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Local structure of gadolinium in oxyfluoride glass matrices containing SrF2 and BaF2 crystallites

R. IgnatansAndris AntuzevicsM. Kemere

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Materials sciencePhotoluminescenceGadoliniumchemistry.chemical_element02 engineering and technology010402 general chemistry021001 nanoscience & nanotechnologyCondensed Matter Physics01 natural sciences0104 chemical sciencesElectronic Optical and Magnetic Materialslaw.inventionCrystallographyTetragonal crystal systemNuclear magnetic resonancechemistrylawAluminosilicateTransmission electron microscopyDifferential thermal analysisMaterials ChemistryCeramics and CompositesCrystallite0210 nano-technologyElectron paramagnetic resonance

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Abstract Gd3 + doped aluminosilicate oxyfluoride glasses and glass-ceramics containing SrF2 and BaF2 crystallites have been studied by differential thermal analysis (DTA), X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), photoluminescence (PL) and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy techniques. A pronounced EPR fine structure emerges after the heat treatment of the glass matrix. EPR spectra simulations indicate the formation of cubic, tetragonal and trigonal Gd3 + centres in the studied compositions.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2016.07.015