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Spectral Properties of Nanostructured Composite Glass Materials Activated by Yttrium in the Presence of Copper or Bismuth

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Composite materials (CMs) based on porous glass matrices activated by yttrium in the presence of copper or bismuth are synthesized. It is established that, depending on the composition, the CM samples exhibit UV, blue-green, red, and infrared luminescence due to the presence of various centers, including Bi3+ and Cu+ ions, F centers in Y2O3, and molecular ions \({\text{O}}_{3}^{{ - 2}}\) associated with cation vacancies Y3+.

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The authors thank A.V. Antonov (A.P. Karpinsky Russian Geological Research Institute, St. Petersburg) for the studies of CMs by energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. The authors thank Dr. Sci. T.V. Antropova for her participation in the study of the luminescent properties of CMs and discussion of the results.

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This work was supported by the Ministry of Sciences and Higher Education of the Russian Federation as part of the IChS RAS state assignment (state registration no. 1021050501068-5-1.4.3 (project FFEM-2022-0004)).

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Girsova, M.A., Golovina, G.F., Kurilenko, L.N. et al. Spectral Properties of Nanostructured Composite Glass Materials Activated by Yttrium in the Presence of Copper or Bismuth. Glass Phys Chem 49, 625–634 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1087659623600710

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