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Influence of cerium content and heat treatment on Ce:YAG@glass wool nanostructures

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The paper reports the influence of cerium content and heat treatment on composition, structural features and optical properties of nanostructures constituted by a layer of Ce:YAG nanoparticles on glass wool (Ce:YAG@GW). The Ce:YAG@GW nanostructures were obtained embedding the glass wool (GW) in a gel-like precursor and calcining at 800 and 900 °C. Gel-like precursor of urea glass route (UGR) method has been used to prepare both nanostructures and Ce:YAG nanoparticles prepared as references. Structural properties were investigated by using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and infrared spectroscopy (IR). Results showed that the composition of the final products strongly depends both on the cerium content and temperature. Optical properties of best materials have been investigated in order to verify their suitability for lighting applications. Obtained results show relatively high quantum efficiency for Ce:YAG@GW treated at 800 °C comparing with the Ce:YAG nanoparticles obtained at the same temperature confirming the improved luminescence properties of the nanoparticles when they are applied on GW surface.

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D.H. acknowledges the Polish National Science Centre for the OPUS 11 2016/21/B/ST5/02385 project. M.L.S. thanks the University of Palermo for supporting this research through the CORI2017 (Bando per la concessione di contributi per l’avvio e lo sviluppo di collaborazioni dell’Ateneo 2017-Azione D).

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C.G. and C.D. acknowledge QMUL for the financial support.

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  1. Dipartimento Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche, Chimiche e Farmaceutiche-STEBICEF and INSTM UdR-Palermo, Università di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze Pad. 17, I-90128, Palermo, Italy

    Francesco Armetta, Eugenio Caponetti & Maria Luisa Saladino

  2. School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS, UK

    Chiara Defilippi & Cristina Giordano

  3. Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Ul Okólna 2, Wrocław, Poland

    Lukasz Marciniak & Dariusz Hreniak

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Armetta, F., Defilippi, C., Giordano, C. et al. Influence of cerium content and heat treatment on Ce:YAG@glass wool nanostructures. J Nanopart Res 21, 152 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-019-4589-z

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