Browsing by Author "Pandey, Indra Raj"

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    Fabrication and investigation of the effects of various gadolinium compounds on Ce3+-activated phosphate glasses for scintillation applications
    (Elsevier, 2022-07) Ntarisa, Amos Vincent; Saha, Sudipta; Nguyen, Duy Quang; Kim, HongJoo; Wantana, N; Pandey, Indra Raj; Aryal, Pabitra; Kothan, Suchart; Kaewkhao, Jakrapong
    Ce3+-activated phosphate-based glasses were fabricated for scintillation purposes following melt-quenching technique. Chemical compositions of the glasses were designed in mol. % ratio with formula (62P2O5:20Li2CO3:10X:5Al2O3:3CeBr3 where X Gd2O3/GdF3/GdCl3/GdBr3/GdI3). The amorphous structure of the glasses was verified by the powder X-ray diffraction measurements. Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) measurements were carried out to study the structural properties of the fabricated glass samples. X-ray-induced luminescence and photoluminescence (PL) spectra were used to investigate the luminescence properties of the glasses. A broad PL excitation band was found for all prepared glasses that refers to Gd3+ and Ce3+ characteristic transitions. GdI3 containing glass sample provided the optimum emission under X-ray and UV (308 nm) excitations peaking at 347 and 341 nm, respectively. The scintillation property of the GdI3 containing glass was studied under 5.5 MeV α-particle from 241Am radiation source and a clear alpha peak was observed with energy resolution of 35.3%. The shortest decay component of the glass sample was observed to be 27.9 ns, 30.7 ns and 29.12 ns under the α-particles, γ-ray, and 266 nm pulsed laser excitations, respectively. In conclusion, the GdI3 prepared glass sample can be used for α -particles detection.
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    Luminescence and scintillation properties of Ce3+-doped P2O5-Li2CO3-GdBr3-Al2O3 glasses
    (Elsevier, 2021-09-01) Ntarisa, Amos Vincent; Saha, Sudipta; Aryal, Pabitra; Kim, HongJoo; Khan, Arshad; Nguyen, Duy Quang; Pandey, Indra Raj; Kaewkhao, Jakrapong; Kothan, Suchart
    A series of glass samples were fabricated with the composition of (65-x)P2O5:20Li2CO3:10GdBr3:5Al2O3:xCeBr3 (where, x = 0.5,1,2,3,4). The powder X-ray diffraction measurements were performed to verify the amorphous structure of the prepared glass samples. Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy showed an interesting phenomenon of oxygen bridging eliminating Br (Bromine) from the initial compounds. The luminescence characteristics of the samples were studied using X-rays and UV–Vis excitations. Characteristics Ce3+ emission was observed at 350 nm including energy transfer from 4f energy state of Gd3+ to 5d energy band of Ce3+. The fast decay component was observed as 37 ns, 42 ns, and 44 ns for the UV, α-particles, and γ-ray excitations, respectively. The intermediate and slow components were observed for α-particles, and γ-rays excitations indicating Gd3+ to Ce3+ energy transfer and 4f-4f transitions of Gd3+ -ions accordingly. The scintillation property was studied with α-particles using a 241Am source.