Vidros e vitrocerâmicas luminescentes de fluorofosfatos de chumbo e tungstênio

Abstract

The main goal of this work has been the preparation of glass samples based on sodium polyphosphate NaPO3 and tungsten oxide WO3 with high contents (60%) of lead fluoride PbF2 and doped with rare earth ions in order of obtaining transparent glass-ceramics containing lead fluoride nanocrystallites. Synthesis conditions such as melting time and melting temperature were improved for the formation of transparent, homogeneous and stable glasses with low fluorine loss during the melting process. Glass samples were obtained in this ternary system (40-x) NaPO3-xWO3-60PbF2 varying x of 14 to 34. Subsequently, these samples were characterized by DSC, in order to determine the characteristic temperatures and thermal stabilities. Furthermore, it was found that there is a linear relationship between the Tg and WO3 content in the sample. The XRD analyzes prove the non-crystalline state of the samples. A crystallization study identified the preferential crystallization of the cubic phase β- PbF2 with dominant volumetric crystallization and two-dimensional growth. The absorption measurements in the infrared confirmed the removal of OH groups with increasing PbF2 contents while the structural analysis by Raman spectroscopy allowed to determine the formation of W-O-W bridge connections with increasing WO3 content and the possibility of converting the WO6 octahedra in tetrahedrons WO4, responsible for glass formation. Luminescence measurements of Eu3+ in glasses and glass-ceramics obtained by heat treatment suggest migration of Eu3+ to the crystalline phase of β-PbF2 only for the most WO3 concentrated samples with a decreasing intensity of the hypersensitive emission 5D0  7F2 at 612 nm and increased lifetimes. Preliminary measurements of luminescence of Er3+ in vitreous samples doped Er3+/ Yb3+ enabled to determine a variation in ion luminescence properties with the degree of crystallinity of the samples.