Fabrication of polycrystalline (Y 0.7Gd 0.3) 2O 3:Eu 3+ ceramics: The influence of initial pressure and sintering temperature on its morphology and photoluminescence activity

Ceramics International

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1303-1313

  Krsmanović, Radenka M ^a   Antić, Željka ^a   Bártová, Barbora ^b   Brik, Mikhail G ^c   Dramićanin, Miroslav D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

A. Grain growth, B. Electron microscopy, C. Optical properties, D. Y 2O 3

Indexed keywords

A. GRAIN GROWTH, B. ELECTRON MICROSCOPY, C. OPTICAL PROPERTIES, D. Y 2O 3; ANOMALOUS MORPHOLOGY; BRANCHING RATIO; BULK MATERIALS; CERAMIC SAMPLES; COMPACTING PRESSURE; EFFECTIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; GRADUAL TRANSFORMATIONS; GRAIN COARSENING; GRAIN FORMATION; GRAIN SIZE; HIGH PRESSURE; INITIAL PRESSURE; JUDD-OFELT INTENSITY PARAMETERS; LUMINESCENCE EMISSION; NANO POWDERS; NANOCRYSTALLINES; OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; POLYCRYSTALLINE; POLYMER COMPLEX; SINTERING TEMPERATURES; STARTING POWDERS;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; EUROPIUM; GADOLINIUM; GRAIN GROWTH; MORPHOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POWDERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

SINTERING;

EID: 83555168283     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2011.09.004     Document Type: Article

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