Issue 27, 2013
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CrystEngComm

Surface crystallisation of yttrium aluminum garnet from a silicate glass

Ashkan Keshavarzi,a   Wolfgang Wisniewski,*a   René de Kloeb  and  Christian Rüssela  

* Corresponding authors

a Otto-Schott-Institut, Jena University, Fraunhoferstr. 6, 07743 Jena, Germany
E-mail: wolfgang.w@uni-jena.de

b EDAX BV, 5004JC Tilburg, Netherlands

Abstract

Glasses with the mol% composition 17Y2O3·33Al2O3·40SiO2·2AlF3·3Na2O·2CeF3·3B2O3 were thermally annealed at 1000 °C for different periods of time. This resulted in the surface nucleation and subsequent growth of Ce3+-doped yttrium aluminium garnet (YAG) which shows an intense broadband fluorescence. In the bulk, the nucleation and subsequent growth of an X-ray amorphous star-shaped and alumina enriched phase leads to a depletion of alumina from the glass. The nucleation of monoclinic and orthorhombic Y2Si2O7 adjacent to the YAG layer is observed in addition to pore formation. These pores serve as centres for enhanced nucleation near the surface. The nucleation and growth of the orthorhombic phase and a different monoclinic Y2Si2O7 are additionally observed in the bulk. The phase identification and localization was performed by X-ray diffraction and electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD).

Graphical abstract: Surface crystallisation of yttrium aluminum garnet from a silicate glass

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CE40439K
Article type
Paper
Submitted
12 Mar 2013
Accepted
02 May 2013
First published
02 May 2013

CrystEngComm, 2013,15, 5425-5433

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Surface crystallisation of yttrium aluminum garnet from a silicate glass

A. Keshavarzi, W. Wisniewski, R. D. Kloe and C. Rüssel, CrystEngComm, 2013, 15, 5425 DOI: 10.1039/C3CE40439K

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