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Item Micro and nanocomposites of gallium oxides and chalcogens as radiation receivers and gas sensors [Articol](Editura USM, 2024) Sprincean, Veaceslav; Caraman, MihailBy thermal treatment (TT) in water vapor atmosphere at 750 ℃ and 900 ℃ of β-GaS and εGaSe single-crystalline wafers, Ga2S3/Ga2Se3 - GaS/GaSe and β-Ga2O3 - GaSe/GaSe layers formed by nanowires and nanopangles photosensitive in the far Ultra-Violet (UVC) region were obtained. The electrical conductivity of β-Ga2O3 layer on GaS/GaSe substrate increases under the influence of water vapor. The link between the relative humidity of water vapor in the atmosphere and the electrical conductivity of the β-Ga2O3 layer was established.Item New photoluminophore nanocomposite based on organic compound with Eu3+ ions and copolymer styrene-butylmethacrilate [Articol](2009) Iovu, Mihail; Andrieș, Andrei; Buzurniuc, Svetlana; Verlan, Victor; Turta, Constantin; Zubareva, Vera; Caraman, MihailNew nanocomposite (NC) material on the base of thenoyltrifluoroacetone (TTA) coordinated with triva- lent europium ions and structured with phenantroline (Eu(TTA)3Phen) and copolymer from styrene and butylmethacrylate (1:1) (SBMA) was prepared. The visible photoluminescence spectra of composites excited with N2-laser (k = 0.337 lm) at room and T = 78 K temperatures were studied. For the Eu(TTA)3- Phen/SBMA nanocomposite material emission bands located at 578, 590, 612, 675 and 705 nm can be attributed to the spin forbidden f–f transitions 5D0 ? 7Fi (i = 0,1,2,3 and 4), respectively. The more inten- sive luminescence band situated at 612 nm with the half width of 3 nm is connected to the Eu3+ ion elec- tronic transition 5D0 ? 7F2. It was shown that the maximum intensity of photoluminescence occurs at the concentration of 15% of the Eu(TTA)3Phen in the SBMA polymer matrix.Item Photoelectrical properties of layered GaS single crystals and related structures [Articol](2008) Caraman, Mihail; Chiricenco, Valentina; Leontie, Liviu; Rusu, Ioan I.The photoconductivity of pure and Cu-doped layered gallium monosulfide (GaS) single crystals, and of Ni–GaS(Cu)–In and GaS(Cu)–ZnO structures, is investigated. The activation energies of surface states were found as 0.10 eV, 0.40 eV and 17 meV, 400 meV for GaS and GaS(Cu), respectively. Cu acceptor levels are localized at 0.44 eV and 0.52 eV above the valence band of GaS. ZnO–GaS(Cu) heterojunctions show remarkable photosensitivity in the wavelength range of 250–700 nm.Item Photoluminescence of Nanocomposites Obtained by Heat Treatment of GaS, GaSe, GaTe and InSe Single Crystals in Cd and Zn Vapor [Articol](2016) Evtodiev, Igor; Caraman, Iuliana; Kantser, Valeriu; Untila, Dumitru; Rotaru, Irina; Dmitroglo, Liliana; Evtodiev, Silvia; Caraman, MihailThe photoluminescence (PL) spectra of GaS, GaSe, GaTe and InSe semiconductors used as the basis materials to obtain nanocomposite by heat treatment in Zn and Cd vapor were studied. The PL spectra of ZnS–GaS, CdSe– GaSe, CdSe–InSe, ZnSe–InSe composites consist of wide bands covering a wide range of wavelengths in the antistokes region for CdSe, ZnSe and GaS crystallites from composites. The antistokes branches of spectra are interpreted as the shift of PL bands to high energies for nanosized crystallites.Item Composition and surface optical properties of GaSe: Eu crystals before and after heat treatment [Articol](2024) Sprincean, Veaceslav; Haoyi, Qiu; Tjardts, Tim; Lupan, Oleg; Untila, Dumitru; Aktas, Oral Cenk; Adelung, Rainer; Leontie, Liviu; Cârlescu, Aurelian; Gurlui, Silviu; Caraman, MihailThis work studies the technological preparation conditions, morphology, structural char- acteristics and elemental composition, and optical and photoluminescent properties of GaSe single crystals and Eu-doped β–Ga2O3 nanoformations on ε–GaSe:Eu single crystal substrate, obtained by heat treatment at 750–900 ◦C, with a duration from 30 min to 12 h, in water vapor-enriched atmosphere, of GaSe plates doped with 0.02–3.00 at. % Eu. The defects on the (0001) surface of GaSe:Eu plates serve as nucleation centers of β–Ga2O3:Eu crystallites. For 0.02 at. % Eu doping, the fundamental absorption edge of GaSe:Eu crystals at room temperature is formed by n = 1 direct excitons, while at 3.00 at. % doping, Eu completely shields the electron–hole bonds. The band gap of nanostructured β–Ga2O3:Eu layer, determined from diffuse reflectance spectra, depends on the dopant concentration and ranges from 4.64 eV to 4.87 eV, for 3.00 and 0.05 at. % doping, respectively. At 0.02 at. % doping level, the PL spectrum of ε–GaSe:Eu single crystals consists of the n = 1 exciton band, together with the impurity band with a maximum intensity at 800 nm. Fabry–Perrot cavities with a width of 9.3 μm are formed in these single crystals, which determine the interference structure of the impurity PL band. At 1.00–3.00 at. % Eu concentrations, the PL spectra of GaSe:Eu single crystals and β–Ga2O3:Eu nanowire/nanolamellae layers are determined by electronic transitions of Eu2+ and Eu3+ ions.Item Synthesis and properties of β-Ga2O3 nanowires and nanosheets on doped GaS:Mn substrates [Articol](2024) Sprincean, Veaceslav; Haoyi, Qiu; Lupan, Oleg; Tjardts, Tim; Petersen, Deik; Veziroglu, Salih; Adelung, Rainer; Caraman, MihailIn this work, the synthesis, morphology, optical and luminescence properties of Mn-doped β-Ga2O3 (Ga2O3:Mn) nanowires/nanosheets on Mn-doped GaS (GaS:Mn) substrate are studied. The aim was to obtain structures of semiconductors with layers of nanoformations (nanowires, nanosheets) from a wide energy band semiconductor such as β-Ga2O3 and to determine their characteristic properties. For the base material, Mn-doped GaS lamellae were chosen, which are optically transparent in the spectral region where the optical properties of Mn2+ and Mn3+ ions are manifested. Through thermal annealing, single-crystalline β-GaS plates doped with 1.3 atomic percent (at.%) of manganese (Mn) are exposed to an atmosphere enriched with H2O vapor at a temperature of 800 ◦C for 6 h. As a result, the surface of these plates is covered with a composite layer consisting of crystallites of α-Ga2S3:Mn and β-GaS:Mn planar junctions. This composite exhibits a direct band gap of 2.88 eV and an indirect band gap of 2.55 eV corresponding to the β-GaS:Mn crystallites. Upon further increasing the temperature during thermal annealing to 850 ◦ C and 920 ◦C, the surface of the β-GaS:Mn samples transform into a layer of β-Ga2O3: Mn nanowires/nanosheets with a band gap of 4.5 eV. Its intense green-orange photoluminescence is caused by electronic transitions within the Mn2+ ion.Item Optical properties of p -GaSe single crystals doped with Te [Articol](2009) Evtodiev, Igor; Leontie, Liviu; Caraman, Mihail; Stamate, Marius D.; Aramă, EfimOptical absorption in the region of fundamental absorption edge and photoluminescence at 78 and 293 K of p-GaSe crystals doped with Te 0.05, 0.10, and 0.05 at. % have been studied. At low concentrations 0.05 at. %, Te atoms liquidate structural defects in GaSe single crystals and modify their excitonic absorption and photoluminescence. For increased concentrations of 0.10 and 0.50 at. %, Te creates impurity states responsible for the red shift of the fundamental absorption edge of GaSe and appearance of new photoluminescence bands, B at 2.000 eV and C at 1.700 eV. The activation energies of the thermal quenching of Te-related PL bands B and C was found to be 28 and 32 meV for T 150 K and 84 and 62 meV for T 150 K, respectively.Item Crystallinity and optical properties of β-Ga2O3/Ga2S3 layered structure obtained by thermal annealing of Ga2S3 semiconductor [Articol](2021) Sprincean, Veaceslav; Lupan, Oleg; Caraman, Iuliana; Untila, Dumitru; Postica, Vasile; Cojocaru, Ala; Gapeeva, Anna; Palachi, Leonid; Adeling, Rainer; Tiginyanu, Ion; Caraman, MihailIn this work, the β-Ga2O3 nanostructures were obtained by thermal annealing in air of β-Ga2S3 single crystals at relatively high temperatures of 970 K, 1070 K and 1170 K for 6 h. The structural, morphological, chemical and optical properties of β-Ga2O3–β-Ga2S3 layered composites grown at different temperatures were investigated by means of X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) as well as photoluminescence spectroscopy (PL) and Raman spectroscopy. The results show that the properties of obtained β-Ga2O3–β-Ga2S3 composites were strongly influenced by the thermal annealing tem- perature. The XRD and Raman analyses confirmed the high crystalline quality of the formed β-Ga2O3 nano- structures. The absorption edge of the oxide is due to direct optical transitions. The optical bandwidth was estimated to be approximately 4.34-4.41 eV, depending on the annealing temperature. Annealing of the β-Ga2S3 monocrystals at a higher temperature of 1170 K showed the complete conversion of the surface to β-Ga2O3. These results demonstrate the possibility to grow high quality β-Ga2O3–β-Ga2S3 layered composites and β-Ga2O3 nanostructures in large quantities for various applications such as gas sensing, non-toxic biomedical imaging, nonlinear optical, as well as power device applications. Micro and nanocrystallites present on the surface of the Ga2O3 layer contribute to a diffusion of the incident light which leads to an increase of the absorption rate allowing thus to reduce the thickness of the Ga2O3 layer, in which the generation of unbalanced charge carriers takes place. By decreasing the Ga2O3 layer thickness in such layered composites, the efficiency of photovoltaic cells based on such junctions can be increased.Item Photoluminescence properties of lamellar nano-composites obtained by Cd intercalation of GaSe and GaSe: Eu single crystals [Articol](2015) Untila, Dumitru; Cantser, Valeriu; Caraman, Mihail; Evtodiev, Igor; Leontie, Liviu; Dmitroglo, LilianaIn this work surface morphology, composition and photo- luminescence at 293 K and 78 K, of composite obtained by intercalation of GaSe and GaSe:Eu (0.49 at.% and 1.00 at.%) single crystal lamellas with Cd from vapor phase at 753 K and 830 K are investigated. As-obtained composite consists of CdSe and microstructured GaSe single crystallites. Photoluminescence spectrum of GaSe:Eu single crystal lamellas is composed of Eu3+ emission band 5 7 5 7 0 1 0 2( ,D F D FÆ Æ , and 5 7 1 3D FÆ transitions) and indirect exciton line in GaSe crystallites. Emission spectrum of single crystalline GaSe−CdSe composite, at 78 K and 293 K, consists of donor-acceptor band in GaSe microcrystallites and emission band of CdSe crystallites. Composite derived from the intercala- tion of GaSe:Eu (0.49 at.%) single crystals with Cd ex- hibits strong visible luminescence. Its quasi-continuous photoluminescence spectrum is produced by superposi- tion of luminescent emissions of CdSe nano- and mi- croparticles, and microstructured GaSe.Item Optical properties of bismuth oxide thin films prepared by reactive d.c. magnetron sputtering onto p-GaSe (Cu) [Articol](2008) Leontie, Liviu; Caraman, Mihail; Evtodiev, Igor; Cuculescu, Elmira; Mija, AnaBismuth oxide (Bi2O3) thin films with thickness in the range 20 – 160 nm have been deposited by d.c. reactive magnetron sputtering of Bi in an atmosphere Ar : O2 (1 : 1), onto single crystalline p-GaSe (Cu) substrates. The optical constants, n and k, of oxide films have been determined from the analysis of the polarization ellipse of the reflected radiation from outer surface of Bi2O3/p-GaSe structures. In the wavelength range 400 – 800 nm the refractive index of nanometric Bi2O3 films onto GaSe(Cu) decreases from 2.10 to 1.78 and it seen to in- crease at decreasing sample thickness. In order to determine the interaction mechanism between semiconducting oxide film and GaSe surface, the spectral characteristics of photocurrent through Bi2O3/p-GaSe junc- tion and optical absorption in the range 400 – 800 nm have been examined. As resulted from respective analyses, Bi2O3 film generates new valence bonds, which contribute to the in- crease in the density of localized states at Bi2O3/p-GaSe (Cu) junction interface.