Fabrication and optical properties of Y2O3: Eu 3+ nanofibers prepared by electrospinning

Guoping Dong, Yingzhi Chi, Xiudi Xiao, Xiaofeng Liu, Bin Qian, Zhijun Ma, E. Wu, Heping Zeng, Danping Chen, Jianrong Qiu

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Abstract

Y2O3: Eu3+ nanofibers with the average diameter of ∼300 nm were in situ fabricated by electrospinning. X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern confirmed that the Y2O3: Eu 3+ nanofibers were composed of pure bodycentered cubic (bcc) Y 2O3 phase. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) results indicated that Y2O3: Eu 3+ nanofibers were constituted of nonspherical crystalline grains, and these crystalline grains were orderly arranged along the axial direction of single nanofiber. These Y2O3: Eu3+ nanofibers showed a partially polarized photoluminescence (PL). The arrangement of crystalline grains and the mismatch of dielectric constant between Y 2O3: Eu3+ nanofiber and its environment probably contributed together to the polarized PL from Y2O 3: Eu3+ nanofiber.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)22514-22519
Number of pages6
JournalOptics Express
Volume17
Issue number25
DOIs
StatePublished - 7 Dec 2009

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