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Comprehensive comparison on optical properties of samarium oxide (micro/nano) particles doped tellurite glass for optoelectronics applications

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Rare-earth oxides microparticles doped tellurite-based glass have been studied extensively to improve the capability of optoelectronic devices. We report a detailed comparison between two sets of glass series containing samarium microparticles and nanoparticles denoted as ZBTSm-MPs and ZBTSm-NPs, respectively. The two sets of glass have been successfully fabricated via melt-quenching technique with chemical formula {[(TeO2)0.70 (B2O3)0.30]0.7 (ZnO)0.3}1−y (Sm2O3 (MPs/NPs))y with y = 0.005, 0.01, 0.02, 0.03, 0.04 and 0.05 mol fraction. The TEM analysis confirmed the existence and formation of nanoparticles in ZBTSm-NPs glasses. The density of ZBTSm-NPs glasses was found higher than ZBTSm-MPs glasses due to the distributions of nano-scale particles in tellurite glass network. There was a linear trend of increment in the refractive index in both sets of glass series along with the concentrations of dopants. The refractive index of ZBTSm-NPs glasses was found higher than ZBTSm-MPs glasses due to the shift in compactness of glass structure with nano-scale particles. In comparison, the absorption peaks of ZBTSm-MPs glasses were greater than ZBTSm-NPs glasses which were mainly due to the restriction of electrons mobility in glass network with nano-scale particles. The optical band gap energy in ZBTSm-NPs glasses was found greater than ZBTSm-MPs glasses which correspond to the widening of forbidden gap with nano-scale particles. The polarizability of ZBTSm-NPs and ZBTSm-MPs was found in non-linear trends along with dopant concentrations. Based on these findings, the improvement of optical properties has been made by introducing samarium oxide nanoparticles in tellurite glass which is beneficial for optoelectronic devices.

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This research was financially supported by Skim Geran Penyelidikan Fundamental (FRGS) Fasa 1/2018 (Grant Code: 2019–0006–102–02). The authors would like to thank the following institutions for equipment support: Faculty of Science and Mathematics, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris and Faculty of Science and Universiti Putra Malaysia.

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  1. Physics Department, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, University Pendidikan Sultan Idris, 35900, Tanjong Malim, Perak, Malaysia

    M. N. Azlan

  2. Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Elmergib University, Port Street, Al Khums, 40414, Elmergib, Libya

    S. S. Hajer

  3. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

    M. K. Halimah & M. H. M. Zaid

  4. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Federal University Lafia, Lafia, Nasarawa State, Nigeria

    S. A. Umar

  5. Faculty of Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia

    R. Hisam

  6. School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 USM, Penang, Malaysia

    S. M. Iskandar

  7. Institute of Metallurgy and Ore Beneficiation, Satbayev University, Almaty, Kazakhstan

    B. K. Kenzhaliyev & G. K. Kassymova

  8. Physics Department, Faculty of Science, AOMRG & Laser Centre, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

    N. N. Yusof

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Azlan, M.N., Hajer, S.S., Halimah, M.K. et al. Comprehensive comparison on optical properties of samarium oxide (micro/nano) particles doped tellurite glass for optoelectronics applications. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 32, 14174–14185 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-021-05961-z

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