Research Article

Highly Dispersed Re-Doped CoAl2O4 Nanopigments: Synthesis and Chromatic Properties

Table 1

Lattice constant and crystal size of CoAl2O4 and CoAl1.95Re0.05O4.

SampleLattice constant Crystal size/nmStrain/%Radius/

CoAl2O48.0988118.4−0.081R() = 0.54

CoAl1.95Y0.05O48.0955012.8−0.0941.02
CoAl1.95La0.05O48.0929710.3−0.4261.18
CoAl1.95Nd0.05O48.090508.9−0.591N/A
CoAl1.95Sm0.05O48.0878711.6−0.4191.08
CoAl1.95Eu0.05O48.0854711−0.1251.07