On the controlled isotropic shrinkage induced fine-tuning of photo-luminescence in terbium ions embedded silica inverse opal films | Zendy

Vishnu Prasad Shrivastava | Zendy; Jitendra Kumar | Zendy; Sri Sivakumar | Zendy

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On the controlled isotropic shrinkage induced fine-tuning of photo-luminescence in terbium ions embedded silica inverse opal films

Author(s) -

Vishnu Prasad Shrivastava,

Jitendra Kumar,

Sri Sivakumar

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

aip advances

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.421

H-Index - 58

ISSN - 2158-3226

DOI - 10.1063/1.5003692

Subject(s) - terbium , annealing (glass) , materials science , luminescence , shrinkage , ion , isotropy , analytical chemistry (journal) , wavelength , photoluminescence , polystyrene , absorbance , refractive index , sol gel , optoelectronics , optics , nanotechnology , chemistry , composite material , polymer , physics , organic chemistry , chromatography

Tb3+ embedded silica inverse opal structures with different photonic stop bands have been fabricated by annealing the SiO2-polystyrene spheres (diameter 390 nm) opal template at 320-650 oC. The PSB tuning realized in the wavelength range 498 – 600 nm is shown to depend on annealing temperature and impending isotropic shrinkage of silica matrix. The impact of wide PSB shift on four Tb3+ ion emission bands (blue, green, yellow, and red at 486, 545, 580, and 620 nm, respectively) corresponding to 5D4→7Fj (j = 6,5,4,3) transitions have been investigated. The effect amounts to significant suppression of emission bands at 586, 545 and 486 nm in inverse opals, obtained by annealing opal template at 350, 400, and 650 oC, respectively. Further, luminescence lifetime of Tb3+ ion 5D4 state increases with shrinkage induced in inverse opal progressively and get enhanced up to 2.3 times vis-à-vis reference silica. The changes in refractive index caused by thermal annealing of opal template is found to be responsible for the observed improvement in 5D4 state lifetime

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