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Sm3+-Doped Alumino Borophospho-Silicate Glasses: An Examination of the Optical, Structural, and Gamma-ray Protective Features

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A prime series of Sm3+-doped alumino borophospho-silicate (xABPS) glasses were fabricated while varying the samarium ion concentration by employing the traditional melt-quenching method. XRD and FTIR characterizations were made for the structural investigation of the present glasses and the physical properties were calculated and reported. The high compactness and bonding nature of the xABPS glass system are explained through parameters such as boron–boron spacing, oxygen packing density, and the metallization criterion. The calculated mechanical properties illustrate the packing efficiency of the studied glasses. The absorption spectra exhibited several peaks in the UV–Vis-NIR region and following Tauc's plot method, the direct and indirect band gap for the glasses are determined and discussed. Various photon interaction parameters were calculated using the Phy-X program in a selected energy range. The obtained results of the studied glasses' mass attenuation coefficient (MAC), mean free path (MFP), and half-value layer (HVL) are compared with the reported data, whereby the increasing value of MAC, and the decreasing values of MFP and HVL confirm that the discussed glasses are suitable for radiation-shielding purposes.

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The authors express their gratitude to Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University Researchers Supporting Project number (PNURSP2023R111), Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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  1. Department of Physics, The Gandhigram Rural Institute - Deemed University, Gandhigram, 624302, India

    M. N. Vishnu Narayanan Namboothiri & K. Marimuthu

  2. Department of Physics, Farook College (Autonomous), Kozhikode, 673632, India

    K. A. Naseer

  3. Department of Physics, College of Science, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, 11671, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Nouf Almousa

  4. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Isra University, Amman, Jordan

    M. I. Sayyed

  5. Department of Nuclear Medicine Research, Institute for Research and Medical Consultations, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, 31441, Dammam, Saudi Arabia

    M. I. Sayyed

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation is done by Mr. M.N. Vishnu Narayanan Namboothiri, and data collection and analysis were performed by Mr. M.N. Vishnu Narayanan Namboothiri, Dr. K.A. Naseer and Dr. M.I. Sayyed. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Mr. M.N. Vishnu Narayanan Namboothiri, Dr. M.I. Sayyed and Dr. K.A. Naseer. The review and editing is done by Dr. K. Marimuthu and Dr. Nouf Almousa. The supervision is done by Dr. K. Marimuthu. All authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Vishnu Narayanan Namboothiri, M.N., Naseer, K.A., Marimuthu, K. et al. Sm3+-Doped Alumino Borophospho-Silicate Glasses: An Examination of the Optical, Structural, and Gamma-ray Protective Features. Silicon 15, 7797–7810 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12633-023-02620-2

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