Parallel Solution Combustion Synthesis for Combinatorial Materials Studies

Abstract

A parallel solution combustion synthesis technique was developed for combinatorial materials studies. The vigorous combustion reactions were successfully limited in the microreactors by using a substrate-netmask microreactor system and the lowest adoptable furnace temperature. Using this technique, a luminescent materials library of Y 3 Al 5 O 12 /Tb x was synthesized with the aid of an ink-jet delivery system. Structure and luminescence characterizations were implemented using X-ray diffraction and UV/X-ray spectroscopies, respectively. The results show that this technique is reliable and applicable to combinatorial study of powder materials with high synthesis temperature.

Nanophosphor aluminum oxide: Luminescence response of a potential dosimetric material

“…This technique was first demonstrated through the synthesis of Al 2 O 3 nanopowders [13], and has been employed to produce a variety of oxides, including silicates and aluminates, and in particular doped nanophosphors [16][17][18]. The SCS method has been shown to be a quick and effective way to produce large quantities of nanophosphor materials while systematically varying the dopants and starting materials [19] which enables more flexibility in material discovery than traditional crystal growth techniques. Recently, we have shown for SCS-produced Y 2 O 3 :Bi nanophosphors that the combustion conditions can strongly affect the luminescence properties, in particular the traps that give rise to TL [20].…”

High-throughput x-ray characterization system for combinatorial materials studies

“…Detailed information on the synthesis of the library will be published elsewhere. 19 Shown in Fig. 9 are the measured x-ray photoluminescence spectra from samples having different Tb concentrations ͑acquisition time: 3 s͒.…”

Combinatorial Approach to Synthesize and Optimize Gd2O3:Tb Nanocrystals

“…[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] Gd 2 O 3 :Tb is known to be a kind of fluorescence powder with excellent performance, which belongs to luminescent materials due to its potential application to preparing optical materials. At present, this kind of fluorescence powders was commonly synthesized by pyrolysis and co-deposition methods, whose granularity reached micron level.…”