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Sol-gel synthesis and photoluminescence of Zn2SiO4:Mn nanoparticles

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Manganese-doped zinc orthosilicate (Zn2SiO4:Mn) nanoparticles have been prepared using a sol-gel process followed by annealing. The doping level was varied widely: from 0.1 to 10 at % Mn. The average particle size of the as-prepared material was 20 nm. With increasing annealing temperature, the particle size increased, reaching 150 nm as evaluated by X-ray diffraction. The photoluminescence intensity in the material was shown to depend significantly on the phase composition of the samples, the degree of their crystallinity, and the doping level.

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  1. Institute of Solid State Chemistry, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pervomaiskaya ul. 91, Yekaterinburg, 620990, Russia

    K. A. Petrovykh & A. A. Rempel

  2. Yeltsin Federal University, ul. Mira 19, Yekaterinburg, 620002, Russia

    K. A. Petrovykh, A. A. Rempel, V. S. Kortov & E. A. Buntov

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Original Russian Text © K.A. Petrovykh, A.A. Rempel, V.S. Kortov, E.A. Buntov, 2015, published in Neorganicheskie Materialy, 2015, Vol. 51, No. 2, pp. 193–198.

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Petrovykh, K.A., Rempel, A.A., Kortov, V.S. et al. Sol-gel synthesis and photoluminescence of Zn2SiO4:Mn nanoparticles. Inorg Mater 51, 152–157 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168515020156

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