P. Martinez-Torres, S. Borjas-García, N. Gómez-Ortíz
Jul 1, 2017
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Microscopy and Microanalysis
Abstract
Rare earths have been studied for multiple applications such as: photonic, luminescent material, thermoluminescent material, catalytic material and among others [1, 2]. Neodymium oxide is used as optical antireflection coating, gate insulators and protecting coatings. There are several methods to prepare neodymium oxide with different morphologies, such as sol-gel, hydrothermal treatment, spray pyrolysis, and microwave irradiation. Nanoparticles of neodymium hydroxide show an important value as a precursor material to obtain neodymium oxide. A typical procedure to obtain nanoparticles of neodymium hydroxide is using neodymium nitrate hexahydrate or alkoxides as precursors. However, there is not enough literature about the synthesis of neodymium hydroxide using neodymium chloride.