Cu halide nanoparticle formation by diffusion of copper in alkali halide crystals

Copper atoms have been introduced by diffusion in NaCl, KCl and KBr crystals at 500±C. The crystals have been optically analyzed with photoluminescence measurements and by scanning electron microscopy. The emission and excitation spectra measured at low temperatures show the exciton confinement effe...

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Autores: A. Pérez-Rodríguez, M. Flores-Acosta, R. Rodríguez-Mijangos, R. Pérez-Salas
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2006
País:México
Institución:Universidad de Sonora
Repositorio:Redalyc-USON
OAI Identifier:oai:redalyc.org:57065009
Acceso en línea:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=57065009
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Física, Astronomía y Matemáticas
defects
Nanoparticles
alkali halides
photoluminescence
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Sumario:Copper atoms have been introduced by diffusion in NaCl, KCl and KBr crystals at 500±C. The crystals have been optically analyzed with photoluminescence measurements and by scanning electron microscopy. The emission and excitation spectra measured at low temperatures show the exciton confinement effect, indicating the formation of CuX (X=Cl, Br) nanoparticles, which has been confirmed by electron microscopy images. This is proposed as an alternative method to obtain CuX nanoparticles in alkali halides crystals.