scholarly journals Luminescence from TiO2 Nanotubes and Related Nanostructures Investigated Using Synchrotron X-Ray Absorption Near-Edge Structure and X-Ray Excited Optical Luminescence

Author(s):  
Lijia Liu ◽  
Tsun-Kong Sham
2007 ◽  
Vol 85 (10) ◽  
pp. 853-858 ◽  
Author(s):  
JY Peter Ko ◽  
Franziskus Heigl ◽  
Yun Mui Yiu ◽  
Xing-Tai Zhou ◽  
Tom Regier ◽  
...  

In this study, we show that colour centres can be produced by irradiating calcium oxide with soft X-rays from a synchrotron radiation source. Using the X-ray excited optical luminescence (XEOL) technique, two colour centres, F-centre, and F+-centre can be identified. These colour centres emit photons at characteristic wavelengths. In addition, by performing time-resolved XEOL (TRXEOL), we are able to reveal timing and decay characteristics of the colour centres. We also present X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) spectra collected across oxygen K-edge, calcium L3,2-edge, and calcium K-edge. Experimental results are compared with density functional theory (DFT) calculations.Key words: calcium oxide, colour centre, synchrotron, X-ray excited optical luminescence, X-ray absorption near-edge structure.


2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (9) ◽  
pp. 6406-6410 ◽  
Author(s):  
Duo Zhang ◽  
Hui Zhang ◽  
Xiaohong Zhang ◽  
Tsun-Kong Sham ◽  
Yongfeng Hu ◽  
...  

The blue luminescence band of DAPSF is primarily associated with the sulfur functional group.


Nanoscale ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (16) ◽  
pp. 9783-9790 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhiqiang Wang ◽  
Jian Wang ◽  
Tsun-Kong Sham ◽  
Shaoguang Yang

Chemical imaging, electronic structure and optical properties of ZnO/CdS nano-composites have been investigated using scanning transmission X-ray microscopy (STXM), X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) and X-ray excited optical luminescence (XEOL) spectroscopy.


2009 ◽  
Vol 247 (2) ◽  
pp. 248-253 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Roschuk ◽  
P. R. J. Wilson ◽  
J. Li ◽  
O. H. Y. Zalloum ◽  
J. Wojcik ◽  
...  

2012 ◽  
Vol 90 (3) ◽  
pp. 298-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga Lobacheva ◽  
Patricia L. Corcoran ◽  
Michael W. Murphy ◽  
Jun Young Peter Ko ◽  
Tsun-Kong Sham

ZnO nanostructures of various morphologies and crystallinities were fabricated by thermal evaporation from Zn powder in a tube furnace in the presence of oxygen. It was found that the morphology of ZnO nanostructures was affected by synthesis parameters, such as growth temperature, carrier gas flow, and the presence of catalyst on the surface of the substrate. Representative ZnO nanostructures were studied by X-ray excited optical luminescence (XEOL) and cathodoluminescence (CL) methods. The luminescence from these samples exhibits a morphology dependence of the branching ratio of the near band gap (NBG) emission in the UV and defect emission in the green (GE). The appearance of the optical emission also depends on the excitation method. X-ray absorption near-edge structures (XANES) at the O K-edge and Zn L-edge are also presented and their implications discussed.


2009 ◽  
Vol 87 (9) ◽  
pp. 1255-1260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga Lobacheva ◽  
Michael W. Murphy ◽  
Jun Young Peter Ko ◽  
Tsun-Kong Sham

ZnO nanostructures have been synthesized by thermal evaporation on Si substrates. It is found that the morphologies of the nanostructures are governed by growth conditions such as temperature, carrier-gas flow rate, and the nature of the substrate (with and without a catalyst). We report X-ray excited optical luminescence from ZnO nanostructures of distinctly different morphologies in the energy and time domain using excitation photon energies across the Zn K-edge. X-ray excited optical luminescence (XEOL) and X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) study has clearly shown the morphology dependence of the ZnO optical properties. A correlation of luminescence with morphology, size, and crystallinity emerges.


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