Luminescent Eu2O3 nanocrystals by Aspalathus linearis ' extract: Structural and optical properties

Journal of Nanophotonics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Diallo, Abdoulaye ^a,b   Mothudi, Bakang M ^a,b   Manikandan, Elayaperumal ^a,b   Maaza, Malik ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (South Africa)

Author keywords

europium oxide nanoparticles; Green synthesis; luminescence; rare earth oxides

Indexed keywords

CHELATION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; EUROPIUM COMPOUNDS; LUMINESCENCE; NANOCRYSTALS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RARE EARTHS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); X RAYS;

ASPALATHUS LINEARIS; CHELATING AGENT; EUROPIUM OXIDE; GREEN SYNTHESIS; LUMINESCENCE PROPERTIES; NATURAL EXTRACTS; RARE EARTH OXIDE; STRUCTURAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 84968747393     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19342608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JNP.10.026010     Document Type: Article

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