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Pyrex glasses with different ZnS: Mn2+ contents were prepared by melting method. It has been found that Mn ion may occupy two sites: (Mn2+)sub, and (Mn2+)int from photoluminescene (PL) and photoluminescence excitation (PLE) spectra. The results were confirmed by the further electron panmagnetic resonance (EPR) experiments and the three types of states (Mn2+)sub, (Mn2+)int,and Mn clusters were identified. It was observed that theg-factor and the hyperfine structure (HFS) constant increase with the decreasing size of nanocrystallite. This may result from hybridization of sp3 electron states of ZnS and 3d5 electron states of Mn by the effects of quantum confinement and the surface states.
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Liu, J., Liu, C., Zheng, Y. et al. EPR study of ZnS:Mn2+ nanocrystals and pyrex glasses. Sci. China Ser. A-Math. 42, 387–391 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02874257
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