Abstract
Rational incorporation of transition metal dopant into glass has been demonstrated to be a promising strategy for
functionalization of glass. However, finely tuning the optical response has been met with limited success. Here, we report
that the collaborative strategy by codoping and nanocrystallization is an effective way to tune the optical properties of glass.
Mn-Ti doped glass and nanocrystallized glass are fabricated and their structural and spectral studies are performed. The
results indicate that Mn and Ti ions can effectively incorporate into the nanocrystals after nanocrystallization. This enables to
realize tunable colorization from blue and green to yellow. Furthermore, the wavelength tunable luminescence from yellow to
green can also be achieved. The interesting optical response is collaboratively contributed by the rich electronic transitions of
the co-doped transitions metal dopants and their selective incorporation into the crystalline domains. The findings are
supposed to be general to various transition metal dopant combinations, thus paving an effective way for functionalization of
glass.
Keywords
Transition metal, Glass, Nanocrystallization, Glass-ceramics, Optical properties.
Citation
XIAOYUN XU, YINGYING XING, XIFENG LIU, JIE LUO, HAOJIANG TIAN, WEIQI HUANG, Tunable coloration and luminescence in Mn-Ti codoped nanocrystallized glass, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 15, 11-12, November-December 2021, pp.601-606 (2021).
Submitted at: July 26, 2021
Accepted at: Nov. 24, 2021