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

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="6"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Samples</td><td class="align_center">Na-TiNt</td><td class="align_center">Pr-TiNt</td><td class="align_center">Nd-TiNt</td><td class="align_center">Er-TiNt</td><td class="align_center">Yb-TiNt</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="6"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Na/Ti</td><td class="align_center">0.33</td><td class="align_center">0.02</td><td class="align_center">0.01</td><td class="align_center">0.01</td><td class="align_center">0.01</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">RE/Ti</td><td class="align_center">—</td><td class="align_center">0.19</td><td class="align_center">0.14</td><td class="align_center">0.18</td><td class="align_center">0.17</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="6"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

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Table 1: Photoluminescence Enhancement of Titanate Nanotubes by Insertion of Rare Earth Ions in Their Interlayer Spaces 