Influence of Temperature and Time on Nd_2O_3-SiO_2 Composite Prepared by the Solgel Process

• Authors: S. Duhan , P. Aghamkar
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Using solgel method Nd_2O_3-SiO_2 binary oxide systems were prepared. The binary oxide transformed from the amorphous phase to nanocrystalline phase upon heat treatment in air. Characterization of the Nd_2O_3-SiO_2 was carried out by using X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and scanning electron microscopy. The effect of the sintering temperature and time on the evolution of the binary oxide system was discussed. It is found that sintering time plays a pivotal role to obtain Nd_2O_3-SiO_2 nanocomposite. At temperature of 900°C, the sample was sintered for 12 h and monoclinic Nd_2O_3 nanocrystallites, with average crystallite size ≈12 nm, were obtained.

Keywords

EN

61.46.Df; 61.46.Hk; 78.67.Bf

Discipline

• 78.67.Bf: Nanocrystals, nanoparticles, and nanoclusters
• 61.46.Df: Structure of nanocrystals and nanoparticles ("colloidal" quantum dots but not gate-isolated embedded quantum dots)
• 61.46.Hk: Nanocrystals

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 113
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 1671-1677

Dates

published

2008-06

received

2007-12-05

(unknown)

2008-02-22

Contributors

author

S. Duhan

• Materials Science Lab, Department of Applied Physics, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar-125001, India

author

P. Aghamkar

• Materials Science Lab, Department of Applied Physics, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar-125001, India
• Department of Physics, Chaudhary Devi Lal University, Sirsa-125055, India

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.113.1671