title: Hydrothermal synthesis and spectroscopic properties of a new glaserite material, K3RE(VO4)2 (RE = Sc, Y, Dy, Ho, Er, Yb, Lu, or Tm) with potential lasing and optical properties.
abstract: A new series of materials of the glaserite family with the general formula K(3)RE(VO(4))(2)(RE = Sc, Y, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, and Lu) have been hydrothermally synthesized using 10 M K(2)CO(3) at 560 °C and characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction (XRD), powder XRD, differential thermal analysis/thermogravimetric analysis (DTA/TGA), energy-dispersion X-ray (EDX), Raman, infrared, and absorption spectroscopy. All the compounds crystallize in the trigonal P3̅m1 space group (No. 164), and their structures contain VO(4) tetrahedra, REO(6) octahedra, and two different K(1)O(10) and K(2)O(12) polyhedra. The spectroscopic properties of Nd(3+), Yb(3+), or Er(3+) doped K(3)RE(VO(4))(2) (RE = Y or Lu) are also reported, and the results obtained show that these compounds have promising potential as new laser host materials.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Center for Optical Materials Science and Engineering Technologies (COMSET), Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634-0973, United States.
authors.forename: Martin M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Kimani
authors.forename: Lindsey
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: Whitney
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Snider
authors.forename: Colin D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: McMillen
authors.forename: Joseph W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Kolis