Sol-gel synthesis of cerium-doped yttrium silicates and their luminescent properties

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 229-234

  Růžička, Jakub ^a   Nižňanský, Daniel ^a   Nikl, Martin ^b   Kucerkova, Romana ^b   Cannas, Carla ^c  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; EFFICIENCY LOSS; FORMAMIDES; LUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; LUMINESCENT PROPERTY; MODIFIED SOL-GEL METHOD; PREPARATION METHOD; PREPARATION PROCEDURES; SAMPLE MORPHOLOGY; SCINTILLATION EFFICIENCY; SOL-GEL SYNTHESIS; YTTRIUM SILICATES;

AMIDES; CERIUM; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; GELS; LUMINESCENCE; NANOCOMPOSITES; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SILICATES; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SOLS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; YTTRIUM; YTTRIUM ALLOYS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 77955770839     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2010.0039     Document Type: Conference Paper

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