Author, as appears in the article.: Adell, Irina; Maria Sole, Rosa; Cinta Pujol, Maria; Lancry, Matthieu; Ollier, Nadege; Aguilo, Magdalena; Diaz, Francesc
Department: Química Física i Inorgànica
URV's Author/s: Aguiló Díaz, Magdalena / Díaz Castrillón, Fernanda / Díaz González, Francisco Manuel / Pujol Baiges, Maria Cinta / Solé Cartañà, Rosa Maria
Keywords: Affordable and clean energy
Abstract: © 2018, The Author(s). Scintillator materials have gained great interest for many applications, among which the medical applications stand out. Nowadays, the research is focused on finding new scintillator materials with properties that suit the needs of each application. In particular, for medical diagnosis a fast and intense response under high-energy radiation excitation is of great importance. Here, type III Ce3+-doped KGd(PO3)4single crystals with high crystalline quality are grown and optically characterized as a new promising scintillator material. The 4f → 5d electronic transitions of Ce3+are identified by optical absorption. The optical absorption cross section of Ce3+for the electronic transition from the2F5/2to the 5d1level is 370 × 10−20cm2. The luminescence of KGd0.996Ce0.004(PO3)4crystal by exciting the 5d levels of Ce3+with VUV-UV synchrotron radiation shows down-shifting properties with strong emissions at 322 and 342 nm from the 5d1to2F5/2and2F7/2levels of Ce3+with a short decay time of ~16 ns, which is very suitable for scintillator applications. Moreover, these intense emissions are also observed when Gd3+is excited since an energy transfer from Gd3+to Ce3+exists.
Thematic Areas: Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros Saúde coletiva Química Psicología Odontología Nutrição Multidisciplinary sciences Multidisciplinary Medicina veterinaria Medicina iii Medicina ii Medicina i Materiais Matemática / probabilidade e estatística Letras / linguística Interdisciplinar Geografía Geociências Farmacia Engenharias iv Engenharias iii Engenharias ii Enfermagem Educação física Educação Economia Ciências biológicas iii Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas i Ciências ambientais Ciências agrárias i Ciência de alimentos Ciência da computação Biotecnología Biodiversidade Astronomia / física
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
ISSN: 20452322
Author's mail: fernanda.diaz@estudiants.urv.cat magdalena.aguilo@urv.cat mariacinta.pujol@urv.cat rosam.sole@urv.cat f.diaz@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0001-6130-9579 0000-0002-1052-8031 0000-0002-5769-4141 0000-0003-4581-4967
Record's date: 2024-11-16
Journal volume: 8
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Link to the original source: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-29372-z
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Scientific Reports. 8 (1): 11002-
APA: Adell, Irina; Maria Sole, Rosa; Cinta Pujol, Maria; Lancry, Matthieu; Ollier, Nadege; Aguilo, Magdalena; Diaz, Francesc (2018). Single crystal growth, optical absorption and luminescence properties under VUV-UV synchrotron excitation of type III Ce3+:KGd(PO3)4, a promising scintillator material. Scientific Reports, 8(1), 11002-. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-29372-z
Article's DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-29372-z
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2018
Publication Type: Journal Publications