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AUTHOR
Carlos Renero-lecuna
Structural Metastability and Quantum Confinement in Zn1–xCoxO Nanoparticles
This paper investigates the electronic structure of wurtzite (W) and rock-salt (RS) Zn1-xCoxO nanoparticles (NPs) by means of optical measurements under pressure (up to 25 GPa), X-ray absorption, and transmission electron microscopy. W-NPs were chemically synthesized at ambient conditions and RS-NPs were obtained by pressure-induced transformation of W-NPs. In contrast to the abrupt phase transition in W-Zn1-xCoxO as thin film or single crystal, occurring sharply at about 9 GPa, spectroscopic signatures of tetrahedral Co(2+) are observed in NPs from ambient pressure to about 17 GPa. Above this pressure, several changes in the absorption spectrum reveal a gradual and irreversible W-to-RS pha…
Photoluminescence in ZnO:Co2+ (0.01%–5%) Nanoparticles, Nanowires, Thin Films, and Single Crystals as a Function of Pressure and Temperature: Exploring Electron–Phonon Interactions
This work investigates the electronic structure and photoluminescence properties of Co2+-doped ZnO and their pressure and temperature dependences through high-resolution absorption and emission spe...