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Enhancing optical properties of Lu3Al5O12:Ce3+ by cost-effective silica-based photonic crystals

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Light-induced interactions between a commercially available green phosphor; Lu3Al5O12:Ce3+ (LuAG:Ce3+); and silica photonic crystals (PC) have been investigated in terms of absorption, excitation- and emission-based properties, respectively. The composites were prepared by embedding the phosphorus and other additives homogeneously in a polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) matrix in form of thin films. When entrapped in the polymer, the additive-free LuAG:Ce3+ exhibited two efficient absorption bands centered at 346 and 450 nm, respectively. A broadband emission at 538 nm and a Stoke’s Shift of 88 nm were observed when excited by blue light; at 450 nm. When the Ce-free and Ce-doped photonic crystals were utilized along with the LuAG:Ce3+, the emission intensities of the composites were enhanced at 19- and 18-fold with respect to the PC-free forms. Additionally, average decay times of the individual phosphor and silica-modified phosphor composites were measured as 64, 550, 772, and 830 µs, respectively.

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We gratefully acknowledge that funding of this project was provided by the “Scientific Research Funds of Dokuz Eylul University” (Project Number: 2017.KB.FEN.033) We also thank the Izmir Biomedicine and Genome Center (IBG) for the Electron Microscopy Core Facility.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, The Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Dokuz Eylul University, Buca, 35390, Izmir, Turkey

    Beyza Yildirim

  2. Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, The Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Dokuz Eylul University, Buca, 35390, Izmir, Turkey

    Ramazan Dalmis

  3. Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Dokuz Eylul University, Buca, 35390, Izmir, Turkey

    Ramazan Dalmis, Isil Birlik & Funda Ak Azem

  4. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Dokuz Eylul University, Buca, 35390, Izmir, Turkey

    Kadriye Ertekin

  5. Center for Production and Application of Electronic Materials Tinaztepe Campus, Dokuz Eylul University, Buca, 35397, Izmir, Turkey

    Kadriye Ertekin, Isil Birlik & Funda Ak Azem

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Yildirim, B., Dalmis, R., Ertekin, K. et al. Enhancing optical properties of Lu3Al5O12:Ce3+ by cost-effective silica-based photonic crystals. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 31, 10267–10278 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-020-03573-7

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