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Photoluminescence of submicron-thick CVD (Gd x Y1–x )2O3:Eu3+ (11–14 at % Eu) films

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(Gd x Y1–x )2O3:Eu3+ (11–14 at % Eu) phosphor films ≤150 nm in thickness have been grown by Ln(dpm)3 chemical vapor deposition on Si(100) substrates, and the chemical and phase compositions of the films have been determined. We have studied photoluminescence spectra of the films and the exact distribution of the Eu3+ activator ions over the cation sites of the solid solutions.

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  1. Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Akademika Lavrent’eva 3, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia

    V. V. Bakovets, S. V. Belaya, I. V. Korol’kov, E. A. Maksimovskii, M. I. Rakhmanova, P. A. Stabnikov & I. V. Yushina

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    I. V. Korol’kov

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Original Russian Text © V.V. Bakovets, S.V. Belaya, I.V. Korol’kov, E.A. Maksimovskii, M.I. Rakhmanova, P.A. Stabnikov, I.V. Yushina, 2017, published in Neorganicheskie Materialy, 2017, Vol. 53, No. 6, pp. 626–631.

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Bakovets, V.V., Belaya, S.V., Korol’kov, I.V. et al. Photoluminescence of submicron-thick CVD (Gd x Y1–x )2O3:Eu3+ (11–14 at % Eu) films. Inorg Mater 53, 613–618 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168517060012

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