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Induced red emission and diamagnetic maintenance in cubic Sb2O3 nanostructures via nitrogen insertion

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To study the influence of nitrogen on the properties of Sb2O3 nanostructures, a synthetic strategy was adopted to insert nitrogen into Sb2O3 lattice. Sb2O3 nanostructures were synthesized by vapor transport technique utilizing Ar plus O2 and N2 plus O2 gas mixes. EDAX inferred the presence of N besides to Sb and O for the films synthesized with N2 flow. This was also confirmed by presence of two small absorption bands around 2967.22 and 1052.00 cm− 1 in the FTIR spectrum. The insertion of N reduces the peak intensities of the cubic Sb2O3 phase and changed the morphology from randomly oriented nanowires to nanospheres/nanoprisms. The evaluated optical band gap values were 3.31 and 2.67 eV for the films synthesized with Ar and N2 flows, respectively. In addition to the two emission peaks around 397 and 467 nm which were observed for the films synthesized with Ar flows, the films synthesized with N2 flows had additionally enhanced red emission band with a maximum at 682 nm. Nitrogen increased the specific magnetization and maintained the diamagnetic behavior. The N doped Sb2O3 nanospheres/nanoprisms may be used as effective red-light emitters.

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Mohamed, S., Alhazime, A. Induced red emission and diamagnetic maintenance in cubic Sb2O3 nanostructures via nitrogen insertion. Opt Quant Electron 56, 877 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-024-06694-z

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