White light emission from spin coated Gd2O3:Dy nano phosphors synthesized using polyol technique.

: Water dispersible Gd2O3:Dy3+ (2%) nanophosphors were synthesized through a facile polyol process and characterized by using X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) and photoluminescence (PL) spectrophotometry. The results of XRD, TEM and DLS show that resultant nanoparticles are single phasic and have spherical shape with 17 to 22% dispersibility. An efficient energy transfer was observed from host to the dopant ions. Characteristic blue and yellow emissions from Dy3+ ions were observed. The CIE coordinates of the nanophosphor lie in the white light region of the chromaticity diagram. Spin coating of the nanophosphor was done on quartz substrate. Bright white luminescence of this film was observed under ultraviolet light with lamda exc = 310 nm.