Microwave-assisted hydrothermal synthesis of CePO4 nanostructures: Correlation between the structural and optical properties

Experimental data in support of characterization of the CePO4 dispersion into transparent PMMA/PU IPNs by the sequential route

“…CePO 4 nanostructures in nanorod and semi-spherical morphologies were obtained at pH 1 and 11, respectively, by the microwave-assisted hydrothermal method following the procedure described in Ref. [7] .…”

Dispersion of upconverting nanostructures of CePO4 using rod and semi-spherical morphologies into transparent PMMA/PU IPNs by the sequential route

“…In previous work, the morphology of CePO 4 nanostructures was found to be dependent on the pH used during their synthesis. Acid and alkaline conditions formed nanorods and semi-spherical morphologies, respectively [15,16]. Our hypothesis in undertaking this work is that these different morphologies can reinforce mechanically polymers such as PMMA/PU IPNs by imparting ductility and converting the incident UV light into a less damaging radiation form (visible range) and therefore preventing the bulk of degradation.…”

“…CePO 4 nanostructures with nanorod and semi-spherical morphologies with monoclinic structure were synthesized at pH 1 and 11, respectively, by the microwave-assisted hydrothermal method following the procedure described in [16]. Different amounts (0.1, 0.5 and 1.0 wt.%) of both nanostructures, TMTP/THF mixture, HDI monomer, MMA monomer, TMPTMA cross-linking agent and HPK photoinitiator were sonicated for 3 h. DBTDL catalyst was added into the solution and sonicated for 10 min ( Figure II in supplementary material).…”

“…In this context, cerium phosphate (CePO 4 ) has been proposed as a UV absorber to delay the degradation provoked by the structural damage of plastics used in outdoor applications [15,16]. As a consequence of its reduced dimensionality and well-defined 4f-5d and 4f-4f electronic transitions allowed, CePO 4 has huge potential as a promising material for up-conversion emission applications which have not been well studied into interpenetrating polymer networks [17].…”

Room-temperature synthesis and photoluminescence of hexagonal CePO4 nanorods

“…CePO 4 possesses two common crystallographic structures: monoclinic and hexagonal [7]. Recently, the monoclinic phase was prepared by reflux method [8], hydrothermal synthesis [9] and microwave radiation [10] et al, and the hexagonal phase was synthesized in a sequential, aqueous procedure under continuous flow using a rotating tube processor and a narrow channel reactor by Fang and co-workers [11]. To the best of our knowledge, most of available open literatures focus on the hydrothermal synthesis of pure and rare-earth ion doped CePO 4 nanomaterials with different crystallographic structures.…”