TY - CONF A1 - de Camargo, Andrea Simone Stucchi T1 - Structure-property correlations in RE-doped fluoride-phosphate glasses for scintillation N2 - As the development of optimized glass compositions by traditional trial-and-error methods is laborious, time consuming, and expensive, it is desirable to develop glass compositions based on a fundamental understanding of the glass structure and to establish structure-property relation models. Particularly, when it comes to optical applications of glasses doped with emissive trivalent rare earth ions (RE), the chemical environmental around the ions will have a direct influence on the radiative/non-radiative emission probabilities. The local vibrational environment and the chemical nature of the bonds in the first coordination sphere of the ions can be tailored, to good extent, based on structural information given by magnetic resonance techniques (NMR and EPR), associated to Raman and photophysical characterization. For the past 5 years, while still employed at the University of São Paulo, in Brazil, one of the interests of my research group has been the development of high-density fluoride-phosphate glasses as promising UV and X-ray scintillator materials. The targeted glasses offer a lower vibrational energy, less hygroscopic fluoride environment for the RE ions whereas the phosphate network provides better mechanical and chemical stability than a purely fluoride glass matrix. Different sets of glasses, based on the compositional system (Ba/Sr)F2-M(PO3)3-MF3-(Sc/Y)F3 where M = Al, In, Ga, and the phosphate component is substituted by the fluoride analogue in 10 - 30 mol%, were investigated, using Sc3+, Y3+, and the Eu3+ and Yb3+ dopants, as structural probes. Overall, results show that the desired RE coordination by fluorine, at a given F/P ratio, is proportional to the atomic mass of M (In> Ga> Al) and that the Ga- and In- based systems differ from the Al- one by near absence of P-O-P network linkages. That is, the network structures are dominated by Ga-O-P or In-O-P linkages, as evidenced by 31P MAS-NMR and Raman. These results are nicely corroborated by observation of decreased intensity of the vibronic band in Eu3+-doped glasses and marked increase in excited state lifetime values. Radioluminescence studies were carried out for a series of In-based glasses doped with Ce3+ and Tb3+, yielding intense emissions in the blue and green, respectively, compatible to the spectral region of the highest sensitivity of radiation sensor detectors. The aim of the presentation is to show how powerful the NMR and EPR techniques can be to provide decisive structural information, and to present the research perspectives in my new role as the Head of Division 5.6 – Glass at BAM. T2 - Fachausschusses I „Physik und Chemie des Glases“, DGG CY - Jena, Germany DA - 02.11.2023 KW - Structure-property correlation KW - Fluoride phosphate glasses KW - Scintillators KW - High energy radiation PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-60360 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Galleani, Gustavo A1 - Lodi, Thiago A1 - Merízio, Leonnam A1 - de Jesus, Vinícius A1 - de Camargo, Andrea Simone Stucchi T1 - Scintillators, persistent luminescent and white light emitters: Progresses on UV and X-ray converting glasses and composites N2 - Recently, detection and conversion of high energy radiation such as ultraviolet and X-rays has gained renewed attention. In part, technological applications in radioimaging and tomography have developed considerably as to allow lower dosages and higher resolutions, which require optimized scintillators and dosimeters. On the other hand, the increasing effort to reduce carbon footprint in energy production has triggered an intensive search for materials that can be excited with sunlight, ranging from photocatalysts to solar concentrators. At LEMAF – Laboratory of Spectroscopy of Functional Materials at IFSC/USP, we have been developing bulk glasses, polycrystalline and composite materials designed to target both challenges and, in this work an overview of recent progresses and of the state of art of these materials will be given. For instance, the few available comercial scintillators are crystalline materials with costly and time consuming growth which hinders the development of new compositions. Glasses and glass ceramics, such as the NaPGaW composition developed in our lab, present high density, very good optical properties and high chemical stability which allow them radioluminescent response when doped with low concentrations of Ce3+, Eu3+ and Tb3+ offering a promise as alternatives to crystal scintillators. On the other hand, phosphor in glass (PiG) composites based on the persistent luminescent polycrystalline material Sr2MgSi2O7:Eu2+,Dy3+ (SMSO) embedded into NaPGa glasses offer interesting perspectives for the of UV light into visible, useful for white light generation (lighting), improved harvesting and conversion of solar light when coupled to c-Si PV cells and photocatalysis. These and other examples will be discussed. The glasses are prepared through the conventional melt quenching technique, followed by controlled heating when glass ceramics are desired. The persistent luminescent phosphor is prepared by the microwave assisted technique (MAS) much faster and with considerable energy consumption reduction than in the usual solid state synthesis. The materials are characterized from the structural, morphological and spectroscopic (optical – UV-Vis, PL, PLE, and structural – NMR, EPR) points of view such that structure-property correlations are constantly sought to feedback synthesis and processing. Fig. 1, illustrates two examples of scintillator glasses doped with Tb3+ and PiG composites doped with Eu2+ and Dy3+. T2 - 11th International Conference on f Elements (ICFE-11) CY - Strasbourg, France DA - 22.08.2023 KW - Scintillators KW - Persistent luminescence KW - White light emitters PY - 2023 AN - OPUS4-60361 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - de Camargo, Andrea Simone Stucchi T1 - Optical properties of dental ceramics: Characterization via UV-Vis and photoluminescence spectroscopies N2 - When it comes to dental treatments, success is not only measured by attained functionality but, to a large extent, the associated aesthetics. This can become challenging for certain restorations and implants due to the complex optical characteristic of a tooth, which reflects, absorbs, diffuses, transmits, and even emits light. Thus, to get acceptable aesthetic results, favourable shade matching of ceramic restorations and implants should be achieved by strict control of optical response, which translates into a materials design question. Optical response is affected by several factors such as the composition, crystalline content, porosity, additives, grain size and the angle of incidence of light on the dental ceramics. The properties to be characterized are colour (and its stability), translucency, opalescence, refractive index, and fluorescence. Several techniques can be applied for the characterization of these properties and in this presentation, an overview will be given. Moreover, particular emphasis will be given on the capacitation of less familiarized public to UV-Vis absorption and photoluminescence (PLE) spectroscopies that are versatile and widely employed for functional and structural characterization of glasses and glass ceramic materials. T2 - 2nd BAYLAT Workshop of CERTEV - FAU CY - Nuremberg, Germany DA - 04.12.2023 KW - Optical properties KW - Dental ceramics KW - Optical spectroscopy PY - 2023 AN - OPUS4-60364 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - de Camargo, Andrea Simone Stucchi T1 - Glass Digitalization: Contributions from BAM N2 - An overview of the Glass Digitalization efforts at BAM, within the framework of the Glass Digital consortium, was given. From the development of the robotic melting device to the ML capabilities, a description of the different stages of the developments and roles of project partner was presented. T2 - GlaCerHub Melting Day CY - Oponice, Slovakia DA - 12.06.2024 KW - Glass Digital KW - Robotic glass melting KW - Digitalization PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-60365 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - de Camargo, Andrea Simone Stucchi T1 - Gender equality in Sciences: Let´s teach our girls to be brave! N2 - A panorama of the global gender gap scenario in sciences, specially STEM, was given to illustrate the need for urgent actions (and suggestions of them) to correct biased treatment and promote females in their scientific careers. T2 - FunGlass School CY - Oponice, Slovakia DA - 10.06.2024 KW - Gender gap KW - Women in science KW - Female noble prize winners PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-60366 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - de Camargo, Andrea Simone Stucchi T1 - Spectroscopy Lectures N2 - As a guest professor of FUNGLASS, I delivered 3 lectures on spectroscopy to the Graduate School Program, the postdoctoral fellows and other researchers: 1) Introduction to spectroscopy applied to solid state materials (with focus on glass and glass ceramics); 2) Vibrational spectroscopy (Infrared and Raman); 3) Electron Paramagnetic Resonance T2 - FunGlass CY - Trencín, Slovakia DA - 03.06.2024 KW - Spectroscopy KW - Radiation-matter interaction KW - FT-IR KW - Raman KW - EPR PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-60367 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - de Camargo, Andrea Simone Stucchi T1 - From guest scintillators to luminescent host-guest hybrid materials and nanoparticles: Contributions from LEMAF N2 - An overview of the research work conducted at LEMAF - the laboratory of spectroscopy of functional materials in IFSC/USP Brazil under my leadership, before I joined BAM was given. T2 - FunGlass Graduate Program School CY - Oponice, Slovakia DA - 10.10.2023 KW - Multifunctional nanoparticles KW - Structure property correlations KW - Host-guest hybrid materials KW - Scintillators KW - Persistent luminescent KW - Phosphors KW - Composite materials PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-60368 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - de Camargo, Andrea Simone Stucchi T1 - Gender equality in sciences: Let's teach our girls to be brave! N2 - A global panorama of the Gender Gap in Sciences was presented along with recommendations on how to remediate unequal treatment of females in Science, and to prepare future generations for gender equality. T2 - Lunch Talk - Women@DGM: Gender Mindsets/Bias in an International Context CY - Online meeting DA - 14.06.2024 KW - Gender gap PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-60369 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - de Camargo, Andrea Simone Stucchi T1 - Optical properties of glasses and ceramics N2 - Optical glasses and glass ceramics are present in many devices often used in our daily routine, such as the mobile phones and tablets. Since the 1960´s with the development of glass lasers, and more recently, within the search for efficient W-LEDs, sensors and solar converters, this class of materials has experienced extreme research progress. In order to tailor a material for such applications, it is very important to understand and characterize optical properties such as refractive index, transmission window, absorption and emission cross sections, quantum yields, etc. These properties can often be tuned by appropriate compositional choice and post-synthesis processing. In this lecture we will discuss the optical properties of glasses and glass ceramics, relevant to that end. T2 - 2nd CeRTEV Glass School CY - São Carlos, SP, Brazil DA - 22.04.2024 KW - Optical properties of glasses and ceramics PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-60370 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kärcher, Victor A1 - Reiker, Tobias A1 - da Costa, Pedro F.G.M. A1 - de Camargo, Andrea S.S. A1 - Zacharias, Helmut T1 - Quantum control in size selected semiconductor quantum dot thin films N2 - We introduce a novel technique for coherent control that employs resonant internally generated fields in CdTe quantum dot (QD) thin films at the L-point. The bulk band gap of CdTe at the L-point amounts to 3.6 eV, with the transition marked by strong Coulomb coupling. Third harmonic generation (λ3 = 343 nm, hν = 3.61 eV) for a fundamental wavelength of λ 1 = 1,030 nm is used to control quantum interference of three-photon resonant paths between the valence and conduction bands. Different thicknesses of the CdTe QDs are used to manipulate the phase relationship between the external fundamental and the internally generated third harmonic, resulting in either suppression or strong enhancement of the resonant third harmonic, while the nonresonant components remain nearly constant. This development could pave the way for new quantum interference–based applications in ultrafast switching of nanophotonic devices. KW - Nonlinear nanophotonics KW - Quantum interference KW - Third harmonic KW - Coherent control KW - Thin films KW - Quantum dots PY - 2025 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-625859 DO - https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2024-0529 VL - 14 IS - 2 SP - 229 EP - 239 PB - Walter de Gruyter GmbH AN - OPUS4-62585 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -