Physical, structural and optical properties of terbium doped zinc phosphate glasses embedded with copper oxide nanoparticles

• Main Author: Syed Yaacob, Syariffah Nurathirah
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: QC Physics
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/81390/1/SyariffahNurathirahSyedMFS2019.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/81390/; http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:125073
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

This thesis reports the modification of zinc phosphate glass properties as the concentration of terbium ion (Tb3+) and copper oxide nanoparticles (CuO NPs) are varied. Three series of glass with composition of (100-x) P2O5- xZnO with 30< x<80 mol% in Series 1, (60-x) P2O5- 40ZnO-xTb2O3, with 0...