Síntese e caracterização de vidros de telureto dopados com íons de Eu3+ e Tb3+ com nanopartículas metálicas. / Synthesis and characterization of tellurite glasses doped with Eu3+ and Tb3+ ions with metallic nanoparticles.

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2009

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This work presents the synthesis and characterization of luminescent properties of vitreous systems TeO2-ZnO e TeO2-ZnO-PbO-Na2O doped with ions of europium and terbium containing silver, gold and copper nanoparticles (NPs), for applications in photonic devices. These glasses have a large window transmission (350-6500 nm), chemical stability, mechanical and thermal resistance, low phonon energy (around 700 cm-1) and high refraction index (~2,0). The optical absorption measurement showed the incorporation of rareearths ions in the trivalent form, responsible for the luminescence phenomenon in the glasses and the presence of absorption bands related to the surface plasmons resonance (SPR), located in approximately 490 nm (in the case of silver NPs) in 500 nm (in the case of gold NPs) and around 800 nm (in the case of copper NPs). The characterization of the metallic NPs was perfomed with transmission electron microscopy (TEM) with the aid of electron diffraction and energy dispersive spectroscopy techniques that allowed the observation of metallic NPs, crystalline with several shapes and sizes. The measurements were made through with excitation of 405 nm for samples doped with Eu3+ and 377 nm for samples doped with Tb3+, using a fluorescence spectrometer, with Xenon lamp with pulses varying from 2 to 3 s. The bands associated to Eu3+ emission were measured at 580 nm, 590 nm, 614 nm, 650 nm and 695 nm due to the transitions 5D07FJ (with J = 0 to 4). The band situated at 614 nm related to electric dipole transition is the most intense because it is sensitive to changes in the local field, caused by the presence of metallic NPs. For samples doped with Tb3+ it was observed emissions at 485 nm, 550 nm, 590 nm and 623 nm, associated with the transitions 5D47FJ (with J = 6 to 3) being the 550 nm emission also related to electric dipole transition and consequently the most sensitive to changes in the local field, caused by the presence of metallic NPs. For the samples codoped with Eu3+ and Tb3+ ions it was observed significative enhancement of the luminescence at 614 nm emission in the presence of silver NPs. The achievement of the enhancement of the luminescence of Eu3+ ions only by energy transfer from Tb3+ is not a trivial mechanism. However, it was observed in samples prepared with different concentrations of acceptor and donors ions and intensified in the presence of NPs silver. The enhancement of the luminescence is probably caused by the increase of the local field around the rare earth ions and by processes of energy transfer between the metallic NPs and the rare earth ions. In these cases the distance between the rare earth ions and the metallic NPs ranges from 5 to 20 nm. Thus, the presence of metallic NPs plays an important role for the enhancement of the luminescence, allowing the development of new materials with application in photonic.

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metallic nanoparticles térbio tellurite glasses rare-earth ions terbium Íons europium vidro nanopartículas terras raras európio

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