Structural phase transition and photoluminescence properties of wurtzite CdS:Eu3+ nanoparticles under high pressure

• DOI: 10.1039/c7ra03878j
• Publication Date: 2017-06-20T13:13:41Z
• Authors: Rui Zhao; Tianye Yang; Yang Luo; Mingyan Chuai; Xiaoxin Wu; Yanyan Zhang; Yanzhang Ma; Mingzhe Zhang
• Keywords: Wurtzite crystal structure

Eu dopant increases the phase transition pressure from wurtzite to rocksalt structure compared with CdS nanoparticles. The PL peaks of Eu³⁺ ions can used as probe after quenching CdS.