Latest development on pulsed laser deposited thin films for advanced luminescence applications

SN Ogugua, OM Ntwaeaborwa, HC Swart - Coatings, 2020 - mdpi.com
Currently, pulsed laser deposition (PLD) is a widely used technique to grow thin films for
academic research and for industrial applications. The PLD has superior advantages …

Pulsed laser deposition of a ZnO: Eu3+ thin film: Study of the luminescence and surface state under electron beam irradiation

EHH Hasabeldaim, OM Ntwaeaborwa, RE Kroon… - Applied Surface …, 2020 - Elsevier
A highly c-axis orientated Eu 3+ doped ZnO (ZnO: Eu 3+) thin film was successfully
deposited by pulsed laser deposition in an oxygen working atmosphere. The structure …

Temperature induced upconversion behaviour of Ho3+-Yb3+ codoped yttrium oxide films prepared by pulsed laser deposition

A Pandey, V Kumar, RE Kroon, HC Swart - Journal of Alloys and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Pulsed laser deposited Ho 3+-Yb 3+ codoped yttrium oxide films were grown on
silicon substrates in vacuum at different substrate temperatures (373, 573, 773 and 973 K) …

Effect of Tb3+ ion concentration on photoluminescence and thermoluminescence studies of Y4Al2O9 phosphor

V Dubey, RK Tamarkar, R Chandrakar, V Singh - Optik, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Herein Tb 3+(0.1, 0.2, 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2 and 2.5 mol%) doped Y 4 Al 2 O 9 (monoclinic
phase of yttrium aluminium oxide Y/Al 2: 1) phosphors have been synthesized by …

The effect of different annealing temperatures on the structure and luminescence properties of Y2O3: Bi3+ thin films fabricated by spin coating

A Yousif, RM Jafer, S Som, MM Duvenhage… - Applied Surface …, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper reports on the structural, morphology and optical properties of Y 2− x O 3: Bi x=
0.005 micro-and nanophosphors synthesized via the spin coating method. The influence of …

The effect of different substrate temperatures on the structure and luminescence properties of Y2O3: Bi3+ thin films

RM Jafer, HC Swart, A Yousif, E Coetsee - Solid State Sciences, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Y 2 O 3: Bi 3+ phosphor thin films were prepared by pulsed laser deposition in the
presence of oxygen (O 2) gas. The microstructure and photoluminescence (PL) of these …

Comparison of Y2O3: Bi3+ phosphor thin films fabricated by the spin coating and radio frequency magnetron techniques

RM Jafer, A Yousif, V Kumar, TK Pathak… - Physica B: Condensed …, 2016 - Elsevier
The reactive radio-frequency (RF) magnetron sputtering and spin coating fabrication
techniques were used to fabricate Y 2− x O 3: Bi x= 0.5% phosphor thin films. The two …

Multifunctional properties of hybrid semiconducting nanomaterials and their applications

GK Inwati, P Kumar, HC Swart - Nanoscale Compound Semiconductors …, 2022 - Elsevier
This chapter deals with the multifunctional properties of the semiconducting nanomaterials
including their optical, electronic, sensory, and catalytic functionalities for the multiple uses …

Structural and morphology analysis of annealed Y3 (Al, Ga) 5O12: Tb thin films synthesized by pulsed laser deposition

A Yousif, HC Swart, JJ Terblans, RM Jafer… - Applied surface …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Y 3 (Al, Ga) 5 O 12: Tb thin films were grown in an O 2 working atmosphere on Si (1
0 0) substrates using the pulsed laser deposition (PLD) technique. Micrometer and sub …

Effect of different annealing temperatures on the optical properties of Y3 (Al, Ga) 5O12: Tb thin films grown by PLD

A Yousif, HC Swart, OM Ntwaeaborwa - Physica B: Condensed Matter, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Y 3 (Al, Ga) 5 O 12: Tb thin films have been prepared on SiO 2/Si (1 0 0) substrates
by using pulsed laser deposition. The deposited films were annealed in air at 800° C, 900° …