摘要
Silica host matrix containing neodymium which is potentially important for the formation of nanocrystalline metal oxides was prepared by solgel method, using tetra-ethoxysilane and Nd（NO3）3 as precursor materials.The prepared samples were changed from amorphous to nanocrystallites phase at sintered temperature 550 °C（4 h）, 750 °C（8 h） and 950 °C（12 h）.The thermally treated sample microstructures were investigated using X-ray diffraction（XRD）, Fourier transformation infrared spectroscopy（FTIR）, and scanning electron mi-croscopy（SEM）.While a further increase of the temperature at 750 °C and annealing time（8 h） resulted in the formation of cubic and hexagonal Nd2O3 nanocrystallites.At constant sintering temperature 950 °C for 12 h, the samples showed sharper and intense peaks.The sizes of Nd2O3 nanocrystallites were characterized by XRD with average size ～46 nm.
Silica host matrix containing neodymium which is potentially important for the formation of nanocrystalline metal oxides was prepared by solgel method, using tetra-ethoxysilane and Nd（NO3）3 as precursor materials.The prepared samples were changed from amorphous to nanocrystallites phase at sintered temperature 550 °C（4 h）, 750 °C（8 h） and 950 °C（12 h）.The thermally treated sample microstructures were investigated using X-ray diffraction（XRD）, Fourier transformation infrared spectroscopy（FTIR）, and scanning electron mi-croscopy（SEM）.While a further increase of the temperature at 750 °C and annealing time（8 h） resulted in the formation of cubic and hexagonal Nd2O3 nanocrystallites.At constant sintering temperature 950 °C for 12 h, the samples showed sharper and intense peaks.The sizes of Nd2O3 nanocrystallites were characterized by XRD with average size ～46 nm.
