Samarium-doped fluorochlorozirconate glass-ceramics as red-emitting x-ray phosphors

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 543-550

  Koughia, Cyril ^a   Edgar, Andy ^b   Varoy, Christopher R ^b   Okada, Go ^a   Von Seggern, Heinz ^c   Belev, George ^a   Kim, Chang Yong ^d   Sammynaiken, Ramaswami ^e   Kasap, Safa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d CANADIAN LIGHT SOURCE INC   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROCHLOROZIRCONATE GLASS-CERAMICS; GLASS MATRICES; HEXAGONAL CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; NOMINAL COMPOSITION; PL SPECTRA; SAMARIUM DOPING; X-RAY DIFFRACTION DATA; X-RAY LUMINESCENCE; X-RAY PHOSPHORS; ZBLAN GLASS;

DOPING (ADDITIVES); GLASS CERAMICS; GLASS TRANSITION; IONS; NANOCRYSTALS; SAMARIUM; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAYS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 79751514768     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2010.04110.x     Document Type: Article

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