Optical transitions of Eu3+ ions in EuCl3 solutions

The optical absorption spectra of EuCl₃ in aqueous and acidic solutions were measured in the visible anduv regions of the spectrum. The concentration as well as the temperature of the solutions were varied to establish an accurate free-ion energy level scheme of Eu³⁺. The energy levels were assigned on the basis of a correlation between the calculated and the experimentally observed transition energies and associated band intensities.     

Effect of the crystal potential on electronic polarizabilities of ions in alkaline earth chalcogenides

The electronic polarizabilities of ions in alkaline earth chalcogenides are estimated by taking account of the effect of the crystalline potential. The polarizabilities thus obtained are found to present a good agreement with experimental data. It has been shown that the polarizabilities and radii of alkaline earth and chalcogenide ions follow the polarizability-radius cube relation approximately well.     

Neue Alkalimetallchromchalkogenide und ihre Struktursystematik

New Alkali Metal Chromium Chalcogenides and their Structural Classification The compounds RbCr₃S₅, K₃Cr₁₁S₁₈, RbCr₅Se₈ and CsCr₅Se₈ could be obtained in the form of wellshaped crystals via fusion reactions of the alkali metal carbonates with chromium and the corresponding chalcogen. The compounds crystallize in the monoclinic space groups C2/m (RbCr₃S₅: a = 19.372(3) Å, b = 3.498(1) Å, c = 12.119(2) Å, β = 122.78(1)°, Z = 4; K₃Cr₁₁S₁₈: a = 41.876(3) Å, b = 3.463(1) Å, c = 16.315(3) Å, β = 150.07(1)°, Z = 2; RbCr₅Se₈: a = 18.737(2) Å, b = 3.623(1) Å; c = 9.016(1) Å, β = 104.65(1)°, Z = 2; CsCr₅Se₈: a = 18.795(2) Å, b = 3.637(1) Å, c = 9.104(1) Å, β = 104.52(1)°, Z = 2). We propose a structure classification from group-subgroup-relations. MAPLE calculations reveal that the reactions of the binary chalcogenides to yield the ternary compounds are exothermic in each case and are dependent on the chromium/alkali metal ratio in the ternary chalcogenides.     

Tm~(3+)/Yb~(3+)共掺激光晶体的本征光学双稳特性分析与参数优化

理论研究了650nm激光雪崩抽运Tm3+/Yb3+共掺激光晶体的本征光学双稳态.基于系统的非线性耦合速率方程理论,数值分析了Tm3+/Yb3+离子能级布居数的本征光学双稳性、系统参数对光学双稳态的影响和双稳迟滞回线的动态变化.数值结果给出了光子雪崩机制下Tm3+/Yb3+共掺激光晶体的可见与红外光谱发光的本征光学双稳态;指出了通过优化Tm3+/Yb3+离子浓度比,选取低声子能晶体基质和采用晶体冷却技术,以及调谐抽运光与Tm3+离子激发态跃迁能隙满足共振频率匹配,可以有效地增强本征光学双稳效应;通过微调谐抽运光波长和控制抽运光强变化速率,可以实现动态调控的本征光学双稳态.     

β-NaGd_(0.794)Yb_(0.200)Ho_(0.001)Tm_(0.005)F_4纳米颗粒的白色上转换发光

利用简单的水热合成法制备了β-NaGd0.794Yb0.200Ho0.001Tm0.005F4纳米颗粒。采用X射线粉末衍射(XRD)技术测定了样品的物相,结果显示样品为六角相。通过透射电子显微镜(TEM)和高分辨透射电子显微镜观察的结果样品为椭球和六角形状,颗粒的平均尺寸为23 nm。用980 nm半导体激光二极管为激发光源,测定了样品的室温上转换发射谱,结果表明:样品分别发射红、绿和蓝色光,其相对发射强度,从强到弱的顺序为蓝色、绿色和红色,与其对应辐射跃迁分别为Tm3+离子的1G4→3H6,Ho3+离子的5F4→5I8,5F5→5I8跃迁。样品发射的蓝、绿和红光组合而发出强的白色上转换发光,其色品坐标为(x=0.271 7,y=0.267 3)。     

Ultrahigh pressure equation of state of CaS to 1.5 Mbar

Abstract

Energy Dispersive X-ray Diffraction (EDXD) was performed at room temperature to gather structural data on CaS between approximately 1.7 GPa to nearly 150GPa. In these experiments, CaS retained the B1 structure up to approximately 40 GPa above which it began to transform to the B2 structure. The B2 structure remained stable to the highest pressure reached, 149 GPa, where the relative volume V/V₀ was 0.490. Previous studies on CaS extended only up to 52 GPa, which is barely 10 GPa after the B1 phase changes to the B2 structure. Thus it was not possible to accurately extrapolate the equation of state (EOS) for the B2 phase region to significantly higher pressures. In the present study EOS data for CaS was collected to 150 GPa and no other structural change was observed. EOS parameters for the B1 and B2 phase regions agree well with values reported in the literature.     

Temperature profiles in a two-component heterogeneous system heated with a cw laser

A formalism has been developed to calculate the steady-state temperature profiles induced by a cw laser in a composite system comprising a thick medium covered with a film of another medium. The analysis is carried out assuming that thermal and optical properties of the media are temperature-independent. A concept of the effective thermal conductivity for the system is introduced in terms of the maximum temperature rise. Temperature-distributions are numerically computed in typical cases for a circular Gaussian beam to illustrate dependence on film thickness, thermal conductivities and absorption coefficients of the media and size of the laser beam.     

Side-Arm Assisted Anilido-Imine Based Rare-Earth Metal Complexes for Isoprene Stereoselective Polymerization

Anilido-imine ligands o-C₆H₄(NHAr₁)(CH=NAr₂), in which Ar₁ is 2,6-diisopropylbenzyl group and Ar₂ contains fluorine (HL₁) or methoxyl (HL₂) group on ortho-position of phenyl substituent, were synthesized for constructing rare-earth metals based complexes of 1a–1c (HL₁ based Sc, Lu, Y) and 2a–2c (HL₂ based Sc, Lu, Y). Based on their NMR spectra and X-ray single-crystal structures, the side-arm group of -F and -OMe is identified to chelate to the corresponding central metal. The twisted angles between two planes formed by chelated heteroatoms (N, N, F for HL₁ and N, N, O for HL₂) are observed, in which the largest dihedral angle (53.3°) for HL₁-Y and the smallest dihedral angle (44.32°) for HL₂-Sc are detected. After being activated by AlⁱBu₃ and [Ph₃C][B(C₆F₅)₄], these catalysts showed great activity for isoprene polymerization. Bearing the same ligand HL₁, smaller scandium based complex 1a and middle size of lutetium based 1b provided lower cis-1,4-selectivity (57.3% and 64.2%), larger yttrium complex 1c displayed high cis-1,4-selectivity (84%). Chelating by crowded HL₂, small size of scandium complex 2a provided impressive trans-1,4-selectivity (93.0%), middle lutetium based 2b displayed non-selectivity and larger yttrium complex 2c showed clear cis-1,4-selectivity (83.3%). Moreover, 2a/AlⁱBu₃ system showed the quasi-living chain transfer capability.     

Colloidal Synthesis and Characterization of Molybdenum Chalcogenide Quantum Dots Using a Two-Source Precursor Pathway for Photovoltaic Applications

The drawbacks of utilizing nonrenewable energy have quickened innovative work on practical sustainable power sources (photovoltaics) because of their provision of a better-preserved decent environment which is free from natural contamination and commotion. Herein, the synthesis, characterization, and application of Mo chalcogenide nanoparticles (NP) as alternative sources in the absorber layer of QDSSCs is discussed. The successful synthesis of the NP was confirmed as the results from the diffractive peaks obtained from XRD which were positive and agreed in comparison with the standard. The diffractive peaks were shown in the planes (100), (002), (100), and (105) for the MoS₂ nanoparticles; (002), (100), (103), and (110) for the MoSe₂ nanoparticles; and (0002), (0004), (103), as well as (0006) for the MoTe₂ nanoparticles. MoSe₂ presented the smallest size of the nanoparticles, followed by MoTe₂ and, lastly, by MoS₂. These results agreed with the results obtained using SEM analysis. For the optical properties of the nanoparticles, UV–Vis and PL were used. The shift of the peaks from the red shift (600 nm) to the blue shift (270–275 nm and 287–289 nm (UV–Vis)) confirmed that the nanoparticles were quantum-confined. The application of the MoX₂ NPs in QDSSCs was performed, with MoSe₂ presenting the greatest PCE of 7.86%, followed by MoTe₂ (6.93%) and, lastly, by MoS₂, with the PCE of 6.05%.     

Tm3+ 掺杂ZrF4 -BaF2 -LaF3 -AlF3 -NaF-PbF2玻璃激光制冷中荧光再吸收效应的理论分析

固体材料的激光制冷是近年来发展起来的一个新的研究领域. 掺Tm³⁺的ZrF₄-BaF₂-LaF₃-AlF₃-NaF-PbF₂(ZBLANP)玻璃材料是激光冷却的典型材料之一. 与另一种制冷掺杂离子Yb³⁺相比,Tm³⁺具有更好的制冷潜力. 目前制约材料制冷的一个主要机理就是荧光再吸收. 首先根据Tm³⁺:ZBLANP的光谱参数,利用半经典的随机行走模型得到了不同情况下的平均荧光再吸收次数,随后分析了荧光光子界面出射的全反射效应,并对所得结果进行了修正. 计算结果表明,荧光再吸收会导致量子效率降低0.5%-1%,出射荧光波长红移达到2-10 nm,激光制冷的效率和功率降低. 为了有利于荧光出射和净制冷的实现, 宜采用小体积细长棒的制冷元. 关键词： 激光制冷 稀土离子 荧光再吸收