ZnO 2 nanoparticles have been synthesized by an organometallic precursor method. The structure, structural stability, and magnetic and optical properties of ZnO 2 nanoparticles have been investigated by experiments and first-principles calculations. It is found that ZnO 2 nanoparticles decompose into ZnO at about 230°C and is stable up to 36 GPa at ambient temperature. The cubic ZnO 2 phase has a bulk modulus of B 0 ) 174 GPa at zero pressure. Nanocrystalline ZnO 2 material is an indirect semiconductor with an energy gap of about 4.5 eV and paramagnetic down to 5 K.
We have investigated the photoluminescence and ultrafast dynamics of LaAlO3 crystal. The photoluminescence consists of a broad spectrum and two sharp peaks, which arise from various defect levels within the bandgap. A doublet splitting of roughly 6 nm is seen in these two sharp peaks. An Al displacement of 0.09 Å in a sublattice, which is possible because of twinning, is adequate to explain the spectral splitting. Femtosecond pump probe experiments reveal further that many of these defect levels have a few picosecond decay times while the lowest defect states have decay times longer than nanosecond to the valence band.
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