Comparative study of photoluminescence of single and mixed phase ZrTiO4 prepared by solution combustion and polymeric precursor method

Photoluminescence, antibacterial, X-ray/gamma ray absorption, supercapacitor and sensor applications of ZrTiO4nanorods

“…These peaks might have originated due to radiative recombination between defective levels situated within the band gap. 11 From the literature, it is observed that, PL spectra is the indication of disordered structure, once the system becomes ordered, PL signal disappears. 7,64,65 Moura et al , 4 studied the intense PL emission spectra of calcium copper titanate samples.…”

“…10 Although, extensive work has been carried out on the PL properties of titanates, till now, only a few works are available with respect to the PL properties of ZrTiO 4 . 11 Furthermore, titanates are inorganic ion exchangers that can alter the electronic states and band structure without changing the original morphology and bind various metal ions. 12,13 In the nano and medical science era, generating less expensive nanopowders with appropriate antibacterial capabilities would be of considerable importance.…”

“… 10 Although, extensive work has been carried out on the PL properties of titanates, till now, only a few works are available with respect to the PL properties of ZrTiO 4 . 11 …”

Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Thermophysical Properties of ZrTiO4 Nanoceramics

“…In modern materials science, in addition to solidphase synthesis methods as conventional methods to obtain pre-ceramic materials [29,[34][35][36], there is a tendency to use methods related to the category of "soft chemistry" [1,6,8,12,39,40], leading to a decrease of crystallite size, which, as a result, often promotes the decrease of the temperature of ceramic formation and changing the characteristics of the material.…”

“…As an example, ZrTiO 4 can be drawn on as a material for a chemo-resistive gas sensor [1], an element of hydrophilic ultrafiltration membranes [2][3][4], catalysts and catalyst carrier [5][6][7][8][9]. In the literature, functional materials based on zirconium titanate are demonstrated as promising candidates for application in optics [10][11][12][13][14], medicine [15,16], microelectronics [17,18], and other branches of industry and technology [19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29]. Zirconium titanate possesses a significant potential as a constructional material for the applications requiring to withstand rapid and sudden changes in temperature (thermal shock resistance materials) [19,26,30], however, very few studies devoted to thermomechanical properties depending on the structure of ZrTiO 4 has been done so far [19,26,31].…”