Light Emission Intensities of Luminescent Y₂O₃:Eu and Gd₂O₃:Eu Particles of Various Sizes.

There is great technological interest in elucidating the effect of particle size on the luminescence efficiency of doped rare earth oxides. This study demonstrates unambiguously that there is a size effect and that it is not dependent on the calcination temperature. The Y₂O₃:Eu and Gd₂O₃:Eu particles used in this study were synthesized using wet chemistry to produce particles ranging in size between 7 nm and 326 nm and a commercially available phosphor.