简介:TheinfluenceofrareearthoxideCeO2onmicrostructureandwearresistanceofM80S20thermalsprayandthermalsprayweldingcoatingsisstudiedusingopticalmicroscope,scanningelectronmicroscope,X-rayenergydispersionspectroscope,X-raydiffractometerandweartestingmachine.Theresultsshowthattheaddi-tionof8%CeO2canimprovethemicrostructure,microhardnessandwearresistanceofcoatingssignificantly.
简介:Er~(3+)andLa~(3+)codopedY_2O_3nanocrystallinepowdersweresynthesizedbygelcombustionmethodandcharacterizedwiththermalanalysis,X-raydiffraction(XRD),transmissionelectronmicroscopy(TEM),high-resolutionTEM(HRTEM)techniquesandfluorescencespectroscopy.Afterbeingcalcinedat1200oC,the(Y_(1–x)La_x)_2O_3:Er~(3+)powderswereconfirmedtobecubicY_2O_3phasewiththecrystallinegrainsizeintherangeof20–40nm.TheEr~(3+)emissionat1.53μmfromthe~4I_(13/2)→~4I_(15/2)transitionwasobserved,whichwasfoundtobeenhancedbyintroducingLa~(3+)ions.SuchenhancementcouldbeattributedtotheadjustmentofEr~(3+)ions'localenvironmentbythecodopingofLa~(3+)ions,leadingtotheincreasedgroundstateabsorptioncrosssectionofEr~(3+)ions.
简介:Duetotheremarkablemagnetoresistance(MR)effectonperovskite-typemanganite,magnetoelectronicsandspintronicshavebecomeattractivesubjectsofexperimentalandtheoreticalinvestigationsfortheapplicationpurpose.(La0.9Nd0.1)2/3Ca1/3Mn1-xFexO3(x=0,x=0.05)werepreparedsuccessfullybysol-gelmethod.Thestructure,magneticproperties,andtransportpropertiesofthecompoundswereinvestigated.Themagnetoresistanceeffectdependsonthecompositionandthetemperature.XRDpatternsshowthatthecompoundisasinglephasepolycrystalwithpseudocubicstructure.Alargenegativeisotropicmagnetoresistanceeffectinthesampleswereobservedatlowtemperatureregion.ThemaximumMRofthesampleswas77%and97%,respectively.Itwasmostlikelyduetothescatteringorthetunnelingtransportofspin-polarizedcarriersinlatticeunderstrongmagneticfield.
简介:AdetailedstudyofthefluorescenceemissionpropertiesandenergytransfermechanisminEr3+/Tm3+co-dopedleadsilicateglasseswasreported.Enhancednearinfrared1.8μmandvisibleup-conversionemissionswereinvestigatedunder808and980nmexcitations,respectively.TheenergytransfermechanismbetweenEr3+andTm3+wasanalyzedaccordingtotheabsorptionspectra,theemissionspectraandthelevelstructuresofEr3+andTm3+.TheenergytransferefficiencybetweenEr3+andTm3+reached68.1%intheEr3+/Tm3+co-dopedleadsilicateglasseswhenpumpedby808nmlaserdiode.Basedontheabsorptionspectra,theJudd-Ofeltparameters,spontaneousemissionprobability,absorptionandemissioncrosssections,gaincoefficientswerecalculatedandanalyzed.Itwasfoundthatthecalculatedemissioncrosssectionandthemaximumgaincoefficientaround1.8μmwere4.9×10–21cm2and1.12cm–1,respectively.TheseresultsindicatedthattheEr3+/Tm3+co-dopedlead-silicateglasseshadpotentialapplicationinnearinfraredlasers.
简介:EffectofLa-richrareearthoneutecticmicrostructureinA1-2%Fealloywasstudied.WhentheadditionofREissmall,a-A1phaseisintheformofcellulardendrite.WiththeincreaseoftheadditionofRE,thenucleationandgrowthofa-A1dendritearesuppressed,andeutecticAl3Fephaseisrefined.WhentheadditionofREgetsto0.6%(massfrac-tion),thesizeofeutecticAl3Feincreases.Inaddi-tion,mechanismoftheeffectofmixedREoneutecticmorphologyofA1-2%Fealloyisexplored.