Cluster model for complex compounds of hexavalent uranium

We have studied the regular patterns of the change in the electronic transition frequency in low-temperature luminescence spectra of uranyl trinitrate and tetranitrate crystals with alkali metal cations or an NH ₄ ⁺ group as the outer-sphere cations, as a function of the ionization potential of the latter. An analogous study was carried out as a function of the ratio of the concentrations of impurity and matrix for different cations in mixed crystals and solid solutions. Analysis of the results obtained, together with available crystallographic data, allowed us to propose a cluster model for the uranyl complex. The observed regular patterns are also explained from the standpoint of statistical thermodynamics. __________ Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 73, No. 5, pp. 588–591, September–October, 2006.     

Synthesis of fluorine-containing tetraketones and diketo esters and luminescence-spectral properties of their complexes with lanthanide ions

The Claisen condensation of diesters of fluorinated dicarboxylic acids with 2-acetyl-naphthalene affords the corresponding naphthyl-containing tetraketones and diketo esters. The luminescence-spectral properties and stability constants of complexes of these compounds with Eu³⁺ ions were estimated. The characteristics of the complexes are comparable with those of fluorinated β-diketones containing chromophoric substituents, which are widely used in luminescence analysis. The synthesized naphthyl-containing diketo esters are efficiently conjugated with proteins and can be used for detection of biospecific interactions. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 2, pp. 269—273, February, 2006.     

电子俘获材料的光学性质及光存储机制研究

报道在硫化锶中掺入Ｅｕ、Ｓｍ和Ｃｅ、Ｓｍ两种激活剂的具有良好的光存储功能的新型光子学材料。以紫外到绿光之间不同波长的光写入信息，用近红外光读出，读出信号为橙色或绿色发光。系统的光响应速率小于２０ｎｓ，写／读／擦速度快；光存储机制为电子的俘获和释放，无热效应，比目前的其他光存贮系统更优越。     

Effect of Neutron Irradiation on the Optical Properties of Corundum

The characteristic features of the process of radiation-defect formation and of a change in the structural and optical properties of corundum crystals exposed to reactor radiation have been investigated by spectroscopic methods. The dose dependences of the generation of a number of color and luminescence centers, the regularities of their thermal and photodecoloration, and the energies of activation of the centers have been determined. The influence of the overlapping of the absorption and luminescence centers has been estimated. The radiation-induced change in the structural parameters of the crystal and in the characteristics of the main reflexes has been determined. It has been established that at large reactor radiation fluxes the processes of damage of the crystal are accelerated and a small halo appears at 12.5°. The possible mechanism of damage and disordering of the structure of corundum irradiated in the reactor with a fairly large flux is discussed.     

Luminescence from ZnO/MgO nanoparticle structures prepared by solution techniques

The optical and structural properties of mixed ZnO/MgO particles prepared by solution techniques are investigated by the cathodoluminescence and electron microscopy techniques. The samples annealed at 400–1000 °C show well crystalline wurtzite structure of the ZnO (MgZnO) particles with the size in range of 10–100 nm. Annealing at high temperatures (>700 °C) leads to Mg diffusion in ZnO and Mg_xZn_1−xO alloy formation. The blue shifts of the near-band-edge emission as a result of the alloy band gap widening and quantum confinement effect for the small size particles are demonstrated.     

(Eu2+,Nd3+)∶CaAl2O4的长余辉发光及机理的研究

采用高温固相反应法制备了Eu^2 ∶CaAl2O4、（Eu^2 ,Nd^3 )∶CaAl2O4，等系列材料。测量了其激发、发射光谱及余辉衰减曲线。分析了掺杂稀土离子对长余辉发光的作用。并对其发光机理进行了深入地探讨。     

Luminescence and lasing properties of neodymium- and uranium-activated inorganic laser liquids

An attempt was made to describe and show the possibilities of new inorganic neodynium- and uranium-activated laser liquids: SO₂-GaCl₃-NdCl₄; SO₂Cl₂-GaCl₃-NdCl₃-UO₂Cl₂; POCl₂-MCl_n-NdCl₃-UO₂Cl₂ for development and synthesis of direct nuclear reaction-excited lasers. Luminescence data presented in the work were used to calculate the luminescence parameters of the laser liquids such as oscillator strengths f, probability of spontaneous radiation A, intermultiplet luminescence branching coefficient β, cross-section for induced radiation σ, luminescence decay time τ, quantum yield η, and others. It is shown that the oscillator strengths of the normal absorption bands of Na³⁺, which play the main part in the pumping processes, exceed the oscillator strengths of Na³⁺ for aqueous and many other nonaqueous systems. In the luminescence excitation spectra of the Na³⁺ ion, bands are isolated in the range 400–1000 nm atλ _rec =1.06 μm. With excitation, luminescence occurs through the⁴F_3/2→⁴I_{9/2,11/2.13/2} channels. Luminescence spectral data are related to the lasing parameters. The threshold lasing energy is∼18 J/cm³. For a resonator with mirros h₁=100% and h₂=20, 40, 56, and 80%, the lasing energy is∼20–120 MJ/cm³ in the pumping energy range 18–180 J/cm³. The differential efficiency is ∼0.2% The substantial angular radiation divergence (θ∼4·10⁻² rad) and strong thermostatic distortions that occur in the active element (dn/dT≈−1.9·10⁻⁴K⁻¹) are a disadvantage of laser liquids. It is shown that operation of neodymium- and uranium-activated inorganic liquid lasers is stable under the present conditions. A. I. Gertsen Russian State Pedagogical University, Moika Embankment, 48, St. Petersburg, 191186, Russia. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 64, No. 5, pp. 607–619, September–October, 1997.     

Zn0.8Cd0.2Se-ZnSe应变层超晶格的激子发光和受激发射

本文用MOCVD技术在GaAs衬底上成功地制备了具有波导结构的Zn0.8Cd0.2Se-ZnSe应变层超晶格样品,在77K温度的光致发光光谱中观测到n=1的重空穴和轻空穴激子的辐射复合。在光泵浦下,在波导结构的F-P腔中观测到具有多模结构的受激发射,受激发射谱中的不同模具有不同的阈值功率密度;时间延迟衰减曲线的半宽度越窄,阈值光强越大.