Issue 4, 2015

Crystal structures and optical properties of new quaternary strontium europium aluminate luminescent nanoribbons

Abstract

We report the synthesis and characterization of three series of new quaternary strontium europium aluminate (Sr–Eu–Al–O; SEAO) luminescent nanoribbons that show blue, green, and yellow luminescence from localized Eu2+ luminescent centers. These three series of SEAO nanoribbons are: blue luminescent, tetragonal Sr1−xEuxAl6O10 (0 < x < 1) (b-SEAO), green luminescent, monoclinic Sr1−xEuxAl2O4 (0 < x < 1) (g-SEAO), and yellow luminescent, hexagonal Sr1−xEuxAl2O4 (0 < x < 1) (y-SEAO). Among these three series of SEAO nanoribbons, the b-SEAOs and y-SEAOs are new compounds that have not been reported before. The crystal structures of the SEAO nanoribbons were comprehensively studied using various synchrotron X-ray diffraction techniques and the effects of crystal structures on materials' luminescence properties were investigated. These one-dimensional SEAO luminescent nanoribbons can function as both light generators and waveguides, and thus have promising potential as the building blocks in miniaturized photonic circuitry.

Graphical abstract: Crystal structures and optical properties of new quaternary strontium europium aluminate luminescent nanoribbons

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
07 Sep 2014
Accepted
10 Nov 2014
First published
12 Nov 2014

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2015,3, 778-788

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Crystal structures and optical properties of new quaternary strontium europium aluminate luminescent nanoribbons

X. Li, J. D. Budai, F. Liu, Y. Chen, J. Y. Howe, C. Sun, J. Z. Tischler, R. S. Meltzer and Z. Pan, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2015, 3, 778 DOI: 10.1039/C4TC02002B

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