Design, Synthesis, and Structure-Property Relationships of Er3+-Doped TiO2 Luminescent Particles Synthesized by Sol-Gel
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
2.1. Effect of the Calcination Temperature on the Morphological, Structural, and Luminescence Properties of the TiO2 Particles
2.2. Effect of the Concentration of Er2O3 on the Morphological, Structural, and Luminescence Properties of the TiO2 Particles
3. Materials and Methods
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Lopez-Iscoa, P.; Pugliese, D.; Boetti, N.G.; Janner, D.; Baldi, G.; Petit, L.; Milanese, D. Design, Synthesis, and Structure-Property Relationships of Er3+-Doped TiO2 Luminescent Particles Synthesized by Sol-Gel. Nanomaterials 2018, 8, 20. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano8010020
Lopez-Iscoa P, Pugliese D, Boetti NG, Janner D, Baldi G, Petit L, Milanese D. Design, Synthesis, and Structure-Property Relationships of Er3+-Doped TiO2 Luminescent Particles Synthesized by Sol-Gel. Nanomaterials. 2018; 8(1):20. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano8010020
Chicago/Turabian StyleLopez-Iscoa, Pablo, Diego Pugliese, Nadia G. Boetti, Davide Janner, Giovanni Baldi, Laeticia Petit, and Daniel Milanese. 2018. "Design, Synthesis, and Structure-Property Relationships of Er3+-Doped TiO2 Luminescent Particles Synthesized by Sol-Gel" Nanomaterials 8, no. 1: 20. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano8010020