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Johnson, Q.S., Edwards, M. and Curley, M. (2013) Analysis of the Refractive Index and Film Thickness of Eu Doped Gadolinium Oxide (Gd2O3) Planar Waveguides Fabricated by the Sol-Gel And Dip Coating Methods. Proceedings of SPIE, 8847, 884706.

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• TITLE: Viscosity Effects of the Precursor Solution and Surface Structure of Gadolinium Oxide (Gd2O3) and Gadolinium Oxide Europium Doped (Gd2O3:Eu3+) Sol-Gel Films

  AUTHORS: Quianna S. Johnson, Matthew Edwards, Josh Herring, Michael Curley

  KEYWORDS: Gadolinium Oxide Thin Film, Sol-Gel, Dip Coating, Viscosity, SEM, FTIR

  JOURNAL NAME: Materials Sciences and Applications, Vol.5 No.14, December 4, 2014

  ABSTRACT: The sol-gel method is a novel technique for the preparation of thin films. In this research, gadolinium oxide (Gd2O3) and gadolinium oxide europium doped (Gd2O3:Eu3+) films prepared via the sol-gel and dip coating methods were investigated. In addition to the elaboration on the sol-gel preparation routes and additional observations of the films’ surface morphology as characterized by scanning electron microscope (SEM), we determined via viscosity measurements that the sols were stable for 398 days. FTIR analysis of the Gd2O3 and Gd2O3:Eu3+ dip coated films was made to monitor the decomposition and oxidation reactions that occurred during processing as well as process stability.