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CHEM01200604004 Shri Sanyasinaidu Boddu - Homi Bhabha ...

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growth centre compared to higher viscosity glycerol. This leads to the isotropic growth of the<br />

material in ethylene glycol compared to glycerol.<br />

(a)<br />

(b)<br />

(c)<br />

(d)<br />

3+<br />

Fig.63. TEM images of (a) SbPO 4 :Tb nanoribbons and (b) SbPO :Tb 3+<br />

4 nanoparticles. The<br />

selected area electron diffraction pattern from the sample and the high resolution<br />

TEM image of a nanoribbon is shown in Fig.63 (c and d) respectively.<br />

4.3.2 Luminescence studies on SbPO 4 :Ln nanoparticles/ nanoribbons: Luminescence<br />

property of these nanomaterials needs to be understood before incorporating them into<br />

different matrices like glassy materials or thin films for various optical applications. Figure<br />

64(a and b) shows the emission spectra of SbPO 4 :Eu 3+ (5%) and SbPO :Tb 3+<br />

4 (5%)<br />

nanoparticles/ nanoribbons. For Eu 3+ doped samples, the spectrum consists of mainly two<br />

peaks around 590 and 616 nm. The peak around 590 nm is characteristic of magnetic dipole<br />

( 5 D 0 → 7 F 1 ) transition and that around 616 nm is characteristic of electric dipole ( 5 D0→ 7 F2)<br />

transition. Asymmetric ratio of luminescence (defined as the ratio of the relative intensity of<br />

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