Mesoporous nanocrystalline CaF2 powder was obtained by pulsed electron beam evaporation (PEBE) in vacuum. The specific surface area (SSA) of the nanopowder (NP) of CaF2 reached 88.7 m2g. The effect of thermal annealing in air in the temperature range 200–900 oC on particle size, morphology, textural, thermal, magnetic, and luminescent properties of NP was studied. A strong deviation of the obtained nanoparticles from stoichiometry and a significant increase in SSA after annealing at 200 ° C was observed. The obtained CaF2 NP showed ferromagnetic (FM) behavior. The appearance of the FM response can be explained by the formation of structures and radiation defects. An analysis of the pulsed cathodoluminescence (PCL) curves and the magnetization of NP CaF2 allows us to draw conclusions about their relationship.

Nanophosphors in the amorphous state are first obtained via pulsed electron beam evaporation of targets made of polycrystalline phosphors with the compositions Ca_2M_8(SiO_4)_6O_2:Eu (M = Y and Gd) and Ca_2La_8(GeO_4)_6O_2:Eu with the structure of oxyapatite. Reduction of ions Eu^3+ → Eu^2+ in the electron beam is found. Modification of the Raman scattering (RS) spectra of the samples in the case of a decrease in the size of the particles from bulk to a nanosized state is found. The change in the forbidden band width E _ g of the samples in the case of transition from a bulk powder to an NP is considered. The spectral and luminescence characteristics of the samples in the polycrystalline and nanoamorphous states are studied. It is shown that, in the case of transition to nanosamples, the ligand field around Eu^2+ changes. This may be due to the violation of the translational symmetry in the NP. The bond between the 4 f and 5 d electrons weakens. Degeneracy of the ^2 e _ g level appears. Presumably, the reduction of ions Eu^3+ → Eu^2+ in the electron beam due to the breaking of the Si(Ge)–O bond in the process of evaporation of the samples and capture of the released electron by the Eu^3+ ions is found.

Polycrystalline phosphors with a Sr2Y8-x-yYbyTmxSi6O26 (x=0.005-0.5, y=0.2,0.3) total formula were synthesized. Nanoluminophor has been obtained from the Sr2Y7.695Yb0.3Tm0.005Si6O26 microcrystalline sample by the vacuum electron been evaporation, in the amorphous state, with the ~10.6 nm particle size. It is found, raman spectra undergoing modification by the transition from bulk- to nanosize state. Photoluminescene spectra micro- and nanophosphors are studied. Intensity of the blue emission, by the UV ligth excitation, grows in the x=0.005-0.02 region, with the x increasing. Upconversion photoluminescence (UPCL) spectra of the bulk phosphors and nanosample based on the Sr2Y7.695Yb0.3Tm0.005Si6O26 were measurd. At the pumping power around 70.8 mW, by the laser source with the λ=980 nm, thereshold population of the 3F3 level of Tm3+ ions exist. At a power higher 70.8 mW, a sharp increase of the luminescence intensityof the bulk- and nanophosphor occurs. For the 3H4->3H6 transition thereshold pumping power absent. This indicates that, pumping, during Yb->Tm energy transer, is a single photon process.