Spectroscopic properties of Cr3+ ions in nanocrystalline glass-ceramic composites

Kristina E. Lipinska-Kalita; Patricia E. Kalita; Denise M. Krol; Russell J. Hemley; Cédric L. Gobin; Yoshimichi Ohki

doi:10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2005.11.039

Spectroscopic properties of Cr³⁺ ions in nanocrystalline glass-ceramic composites

Kristina E. Lipinska-Kalita, Patricia E. Kalita^*, Denise M. Krol, Russell J. Hemley, Cédric L. Gobin, Yoshimichi Ohki

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Kagami Memorial Research Institute for Materials Science and Technology

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Abstract

Luminescence properties of Cr³⁺ ions in a silica-based precursor glass, and in fabricated optically transparent glass-based nanocrystalline composites, have been investigated. The luminescence spectra of the precursor glass revealed a wide range of crystal fields and showed the ⁴T₂-⁴A₂ broadband emission of Cr³⁺ ions in a weak crystal field, combined with ²E-⁴A₂ emission characteristic for Cr³⁺ ions in a strong crystal field. Glass-ceramic nanocomposites, with gallium oxide nanocrystals nucleated in a host glass matrix, indicated the prevailing contribution of the crystal-like ²E-⁴A₂ emissions (R-lines) of Cr³⁺ ions in a strong crystal field. The low-temperature studies demonstrated that the fluorescence of Cr³⁺ ions could be altered from sharp R-lines of the ²E-⁴A₂ transition, below 70 K, to a combination of R-lines and their sidebands, above 70 K. Our results indicate that, in the developed glass-ceramic nanocomposites, most of the Cr³⁺ ions have migrated from the host glass matrix to the nucleated gallium oxide nanocrystalline phase.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	524-527
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids
Volume	352
Issue number	6-7 SPEC. ISS.
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2005.11.039
Publication status	Published - 2006 May 15

Keywords

Glass-ceramics
Luminescence
Nanocomposites
Nanocrystals
Nanoparticles
Nucleation
Oxide glasses
Transition metals
X-ray diffraction

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Ceramics and Composites
Condensed Matter Physics
Materials Chemistry

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