Structural and topographical analysis of Nd:Gd{sub 2}O{sub 3} nanorods
- Department of Physics, Presidency College, Chennai 600 005 (India)
- Department of Physics, Vel Tech, Dr. RR and Dr. SR Technical University, Avadi, Chennai 600 062 (India)
- Department of Physics, University College of Engineering Arni, Anna University Chennai, Arni 632 317 (India)
Nanocrystalline form of pure and Nd doped gadolinium hydroxide [Nd:Gd(OH({sub 3}] nanorods were successfully synthesized at 60 Degree-Sign C through simple co-precipitation method of Gd(NO{sub 3}){sub 3}.6H{sub 2}O and Nd(NO{sub 3}){sub 3}.6H{sub 2}O solutions with a specified pH, adjusted using NH{sub 3} as buffer solution. The dopant percentage was maintained at 5%. The as-synthesized Gd(OH){sub 3} and Nd:Gd(OH({sub 3} nanorods were annealed at 500 Degree-Sign C for 1 h to form the respective Gd{sub 2}O{sub 3} and Nd:Gd{sub 2}O{sub 3} nanorods. Powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern, scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive X-ray (SEM/EDX) and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) analyses were used to characterize these as-synthesized [Gd(OH){sub 3} and Nd:Gd(OH({sub 3}] and annealed [Gd{sub 2}O{sub 3} and Nd:Gd{sub 2}O{sub 3}] nanorods.
- OSTI ID:
- 22118535
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1536, Issue 1; Conference: RAM 2013: International conference on recent trends in applied physics and material science, Bikaner, Rajasthan (India), 1-2 Feb 2013; Other Information: (c) 2013 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Related Subjects
ORGANIC
PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
COPRECIPITATION
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE
CRYSTALS
DOPED MATERIALS
GADOLINIUM HYDROXIDES
GADOLINIUM NITRATES
GADOLINIUM OXIDES
NANOSTRUCTURES
NEODYMIUM NITRATES
PH VALUE
QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
X-RAY DIFFRACTION
X-RAY FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS