Bae C-H, Lim K-S
Chungbuk National University, KR
Keywords: CO2 laser, Er, glass ceramic, nanocrystals, Yb, ZnAl2O4
We present a novel and simple method to enable spatially selective ZnAl2O4 nanocrystal formation on the surface of glass. Zinc Aluminate, well-known as a wide band gap semiconductor, has been widely used as high temperature materials. Our approach to produce glass-ceramics does not require an electric furnace for thermal diffusion of composite materials in glass. It needs only a few minutes instead of several hours to precipitate nanocrystals in this study. We controlled CO2 laser power and scan speed to find optimized conditions for nanocrystal precipitation. We also found the down-shifting and up-conversion emissions of Eu3+ ions in glass-ceramics containing ZnAl2O4 nanocrystals are several times stronger than those in glass. Glass-ceramics was characterized by using micro-X-ray diffraction (-XRD), and tunneling electron microscopy (TEM) with EDS analysis techniques. The mean crystal size was 5 nm. We also report Yb3+ as efficient sensitizer for red photoemission from Eu3+ in glass ceramics under 980 nm excitation.
Journal: TechConnect Briefs
Volume: 1, Advanced Materials: TechConnect Briefs 2016
Published: May 22, 2016
Pages: 41 - 44
Industry sector: Advanced Materials & Manufacturing
Topic: Materials Characterization & Imaging
ISBN: 978-0-9975-1170-3