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Sacrificial template; nanorods; luminescence; phosphor.

In this paper, we report a surfactant-assisted self-sacrificing route for synthesis of Eu³⁺ doped LaPO4 nanostructures under hydrothermal conditions using the La(OH)CO₃ : Eu³⁺ precursor as a template andNH₄H₂PO₄ as the phosphate source. The synthesis was carried out in the absence and presence of surfactant [cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB)] and two different solvents (water and ethylene glycol). The precursor and products were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction, fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, field emission scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, energy dispersive spectroscopyand photoluminescence studies. Influence of surfactant and solvents on morphology and luminescence of the final product in sacrificial template-assisted method has been investigated in detail.

HEENA KHAJURIA¹ JIGMET LADOL¹ RAJINDER SINGH¹ HAQ NAWAZ SHEIKH¹ VINAY KUMAR²

1. Department of Chemistry, University of Jammu, Jammu Tawi, Jammu and Kashmir 180 006, India
2. School of Physics, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra, Jammu and Kashmir 182 320, India

Published

20 June 2017

Manuscript received

8 February 2017

Manuscript revised

3 May 2017

Accepted

10 May 2017