CHEM01200604004 Shri Sanyasinaidu Boddu - Homi Bhabha ...
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corresponding emission and excitation peaks [93]. Mukherjee, et al. [94] investigated the<br />
energy transfer between Ce 3+ and ions like Tb 3+ , Eu 3+ and Dy 3+ , when doped in nanoparticles<br />
of YAG host. It is observed that the energy transfer has been found to take place only from<br />
Tb 3+ to Ce 3+ ions, leading strong yellow emission along with emission characteristic of<br />
Tb 3+ ions.<br />
Lanthanide phosphates (LnPO 4 ) are robust materials for various technological<br />
applications involving lasers due to their high thermal and chemical stability, extremely low<br />
solubility in water and improved solubility for rare earth ions like Nd 3+ [94-101]. YPO 4 based<br />
phosphors are used in plasma display panels due to their high ultra violet absorption crosssection<br />
and high vacuum ultraviolet radiation stability [102, 103]. Synthesis and<br />
luminescence properties of YPO 4 nanoparticles doped with lanthanide ions have been<br />
reported [104-107]. For example, He, et al.[105] observed that co-doping Bi 3+ in YPO 4 :Dy<br />
nanoparticles leads to improvement in Dy 3+<br />
emission from the nanoparticles upon UV<br />
excitation This has been attributed to the improved UV light absorption properties of the<br />
nanomaterial brought about by Bi 3+ doping. Srinivasu, et al. [106] observed a reduction in<br />
both Eu 3+ and Dy 3+ luminescence when Dy 3+ ions are co-doped in YPO 4 :Eu nanoparticles<br />
followed by annealing them at high temperature (900°C). This has been attributed to the<br />
clustering effect of the lanthanide ions. The authors also observed that the nature and extent<br />
of strain associated with the YPO 4 lattice change with incorporation of Eu 3+ / Dy 3+ ion in the<br />
nanoparticles as well as the heat treatment temperature. Based on the detailed structural and<br />
luminescence studies, Luwang, et al. [107] inferred that the association of water molecules<br />
with the hexagonal phase of Bi 3+<br />
co-doped YPO 4 :Eu, is the reason for the significant<br />
decrease in Eu 3+<br />
luminescence intensity when compared with YPO 4 :Eu nanomaterials.<br />
CePO 4 belongs to lanthanide phosphate category and exists mainly in two forms. One has the<br />
hexagonal structure with molecular formula CePO 4 .xH 2 O (x =0.3-0.5) (also known as<br />
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