Rare-earth elements are of interest in several high-tech and environmental application
areas, the two major ones concerning magnetic and optical devices. In the latter field, one …

This paper reports on the spectral results of Nd 3+/Yb 3+ ions codoped 50P 2 O 5-30ZnO-
20SrO (PZS, in mol.%) glasses which were prepared by a melting technique. The glass …

This study reports the impact of silver (Ag)/titania (TiO 2) nanoparticles (TNPs) on optical and
photocatalytic features of samarium ions (Sm 3+) doped sulfophosphate glass system …

From the useless municipal solid waste (MSW) ashes, CeO2, Gd2O3 and CeO2+ Gd2O3
doped borosilicate glasses were organized via melting-quenching procedure. Various …

Raman, 27Al and 29Si NMR spectroscopies are used to investigate the structure of [0.15
Na2O–0.12 MgO–0.03 Al2O3–0.70 SiO2](100− x):[Eu2O3] x glasses with varying Eu2O3 …

In this study, the mechano-chemical properties of aromatic polymer polyetheretherketone
(PEEK) samples, irradiated by high energy electrons at 200 and 400 kGy doses, were …

New borosilicate glass (BSG) systems doped with different rare earth (RE) ions; Dy, Y, Nd
and Ho, were molten by the common melting-quenching technique. XRD analysis exhibited …

The elasto-optic tensor elements p 12 and p 44 of glasses in the series BaO–B2O3, PbO–
B2O3, BaO–P2O5, PbO–P2O5, and PbO–SiO2 were measured using Brillouin …

Abstract The Gladstone–Dale relation is among one of the many formulae put forward in the
19th century to try and relate the index of refraction and density of a material. Compared to …

An unperturbed piece of glass is optically isotropic. Birefringence can be induced by
breaking this symmetry, for example by applying a uniaxial stress to the glass. An empirical …