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Gejihu De1, Bao Gui, Weihua Wang
1College of Chemistry and Environment Science, Inner Mongolia Normal University, 81 Zhaowuda Road, Hohhot 010022, China.
Abstract:
The preparation process and photoluminescent properties of one-dimensional BaF2:Eu3+ nanorods (NRs) and microrods (MRs) were investigated. The results indicate that the samples were NRs with uniform diameters in the range of 30-50 nm, and lengths in the range of 1.2-3 microm when cooled to room temperature naturally. However, the samples were MRs with length of 1.5-3.0 microm and outer diameters of 200-250 nm when cooled to room temperature immediately. Furthermore, the relative intensity of 5D0 --> 7F2 depended on the two structures obtained under different temperatures. This work demonstrates that a MRs may be more favorable than NRs for photoluminescence.
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