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Synthesis and Spectral Properties of Nd2O3-Doped Sodium Silicophosphate Glass

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Combined UV-visible and FTIR spectral studies of undoped and Nd2O3 –doped sodium silicophosphate glasses were carried out to characterize the optical and structural properties of such glasses. The base undoped silicophosphate glass exhibits strong UV absorption which is due to the presence of unavoidable trace iron impurities (mainly Fe3+ ions) present contaminated within the raw materials used for the preparation of such glasses. Nd2O3 –doped glasses show characteristic absorption bands extending in the entire visible region which are attributed to the contribution of Nd3+ ions with distinct peaks which are almost constant with the increase of dopant. This comes from the combined compact glass structure containing two glass forming units and the shielding of the rare-earth ions. Infrared absorption spectra of the studied glasses reveal characteristic IR bands due to the combination of both silicate and phosphate groups. The introduction of Nd2O3 within the dopant level (2 %) produces no variations in the IR vibrational bands due to the presence of the two structural silicate and phosphate groups giving compactness of the network structure. The deconvoluted spectra reveal the presence of phosphate groups in a slightly high ratio due to the high content of P2O5 in the composition.

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  1. Spectroscopy Department, Physics Division, National Research Center, Dokki, 12311, Cairo, Egypt

    A. M. Abdelghany

  2. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Damietta University, New Damietta, 34517, Egypt

    H. M. Zeyada

  3. Glass Department, National Research Center, Dokki, 12311, Cairo, Egypt

    H. A. ElBatal

  4. Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Damietta University, Damietta, Egypt

    R. Fetouh

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Abdelghany, A.M., Zeyada, H.M., ElBatal, H.A. et al. Synthesis and Spectral Properties of Nd2O3-Doped Sodium Silicophosphate Glass. Silicon 8, 325–330 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12633-015-9308-5

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