Silicate based phosphors due to stable crystal structure, high thermal stability, low thermal conductivity, resistance to acids and alkali they were being used in light industry. Among the various silicates, strontium orthosilicate and magnesium silicates showed applications in the fields of sensors, field emission displays (FEDs), compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs), white light emitting diodes (WLEDs), and plasma display panels (PDPs), etc. It was well known that the luminescent properties of inorganic nano/micro materials were closely related with their sizes, shapes, morphologies,...

Ion beams in science and technology continue to provide new possibilities in sample characterization, analysis, development of materials, modification of the selective properties etc. Ion beam methods provide a highly controllable set of tools which can be used for investigation systematically at the atomic level and ultimately controlled and exploited at the macroscopic level. Here we have made an effort to study the luminescence properties (Ionoluminescence, photoluminescence and Thermoluminescence) of ion beam induced rare earth doped silicate nanophosphors. And we have observed that the...