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Investigation of Optical Properties and Chemical Structure of Nd2O3 Nanoparticles Deposited on NaX Zeolite Powder Using Plasma Focus Device

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In this article, nanoparticles of neodymium oxide deposited on NaX zeolite powder were fabricated using a 3.5 kJ Mather-type plasma focus device. The NaX zeolite samples were exposed to the 10, 15, and 20 shot numbers of the plasma focus device at a distance of 14 cm from the anode tip and 0 angular positions concerning the anode axis. Parent NaX zeolite and NaX:Nd composites with different Nd2O3 percent weights were characterized using various techniques such as; XRF, XRD, SEM, FT‒IR, and UV‒vis. It is found from the XRD analysis that the structure of the NaX zeolite is not affected by the shots of the plasma focus device, but the crystallinity of the zeolite is changed slightly after increasing the device shots. It was also found from TF-IR spectra that the amount of Nd2O3 in the samples increases with the increase of the shot number. The SEM analysis revealed an irregular distribution of prose on the surface of the deposited zeolite. It was also deduced from the results that variations in amount of \({\text{N}}{{\text{d}}_2}{{\text{O}}_3}\) can have significant effects on the degree of the crystallinity and optical characteristics of the synthesized composite including refractive index, band gap energy, dielectric constant, and absorption coefficients. The finding results can be used to enhance the structural characteristics and optical properties of fabricated nano-clusters deposited on porous materials such as zeolite.

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Mohammad Reza Seyedhabashi, M., Hosseinpour, H. & Noori, E. Investigation of Optical Properties and Chemical Structure of Nd2O3 Nanoparticles Deposited on NaX Zeolite Powder Using Plasma Focus Device. J Inorg Organomet Polym 34, 1452–1461 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10904-023-02825-3

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