Modification of structural and physical properties of samarium doped zinc phosphate glasses due to the inclusion of nickel oxide nanoparticles

• Main Authors: M. Azmi, Siti Amlah, Sahar, Md. Rahim, Ghoshal, Sib Krishna, Arifin, Ramli
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2015
• Subjects: QC Physics
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/58590/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

A series of nickel oxide (NiO) nanoparticles (NPs) embedded samarium (Sm3+) doped zinc phosphate glass of the form (58 - x) P2O5-40ZnO-1Sm2O3-xNiO, with x = 0.0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0 mol% are synthesized via melt quenching technique and the influence of NPs (at fixed concentration of Sm3+) on their...