A comparative study of the effects of rare-earth oxides on the physical, optical, electrical and structural properties of vanadium phosphate glasses

IR and UV spectral studies for rare earths-doped tellurite glasses

“…These absorption bands were also reported for praseodymium phosphate glasses [28,30,31] and the same sharp peaks are observed in sodium silicate [30] and ZnF 2 glasses [32] doped with Pr 3+ ions.…”

“…Fig. 2 also reveals that, the general appearance of the absorption spectra of these rare earths-doped TeO 2 glasses are similar to the spectra observed for other glasses doped with the same kind of rare-earth oxides, such as P 2 O 5 -Pr 6 O 11 glass [25] GeO 2 -Pr 6 O 11 [26], lithium disilicate doped with neodymium [27], alumino-phosphate glasses doped with Nd 3+ and vanadium-phosphate glasses doped with different rare-earth oxides [28].…”

Structure and properties of (25−x/2)Li2O·(25−x/2)Na2O·xPbO·50P2O5 metaphosphate glasses

“…These properties make them interesting materials for applications in low-temperature sealing [1][2][3][4][5][6], vitrification of nuclear wastes [7,8], as well as laser host matrices after doping with rare-earth elements [9][10][11][12]. The low durability of phosphate glasses can be improved by the substitution of nitrogen for oxygen, which leads to a higher cross-linking density of the glass network [13,14].…”

Oxidation behaviour of Li–Na–Pb–P–O–N oxynitride phosphate glasses

“…These properties make them interesting for applications as low-temperature sealing materials, 1-6 vitrification of nuclear wastes, 7,8 as well as laser host matrices when doped with rareearth elements. [9][10][11][12] However, their low chemical durability is a drawback which can limit their practical use.…”