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Effects of rare earth (Er3+, Yb3+, Sm3+, Ce3+) doping of yttrium oxide nanoparticles on the crystal structure and morphology have been investigated. X-ray diffraction, thermal analysis and scanning electron microscopy show that chemical and structural transformations are taking place in as-prepared carbonate spherical particles in the temperature range of 400–1200 K. In the final form crystalline agglomerates are compositionally homogeneous with a diameter range of 165–185 nm and an average crystalline grain size of 45 nm. Rare earth (RE) doped yttria particles are found to be up to 40% smaller in crystal grain size. The development of surface texture is due to nanocrystalline substructure which is related to the applied thermal treatment: carbonate decomposition and yttria crystallization processes.
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The authors thank their colleagues Drs L. Giersig and A. Schindler, NETZSCH-Gerätebau GmbH, for the use of the STA 449 Jupiter thermal analyzer, and Dr S. Stowe, Electron Microscope Unit, Australian National University for the use of the Hitachi S-4500 FESEM. The work was supported in part by Australian Research Council grant A00104371.
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Kaczmarek, W.A., Riesen, H. Structural and morphological properties of RE3+ doped sesquioxide Y2O3 spherical nanoparticles. J Mater Sci 41, 8320–8328 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-006-1017-4
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