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Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 298694, 5 pages
doi:10.5402/2012/298694
Research Article

Luminescence Properties of Eu- and Mg-Codoped Sol-Gel S i O 2 Glasses

Martin O. Onani,1 Paul Mushonga,1 Lehlohonolo F. Koao,2 and Francis B. Dejene2

1Department of Chemistry, University of Western Cape, Private Bag X17, Bellville 7535, South Africa
2Department of Physics, University of the Free State, Qwaqwa Campus, Private Bag X13, Phuthaditjhaba 9866, South Africa

Received 26 March 2012; Accepted 18 April 2012

Academic Editors: V. Gurin, L. Y. Khomenkova, W. Łojkowski, W. Lu, K. Miyazawa, and Y. Zhang

Copyright © 2012 Martin O. Onani et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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