Optical nanomaterials (ONMs) have attracted significant attention of the global research
community owing to their several superior advantages. Some of the ONMs depict negligible …

Lanthanide luminescence gains significant attention during the last decade or so because of
its unique optical properties. In designing a phosphor material various parameter needs to …

Highlights•We irradiated the La 2 Zr 2 O 7 pyrochlore using 1 MeV Xe 4+ ions at~ 88 K and
300 K.•Damage increases with ion fluence at both temperatures and is significantly higher …

Various excellent properties of rare earth zirconate and stannate pyrochlores are close
related with their native point defects. First-principles calculations are performed to …

To circumvent the low color rendering index and high color temperature of existing white
light emitting diodes (LEDs), a lot of attention has been given on designing efficient red …

The liquid electrolyte used in traditional lithium-ion batteries has risks of leakage,
combustion and explosion. Solid electrolyte is one of the effective strategies to solve the …

The physicochemical properties of rare-earth zirconates can be tuned by the rational
modification of their structures and phase compositions. In the present work, La3+-, Nd3+ …

Stabilized fluorites and pyrochlores with different types of substitution in the (Nd 2 O 3− ZrO
2 system (NdZrO)) have been studied by Raman spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and …

Abstract LnSmZr 2 O 7 (Ln= Dy, Ho, Yb) functional nanoceramics are prepared through a
citrate-nitrate auto-combustion method. High-density pellets using the powder are obtained …

Materials that show superior light-emitting and catalytic properties are in high demand
among the scientific community owing to their applications in the areas of optoelectronics …