PMID- 38541411
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20240330
IS  - 1996-1944 (Print)
IS  - 1996-1944 (Electronic)
IS  - 1996-1944 (Linking)
VI  - 17
IP  - 6
DP  - 2024 Mar 8
TI  - Preparation of Ce-Doped Gd(3)(Al, Ga)(5)O(12) Nanopowders via Microwave-Assisted 
      Homogenization Precipitation for Transparent Ceramic Scintillators.
LID - 10.3390/ma17061258 [doi]
LID - 1258
AB  - Ce-doped gadolinium gallium aluminum oxide (Ce: GGAG) precursors were first 
      prepared by the microwave-assisted homogeneous precipitation method (MAHP). 
      Thermal gravity-differential thermal analysis (TG-DTA), X-ray diffraction (XRD), 
      specific surface area analysis (BET) and field emission scanning electron 
      microscopy (FE-SEM) were employed to investigate the crystal structure, phase 
      evolution and morphologies of the Ce: GGAG precursors and powders. The influence 
      of Ga ion concentration in the salt solution on the properties of Ce: GGAG 
      powders was investigated. All the precursors were transformed into single-phase 
      GGAG after being calcined at 950  degrees C in a furnace for 3 h. Monodispersed Ce: GGAG 
      powders were obtained as the Ga ion concentration was lower than 0.06 mol/L. 
      Single-phase and dense Ce: GGAG ceramics were obtained after sintering at 1600  degrees C 
      in a flowing oxygen atmosphere for 10 h. Specifically, the Ce: GGAG ceramic 
      reached its maximum density of ~6.68 g/cm(3), which was close to its theoretical 
      density of 6.70 g/cm(3), and exhibited the highest optical transmittance of 65.2% 
      at 800 nm after hot isostatic pressing sintering (HIP) as the Ga ion 
      concentration was 0.02 mol/L. The decay time and light yield of the GGAG ceramic 
      were 35 ns and 35,000 +/- 1250 ph/MeV, respectively, suggesting that Ce: GGAG 
      ceramics prepared using MAHP-synthesized nanopowders are promising for 
      scintillation applications.
FAU - Liu, Min
AU  - Liu M
AD  - School of Materials Science & Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Technology, 
      Shanghai 201418, China.
FAU - Zhang, Yansen
AU  - Zhang Y
AUID- ORCID: 0009-0006-0152-1598
AD  - School of Materials Science & Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Technology, 
      Shanghai 201418, China.
AD  - Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201899, 
      China.
FAU - Hu, Song
AU  - Hu S
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6750-6992
AD  - Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201899, 
      China.
FAU - Zhou, Guohong
AU  - Zhou G
AD  - Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201899, 
      China.
FAU - Qin, Xianpeng
AU  - Qin X
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7318-1100
AD  - Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201899, 
      China.
FAU - Wang, Shiwei
AU  - Wang S
AD  - Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201899, 
      China.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20240308
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Materials (Basel)
JT  - Materials (Basel, Switzerland)
JID - 101555929
PMC - PMC10971854
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Ce: GGAG
OT  - microwave-assisted homogenization precipitation
OT  - scintillation
OT  - transparent ceramic
COIS- The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
EDAT- 2024/03/28 06:44
MHDA- 2024/03/28 06:45
PMCR- 2024/03/08
CRDT- 2024/03/28 01:13
PHST- 2023/11/23 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2024/02/28 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2024/03/05 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2024/03/28 06:45 [medline]
PHST- 2024/03/28 06:44 [pubmed]
PHST- 2024/03/28 01:13 [entrez]
PHST- 2024/03/08 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - ma17061258 [pii]
AID - materials-17-01258 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/ma17061258 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Materials (Basel). 2024 Mar 8;17(6):1258. doi: 10.3390/ma17061258.