Investigation of the effect of Au2O3 dopant on elastic properties of PbO-B2O3-SeO2: Er2O3 glass ceramics by ultrasonic techniques

TL;DR

This study investigates how Au2O3 doping affects the elastic properties of PbO-B2O3-SeO2:Er2O3 glass ceramics, revealing that increased Au2O3 generally decreases elastic coefficients, but slight improvements occur beyond 0.075 mol%.

Contribution

It provides new insights into the relationship between Au2O3 content and elastic properties of these specific glass ceramics using ultrasonic techniques.

Findings

Elastic coefficients decrease with Au2O3 concentration.

Beyond 0.075 mol%, elastic properties slightly improve.

Gold particles influence both optical and mechanical properties.

Abstract

Various elastic coefficients of Au2O3 doped PbO-B2O3-SeO2:Er2O3 (PBSE) glass ceramics were evaluated as functions of Au2O3 content using ultrasonic velocity measurements. The elastic coefficients and micro-hardness showed a decreasing tendency with the concentration of Au2O3. Such decrease is attributed to the increasing concentration of gold metallic particles and [SeO3]2- groups that acted as modifiers and induced imperfections in these samples. Obtained results were observed to be consistent with the conclusions drawn from spectroscopic studies that include X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), infrared (IR), photoluminescence (PL) and positron annihilation (PAL) spectroscopy studies. Overall, these studies have revealed that even though, the presence of gold metallic particles is preferable for achieving superior luminescence and electrical properties, presence of such particles caused to decrease the elastic coefficients and micro-hardness of these glass ceramics. However, when the concentration of Au2O3 is increased beyond 0.075 mol%, we have observed a slight increase of elastic coefficients and micro-hardness.