoclinic crystal structure with superspace group C2/c(q(1)0q(3))00. Th...

The photoluminescence (PL) spectrum of KBr0.95 I0.05:Eu 2+ (0.05mol %) mixed crystal gives emission of europium at 420nm. This 420nm emission is due to the transition from T 2g component of 4f 6 5d configuration to the ground state 8s of europium. When adding Tl + ion as co-activator in KBr0.95 I0.05:Eu 2+ (0.05mol %) mixed crystal the same PL emission observed and enhanced their PL intensity. ...

In this work, Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) analysis were conducted on europium doped hydroxyapatite, Ca10-xEux(PO4)6(OH)2 nanocrystalline powders (Eu:HAp) with 0 ≤ xEu ≤ 0.2. Antimicrobial studies were also performed for the first time on Eu:Hap. The antimicrobial properties of Eu:HAp nanoparticles with 0 ≤ xEu ≤ 0.2 on Gram-negative (E coli ATCC 25922, Pseudomonas aeruginosa...

europium (eu) doped zno microsphere based nano-sheets were synthesized through hydrothermal method. effects of different concentrations of europium on structural and optical properties of zno nano-sheets were investigated in detail. prepared un-doped and eu-doped zno samples were characterized using x-ray diffraction (xrd), energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (edx), scanning electron microscop...

β-diketonates are customary bidentate ligands in highly luminescent ternary europium complexes, such as Eu(β-diketonate)3(L)2, where L stands for a nonionic ligand. Usually, the syntheses of these complexes start by adding, to an europium salt such as EuCl3(H2O)6, three equivalents of β-diketonate ligands to form the complexes Eu(β-diketonate)3(H2O)2. The nonionic ligands are subsequently added...

Wide band-gap semiconductors doped with luminescent rare earth elements (REEs) have attracted recent interest due to their unique optical properties. Here we report on the synthesis of the transparent conducting oxides (TCOs) indium oxide and indium tin oxide (ITO) doped with neodymium, europium and terbium. The solid solubility in the systems was investigated and isothermal phase diagrams at 1...