Wet-chemical synthesis and luminescence studies of nano-crystalline gadolinium gallium garnet
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Partha P. Pal
Abstract
This paper reports the photoluminescence studies of pure polycrystalline nano-sized gadolinium gallium garnet (Gd3Ga5O12, GGG) powders synthesized by the method of co-precipitation using ammonium hydrogen carbonate (NH4HCO3, AHC) as the precipitant. The prepared samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared, ultraviolet, visible, near-infrared (UV–Vis–NIR) spectroscopy and photoluminescence studies. The X-ray diffraction analysis confirms the formation of cubic structure of gadolinium gallium garnet (Gd3Ga5O12). The average particle sizes are found to be in the range of approximately 19 nm–88 nm, for different calcining temperatures. The formation of gadolinium gallium garnet is also confirmed by Fourier transform infrared studies. Scanning electron microscopy image measurement confirms the formation of nanosized particles. The photoluminescence studies of the pure gadolinium gallium garnet sample shows emission peaks around at 441 nm for an excitation wavelength of 350 nm for the sample calcined at 1,100 °C.
Acknowledgments
The authors would like to thank Prof. J. Manam and Dr. S. K Sharma, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad for technical facilities, Mr. S. Som for PL studies, Mr. S. Nath for SEM and Mr. S. Mandal, Technical Staff, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad for technical supports. SS thanks Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) for the support through the start-up research grant (SRG/2023/000122).
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Research ethics: Not applicable.
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Author contributions: The authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission.
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Competing interests: The authors state no competing interests.
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Research funding: None declared.
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Data availability: The raw data can be obtained on request from the corresponding author.
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