Research Article

Photoluminescence Enhancement of Titanate Nanotubes by Insertion of Rare Earth Ions in Their Interlayer Spaces

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Room temperature PL spectra of RE-TiNts and Na-TiNts samples at (a) atmospheric pressure and (b) under vacuum (~10−5 Pa). Some absorptions peaks due to RE ions inserted into the nanotubes can be seen.
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