Cu-site-substituted REBa2Cu3O7-δ single crystals by top-seeded solution-growth (RE=rare earth element)

Using the top-seeded solution-growth (TSSG) method, Cu-site-substituted REBa₂Cu₃O_7-δ single crystals (REBCO, RE=rare earth elements) were grown. For theoretical studies and practical applications, metal element M (M=Zn, Fe, Ni, Al and Mg) was used for substitution. The optimal processes led to high-quality crystals with sufficient dimension at a high doping level. Thermodynamic and kinetic problems of growing M-doped REBCO crystals are discussed, including the M substitution limit in crystal, the effect of solvent composition on the M substitution in crystal, the crystal growth model of the M-doped REBCO, the phase relation of RE–Cu–M–O systems and composition/property control.     

Tb掺杂SiO2-B2O3-NaF玻璃的制备及发光性质

使用正硅酸乙酯、硼酸和氟化钠为前驱体,0.10 mol•L-1TbCl3溶液为掺杂剂,通过溶胶-凝胶方法制备了Tb3＋掺杂的SiO2-B2O3-NaF玻璃,研究了Tb3＋在SiO2-B2O3-NaF体系中的发光性质,结果显示发光体能产生强的绿色发光(544 nm),归属于Tb3＋的5D4—7F5电子跃迁.Tb3＋含量不同时,除发光强度不同外,其发射光谱基本相同,并且在低掺杂Tb3＋样品和低退火温度样品中检测到了来自5D3跃迁产生的峰,其跃迁随Tb3＋掺杂浓度的增加和退火温度的升高而发生猝灭,这种现象归因于5D3－5D47F6—7F0和/或5D3—7F07F6—5D4跃迁中发生了交叉弛豫现象.Tb3＋在SiO2-B2O3-NaF玻璃中的激发光谱由一个宽峰和一系列窄峰组成,宽峰最大波长位于230 nm,对应于Tb3＋的4f 8—4f 75d 1跃迁,一系列窄峰位于300～380 nm处,归属于4f 8跃迁,所有发光材料的XRD和TEM测试显示材料是非晶态的.     

Nonlinear Optical BBO Crystals: Growth, Properties and Applications

1　 INTRODUCTIONLow temperature phase barium metaborateβ- Ba B2 O4 ( BBO) as a new nonlinearoptical material was firstdiscovered in 1 979by Chen's group of the Fujian Instituteof Research on the Structure of Matter,People's Republic of China〔1〕.BBO has anumber ofexcellentpropertiessuch aslarge effective SHG coefficients,large birefrin-gence,wide transparent spectral range,high damage threshold and good machnicaland chemical properties.Particularly attractive feature is its UV t…     

Single crystal growth of Bi1−xSrxMnO3—Thermodynamics and experiment

The primary crystallization field of a perovskite solid solution Bi_1−xSr_xMnO_3−δ was delimited by calculating the respective phase equilibria in the quaternary Bi–Sr–Mn–O system. The calculations are based on the recent assessment involving all three ternary subsystems, a quaternary liquid approximated as a mixture of Mn, MnO, Mn₂O₃, SrO and Bi₂O₃ species with binary Redlich–Kister coefficients and the perovskite phase described in terms of a point defect model allowing Sr²⁺ for Bi³⁺ substitution, oxygen vacancy formation and the related Mn³⁺/Mn⁴⁺ mixing on Mn-sublattice. The crystallization path and the composition of the crystallized solid solution are compared with single crystal growth experiments performed by self-flux method from a Bi-rich melt. The crystallization path obtained for a selected feed composition for which the largest and high quality single crystal have been grown, turns out to end very close to the global eutectic point.     

Flux growth of hexagonal bipyramidal ruby crystals

Hexagonal bipyramidal ruby (Al2O3:Cr) crystals were easily grown by the evaporation of MoO3 flux isothermally. The crystal growth was conducted by heating a mixture of solute (Al2O3 + 0.5 mass% Cr2O3) and flux (MoO3) at 1100 degrees C, followed by holding the solution at this temperature for 5 h. The ruby crystals obtained lengths up to 1.8 mm and widths up to 1.7 mm and were transparent-red. Their form was a bipyramid bounded by well-developed {113} faces. Molybdenum trioxide was found to be a very suitable flux for growing bipyramidal ruby crystals.     

Na_5P_3O_(10)-Ca(OH)_2-CO_2-H_2O体系纳米CaCO_3的成核与生长

通过化学分析、SEM显微分析技术结合RosinRamiler概率统计理论从介观层次研究Na5P3O10CaOH2CO2H2O体系纳米CaCO3的合成反应及其成核和生长过程。结果表明Na5P3O10对CaOH2的碳化反应具有抑制作用。随着Na5P3O10的增加体系中CaCO3的成核速率B0逐渐增大。在Na5P3O10=0ppm时CaCO3结晶的生长由长程扩散和凝聚生长控制Na5P3O10=380.4760.9ppm时前期受短程扩散和界面反应控制、后期受长程扩散控制。Na5P3O10的存在抑制了纳米CaCO3的晶体生长。     

ChemInform Abstract: Crystal Growth and Structure of Three New Neodymium Containing Silicates: Na0.50Nd4.50(SiO4)3O,Na0.63Nd4.37 (SiO4)3O0.74F0.26 and Na4.74Nd4.26(O0.52F0.48) [SiO4]4.

Single crystals of the title compounds are simultaneously obtained from mixtures of Nd₂O₃ and SiO₂ in the molar ratio 1:0.75 using a eutectic mixture of NaF and KF as a flux (covered Ag crucible, 850 °C, 24 h).     

高质量AlPO4 -5分子筛大单晶的合成与表征

The AlPO4-5 molecular sieve has been synthesized hydrothermally by using tripropylamine (TPA) as the template, and pseudoboehmite and orthophosphoric acid as aluminum and phosphorus sources, respectively. The single crystals of AlPO4-5 with different sizes have been obtained by varying the molar ratio of reactants and the crystallization conditions (such as the temperature and time). The typical molar ratio of the reactive mixture is Al2O3∶P2O5∶TPA∶C2H5OH∶H2O∶HF=1∶1.2∶2.66∶80∶1000∶0.7, and perfect AlPO4-5 large single crystals with the maximum length up to 2.0 and 0.31 mm transverse dimension have been prepared by crystallizing the mixture at 457 K for 48 h. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) has been employed to observe the sizes and morphologies of the large single crystals of AlPO4-5. The structure of AlPO4-5 single crystal has been refined by the SMART 1000 single crystal diffractometer.     

Growth and characterization of sodium pentaborate [Na(H4B5O10)] single crystals

The bulk single crystals of sodium pentaborate [Na(H4B5O10)] were grown by slow evaporation solution growth technique using deionized water as solvent. The grown crystal was confirmed by single crystal X-ray diffraction studies. The structural perfection of the grown crystals has been analyzed by high resolution X-ray diffraction (HRXRD) studies by recording rocking curve. The photoluminescence (PL), UV-vis spectral studies were performed and the optical bandgap of the material was calculated. The presence of the functional groups was identified by FT-IR measurement. The factor group analysis was done on Na(H4B5O10) to reveal the vibrational optical modes. The thermal and mechanical properties of the grown crystal were studied by TG-DTA and Vickers microhardness tester, respectively. The dielectric behavior of Na(H4B5O10) was investigated with different frequencies and temperatures.     

CF4 decomposition over solid ternary mixture NaF-Si-MO（MO=La2O3,CeO2,Pr6O-（11）,Nd2O3,Y2O3）

A solid ternary mixture consisting of NaF,silicon and one metal oxide such as La2O3,CeO2,Pr6O11,Nd2O3,and Y2O3 was prepared and usedas de-fluorinated reagent for CF4 decomposition.The results show that 90% conversion of CF4 can be reached initially over NaF-Si-La2O3,NaF-Si-CeO2,NaF-Si-Nd2O3,and NaF-Si-Y2O3 at 850 C.The fresh and used reagents were characterized using XRD and XPS techniques.It was found that the active components of NaF and metal oxides in NaF-Si-CeO2,NaF-Si-Pr6O11,NaF-Si-Nd2O3,and NaF-Si-Y2O3 weretransformed into inert phases of mixed metal fluorides and silicates,respectively,resulting in an ineffective utilization of these de-fluorinatedreagents,whereas no inert phases from NaF and La2O3 can be observed in the used NaF-Si-La2O3,indicating the NaF-Si-La2O3 reagent couldbe utilized more efficiently than the other reagents in CF4 decomposition.     

Observation of a large magnetic anisotropy in the new 2H-perovskite related oxide Ba8CoRh6O21: magnetic measurements on aligned single crystals

Single crystals of Ba8CoRh6O21, grown out of a potassium carbonate flux, were characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and magnetic measurements. X-ray data were collected in a superspace group approach and solved using the JANA2000 software package. Ba8CoRh6O21 represents the first example of a structurally characterized m = 5, n = 3 member of the A3n+3mA'nB3m+nO9m+6n family of 2H hexagonal perovskite related oxides and contains chains consisting of six consecutive RhO6 octahedra followed by one distorted CoO6 trigonal prism. Magnetic measurements were carried out on large aligned single crystals, and a very large magnetic anisotropy in the magnetic susceptibility, persisting up to room temperature, was observed.     

Synthesis, structure, negative thermal expansion, and photocatalytic property of Mo doped ZrV2O7

A new series of compounds identified in the phase diagram of ZrO(2)-V(2)O(5)-MoO(3) have been synthesized via the solution combustion method. Single crystals of one of the compounds in the series, ZrV(1.50)Mo(0.50)O(7.25), were grown by the melt-cool technique from the starting materials with double the MoO(3) quantity. The room temperature average crystal structure of the grown crystals was solved using the single crystal X-ray diffraction technique. The crystals belong to the cubic crystal system, space group Pa3 (No. 205) with a = 8.8969 (4) ?, V = 704.24 (6) ?(3), and Z = 4. The final R(1) value of 0.0213 was achieved for 288 independent reflections during the structure refinement. The Zr(4+) occupies the special position (4a) whereas V(5+) and Mo(6+) occupy two unique (8c) Wyckoff positions. Two fully occupied O atoms, (24d) and (4b), one partially occupied O atom (8c) have been identified for this molybdovanadate, which is a unique feature for these crystals. The structure is related to both ZrV(2)O(7) and cubic ZrMo(2)O(8). The temperature dependent single crystal studies show negative thermal expansion above 370 K. The compounds have been characterized by powder X-ray diffraction, solid-state UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectra, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The photocatalytic activity of these compounds has been investigated for the degradation of various dyes, and these compounds show specificity toward the degradation of non-azoic dyes.     

四乙基溴化铵-氟化物复合模板剂合成β沸石 Ⅲ.结晶动力学及其影响因素

 考察了用四乙基溴化铵－氟化钠复合模板剂合成β沸石的结晶动\r\n力学．结果表明：其晶化曲线为典型的S形曲线；成核活化能En＝65．\r\n79kJ／mol，生长活化能Ec＝91．49kJ／mol；与单纯的四乙基溴化铵模\r\n板剂体系相比，本体系成核诱导期较短，生长速率较快；n（NaF）／n\r\n（SiO2）值增大时，晶化诱导期缩短，成核速率加快，但氟化钠量过高\r\n时，成核速率反而降低，n（NaF）／n（SiO2）最佳值为0．10～0．17\r\n；较高的OH－／SiO2比有利于缩短晶化诱导期．     

CH3OH,C2H4在有序和缺陷Nb2O5表面的吸附

为了解氧化铌的表面化学，发展了不同种金属单晶底物定向生长氧化物薄膜技术以克服电子能谱研究氧化铌表面的实验困难．在超高真空系统中用ＨＲＥＥＬＳ，ＵＰＳ研究了ＣＨ３ＯＨ和Ｃ２Ｈ４在氧化铌模型表面的吸附．结果表明，ＣＨ３ＯＨ和Ｃ２Ｈ４在有序表面和缺陷表面的吸附行为表现出很大的不同，氧空穴对吸附有重要影响．     

New Borate‐citrate: Synthesis,Structure, and Properties of Sr[B(C6H5O7)2](H2O)4·3H2O

Single crystals of Sr[B(C₆H₅O₇)₂](H₂O)₄ · 3H₂O, a new borate‐citrate material, were grown with sizes up to 8 × 6 × 2 mm by slow evaporation of water at room temperature. The structure of Sr[B(C₆H₅O₇)₂](H₂O)₄ · 3H₂O was determined by single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction. It crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P2₁/c, with a = 11.363(3) Å, b = 18.829(4) Å, c = 11.976(3) Å, β = 110.736(3)°, and Z = 4. The SrO₈ dodecahedra, BO₄ tetrahedra and citrate groups are linked together to form chains. The compound was characterized by IR and UV/Vis/NIR transmittance spectroscopy as well as thermal analysis.     

Encapsulation of Hematite in Zircon by Microemulsion and Sol-Gel Methods

Microemulsion method has been applied and compared with sol-gel, coprecipitation and ceramic route with the purpose of encapsulating hematite into zircon crystals used as ceramic pigment. In the commercial synthesis of pink coral pigment, NaF flux agent is usually added in order to improve the reactivity of the system; therefore, the addition of flux agents (NaF or NaF · 2NaCl) has been investigated. Likewise, the effect of precipitating agent (NH₃ or NaOH) has been studied. Sol-gel becomes the more reactive method and produces the best red colours without fluorides addition, but does not give red colour in the presence of halides fired at 1000°C. Ammonia microemulsioned and coprecipitated powders give similar orange-brown colours without fluorides, and red colours with fluorides addition. The addition of NaF produces higher inclusion effectiveness than NaF · 2NaCl. The stabilization of sodium silicozirconate crystalline phases in NaOH coprecipitated or emulsioned samples avoids the zircon crystallization and then the hematite encapsulation.     

干粉合成中氟离子对ZSM—5沸石的结构定向作用

考察了Ｎａ２Ｏ－ＳｉＯ２－Ａｌ２Ｏ３－ＥＤＡ干粉体系中是否加入ＮａＦ以及加入量对产品物相及结晶度的影响。结果表明,当反应体系不加ＮａＦ时,产物为结晶度高的单一晶相的ＺＳＭ－３５沸石,而体系中加入ＮａＦ时,产品中有ＺＳＭ－５沸石物相出现,而且随着ＮａＦ加入量的增加,产品物相完全转化为具有很高结晶度的单一相ＺＳＭ－５沸石。说明氟离子对干粉体系中ＺＳＭ－５沸石的生成具有明显的结构定向作用     

Growth of Sr6Rh5O15 single crystals from high-temperature solutions: structure determination using the traditional 3-D and the 4-D superspace group methods and magnetic measurements on oriented single crystals

Single crystals of Sr6Rh5O15 were grown from a molten potassium carbonate flux. The structure was solved by both the traditional 3-D crystallographic approach and the 4-D superspace group approach using JANA2000. Both methods produced an equivalent structure determination, thereby confirming the 4-D superspace group approach as an effective structure solution method for 3-D commensurate composite structures. Sr6Rh5O15 corresponds to the n = 1, m = 1 member of the A3n+3mA'nB3m+nO9m+6n family of 2H hexagonal perovskite-related oxides. This compound is characterized by pseudo-one-dimensional polyhedral chains of four face-sharing RhO6 octahedra followed by one RhO6 trigonal prism. These chains in turn are separated by [Sr](infinity) chains. Magnetic measurements were carried out on oriented single crystals, and a very large magnetic anisotropy in the magnetic susceptibility was observed.     

Studies on the growth, optical, electrical and spectral properties of potassium pentaborate (KB5) single crystals

The bulk single crystals of nonlinear optical material potassium pentaborate (KB5) have been grown by slow evaporation solution growth technique using water as solvent. The grown crystal was confirmed by single crystal X-ray diffraction studies. The structural perfection of the grown crystals has been analyzed by high resolution X-ray diffraction (HRXRD) studies by recording rocking curve. The photoluminescence (PL), UV-vis spectral studies were performed and the optical bandgap of the material was calculated. FTIR and FT-Raman measurements enumerate the functional groups present in the compound. The factor group analysis on KB5 reveals that there are 117 vibrational optical modes. The dielectric behavior of KB5 was investigated with different frequencies and temperatures.     

Crystal growth,structure determination and magnetism of a new hexagonal rhodate: Ba9Rh8O24

Single crystals of Ba9Rh8O24, grown from a molten potassium carbonate flux, crystallize in the spacegroup R3c with lattice parameters of a = 10.0899(4) and c = 41.462(2) A. Magnetic measurements on oriented single crystals reveal the existence of magnetic anisotropy.