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Activation of neem flower with CTAB for irreversible adsorption of methyl orange—isotherm, kinetics, and thermodynamics studies
The novel cationic cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB)-modified neem flower was prepared and studied to assess its adsorptive potential of methyl orange dye from the contaminated aqueous medium. The chemica...
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Open AccessLarge unexplained suite of chemically reactive compounds present in ambient air due to biomass fires
Biomass fires impact global atmospheric chemistry. The reactive compounds emitted and formed due to biomass fires drive ozone and organic aerosol formation, affecting both air quality and climate. Direct hydro...
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Experimental and Theoretical Study of the Mechanoluminescence of ZnS:Mn Nanoparticles
We report the synthesis and mechanoluminescence (ML) of manganese-doped zinc sulfide (ZnS) nanoparticles. Clusters of ZnS:Mn nanocrystals were prepared by chemical precipitation, by mixing of solutions of zinc...
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Synthesis and Optical Properties of CaMgSi2O6:Ce3+ Phosphors
CaMgSi2O6:Ce3+ phosphors were prepared by the solid state reaction method at a temperature of 1050°C. Structural and morphological studies of the phosphors were carried out using x-ray diffraction (XRD) and scann...
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Luminescent properties of Dy3+ - doped CaMgSi2O6 phosphor
Photoluminescence (PL), mechanoluminescence (ML) and thermoluminescence (TL) studies of Dy3+-doped CaMgSi2O6 phosphor are reported in the present paper. The sample of CaMgSi2O6:Dy3+ was prepared by using a solid-...
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Temperature dependence of pulse-induced mechanoluminescence excitation in coloured alkali halide crystals
In practice, the relative efficiencies of different crystals are often determined under identical conditions of temperature and excitation. If the temperature of a crystal is increased or decreased with respec...
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Characteristics of a.c. electroluminescence in thin film ZnS : Mn display devices
Thin film electroluminescence (TFEL) displays are complex optoelectronic devices with challenging material requirement. The electrical characteristics of ZnS : Mn alternating current thin film electroluminesce...
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Dislocation unpinning model of acoustic emission from alkali halide crystals
The present paper reports the dislocation unpinning model of acoustic emission (AE) from alkali halide crystals. Equations are derived for the strain dependence of the transient AE pulse rate, peak value of th...
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Photoplastic effect in polycarbonate using microhardness measurements
Vickers microhardness indentation technique has been employed to detect the photoplastic effect in the transparent polycarbonate specimens in darkness and under mercury illumination. For low applied loads, the...
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Characteristics of the fast electron emission produced during the cleavage of crystals
The present paper reports the fast electron emission produced during the cleavage of alkali halide crystals and models the dynamics of the process. The mechano-emission arises as a result of the ionization of ...
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Correlation between deformation bleaching and mechanoluminescence in coloured alkali halide crystals
The present paper reports the correlation between deformation bleaching of coloration and mechanoluminescence (ML) in coloured alkali halide crystals. When the F-centre electrons captured by moving dislocations a...
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Mechanoluminescence
Mechanoluminescence (ML) is a type of luminescence induced during any mechanical action on solids. It can be excited by grinding, rubbing, cutting, cleaving, shaking, scratching, compressing, or crushing of so...
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Field emission theory of dislocation-sensitized photo-stimulated exo-electron emission from coloured alkali halide crystals
A new field emission theory of dislocation-sensitized photo-stimulated exo-electron emission (DSPEE) is proposed, which shows that the increase in the intensity of photo emission fromF-centres during plastic defo...
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Mobile interstitial model and mobile electron model of mechano-induced luminescence in coloured alkali halide crystals
A theoretical study is made on the mobile interstitial and mobile electron models of mechano-induced luminescence in coloured alkali halide crystals. Equations derived indicate that the mechanoluminescence int...
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Preparation and characterization of gold doped (Zn, Cd)S mixed phosphors for mechano-optical transducers
When mechanically excited, initially the ML intensity increases, attains a maximum value and then decreases with time. The total ML intensityI T initially increases with the impact velocityV ...
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Photoluminescence of gold-doped (Zn, Cd)S mixed phosphors
(Zn, Cd)S: Au, Cl mixed phosphors were prepared in nitrogen atmosphere with various concentrations of impurities. Photoluminescence (PL) spectra were obtained. The peak of the PL spectrum shifts towards longer...
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Influence of surface treatments on CdSe thin films in photoelectro-chemical solar energy conversion
Photovoltaic performance of semiconductor-liquid junction solar cell using electro-codeposited thin filmn-CdSe is found to improve significantly by proper surface treatments. The solid state parameters of anneale...
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A search for mechanoluminophors capable of pressure-induced thermal population of excited states
During the process of deforming a crystal, a high pressure is developed near the tip of mobile cracks, which may in turn produce a new ground state by thermal electron transfer. Upon sudden release of pressure...
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Tetrahedral manganese (II) complexes—intense and unique type of mechanoluminophores
Intense and unique type of mechanoluminescence (ML) is found in tetrahedral manganese (II) complexes. During the excitation of ML by the impact of a piston onto the crystal, the ML intensity initially increase...
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Mechanoluminescence excitation in alkali halide crystals and colouration decay in microcrystalline powders
The mechanoluminescence (ML) of NaCl, NaBr, NaF, LiCl and LiF crystals ceases at 105, 58, 170, 151 and 175°C respectively. Both the temperatureT c at whichML di...