Threshold pressure for mechanoluminescence of macrocrystals, microcrystals and nanocrystals of doped zinc sulphide

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• 作者：B.P. Chandra^a ; V.K. Chandra^b ; Piyush Jha^c ; ^{piyushjha22@rediffmail.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; V.D. Sonwane^a
• 关键词：Mechanoluminescence ; II&ndash ; VI semiconductors ; Local structure ; Sensors ; Piezoelectricity
• 刊名：Physica B: Physics of Condensed Matter
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：15 June 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：491
• 期：Complete
• 页码：12-16
• 全文大小：793 K

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The threshold pressure for elastico-mechanoluminescence (EML) of ZnS:Mn macrocrystals is 20 MPa, and ZnS:Cu,Al macrocrystals do not show ML during elastic deformation. However, the threshold pressure for EML of ZnS:Mn and ZnS:Cu,Cl microcrystals and nanocrystals is nearly 1 MPa. Thus, it seems that high concentration of defects in microcrystalline and nanocrystalline ZnS:Mn and ZnS:Cu,Cl produces disorder and distortion in lattice and changes the local crystal-structure near impurities, and consequently, the enhanced piezoelectric constant of local region produces EML for low value of applied pressure. The threshold pressure for the ML of ZnS:Mn and ZnS:Cu,Al single macrocrystals is higher because such crystals possess comparatively less number of defects near the impurities where the phase-transition is not possible and their ML is caused for high value of stress because the bulk piezoelectric constant is less. Thus, size-dependent threshold pressure for ML supports the origin of EML from piezoelectricity in local region of the crystals. The finding of present investigation may be useful in tailoring phosphors emitting intense EML of different colours.