Effect of Er3+ doping on the thermal stability of TiO 2 nanoparticulate xerogels

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Borlaf, Mario ^a   Colomer, María T ^a   Moreno, Rodrigo ^a   Ortiz, Angel L ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE CERÁMICA Y VIDRIO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Erbium doping; Phase transformation; Sol gel

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLITE SIZE; DIFFRACTION; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOCRYSTALLITES; NANOCRYSTALS; OXIDE MINERALS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SOLID SOLUTIONS; SOLS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAYS; XEROGELS;

ERBIUM DOPING; HIGH SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; NANOCRYSTALLITE GROWTH; PRECIPITATION TEMPERATURE; SELECTED AREA ELECTRON DIFFRACTOMETRY; THERMAL EXPANSION COEFFICIENTS; TIO2 NANOCRYSTALLITES; X-RAY ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROMETRY;

ERBIUM COMPOUNDS;

ERBIUM; NANOCRYSTAL; NANOPARTICLE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; COLLOID; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DOPING; GEL; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID STATE; SOLUTE; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMOSTABILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY THERMODIFFRACTOMETRY;

EID: 84878423143     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-013-1752-9     Document Type: Article

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