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Low-temperature and short-time preparation of short rod-like Zn2GeO4:Mn2+ luminescent nanoparticles

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Zinc germanate (Zn2GeO4) is a typical n-type semiconductor with numerous advantages that make it an excellent matrix for luminescent materials. The transition metal manganese (Mn) has multiple oxidation states, which makes it an excellent luminescent ion center. Here we present a facile low-temperature and short-time preparation of Zn2GeO4:Mn2+ (ZGOM) nanoparticles. The method is capable of synthesizing short rod-shaped luminescent nanoparticles with regular shape, uniform size, and ideal luminescence performance within 1 h at a temperature of 220 °C. The phase structure and microstructure of ZGOM were characterized by XRD, XPS, and SEM, and its fourier transform infrared (FT-IR), ultraviolet absorption (UV–vis), and photoluminescence (PL) spectra were collected and analyzed to further characterize the luminescence properties of the products. In addition, the growth mechanism and luminescence mechanism of the ZGOM were discussed in detail, and exploring the application prospects in the latent fingerprint information manifestation.

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This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China under Grant 2018YFE0206900 and Hubei Key Laboratory of Forensic Science (Hubei University of Police) (2018KFKT05).

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Funding was provided by the National Key Research and Development Program of China under Grant (Grant Number 2018YFE0206900), Hubei Key Laboratory of Forensic Science (Hubei University of Police) (Grant Number 2018KFKT05).

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  2. The Key Laboratory of Forensic Science in Hubei Province, Hubei University of Police, 99# South Mud Bay Avenue, Wuhan, 430075, People’s Republic of China

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QZ: Conceptualization, methodology, software, investigation, validation, formal analysis, writing-original draft, project administration. XW: validation, data curation, visualization, software, resources, writing-review and editing, data curation. CW: Validation, formal analysis, visualization, supervision, data curation. XX: Writing-review and editing, funding acquisition. YW: Writing-review and editing, funding acquisition.

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Zhang, Q., Wang, X., Wang, C. et al. Low-temperature and short-time preparation of short rod-like Zn2GeO4:Mn2+ luminescent nanoparticles. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 34, 1477 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-023-10908-7

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