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The photoluminescence (PL) of Ga2S3-5 mol % Eu2O3 nanocrystals prepared by mechanical comminution of the initial compound has been studied in the temperature range from 77 to 300 K. It is established that the PL spectrum of nanocrystals, in comparison to that of a massive sample, extends over a broader wavelength interval (430–620 nm) and has two maxima (at 507 and 556 nm) instead of one. The intensity of emission from nanocrystals is significantly higher than that from the massive crystal. The halfwidth in both cases varies with the temperature in proportion to T 1/2. The intensity of emission at 556 nm for nanocrystals depends on the temperature as lgI ∼ 1/T, this dependence having three linear portions corresponding to an activation energy of 0.04, 0.16, and 0.43 eV. The PL bands with maxima at 507 and 556 nm are assigned to the intracenter 4f 65d4f 7 transitions in Eu2+ ions.
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Original Russian Text © B.G. Tagiev, O.B. Tagiev, T.G. Mishina, S.A. Abushov, F.A. Kazymova, 2007, published in Pis’ma v Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoĭ Fiziki, 2007, Vol. 33, No. 22, pp. 36–42.
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Tagiev, B.G., Tagiev, O.B., Mishina, T.G. et al. Photoluminescence of Ga2S3:Eu nanocrystals. Tech. Phys. Lett. 33, 958–960 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S106378500711020X
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