Possibility of adjusting photoluminescence spectra of Ca scheelites (CaMoO<Subscript>4</Subscript>: Eu<Superscript>3+</Superscript> and CaWO<Subscript>4</Subscript>: Eu<Superscript>3+</Superscript>) to the emission spectrum of incandescent lamps

The peculiarities of the photoluminescence of compounds CaMoO₄: Eu³⁺ and CaWO₄: Eu³⁺ with the scheelite structure associated with a change in the short- and long-range orders of the crystal lattice upon a change in the activator (Eu³⁺) of the photoluminescence range in the interval 1–4 mol %, in which the photoluminescence of the matrix is preserved in the range 484–557 nm, are investigated using X-ray phase analysis as well as photoluminescence, Raman, and diffuse reflection spectroscopies. The introduction of Eu³⁺ ions leads to the reconstruction of the lattice so that up to 10% of these ions stimulate the formation of centrosymmetric localization upon the substitution of Ca²⁺ ions in the noncentrosymmetric positions. It is found that the spectral radiant emittance of the more effective luminophore CaMoO₄: Eu³⁺ can be adjusted to this parameter for an incandescent lamp for the Eu³⁺ concentration of 1–2 mol %.     

Molar coefficients of extinction for IR absorption bands of Ni(II) acetylacetonate, ketoiminate, and trifluoroacetylacetonate

We have studied IR absorption spectra (within the spectral range of 4000-200 cm⁻¹ of the intracomplex chelate compounds Ni(II) bis-acetylacetonate, Ni(II) bis-ketoiminate, and Ni(II) bis-trifluoroacetylacetonate and have given a full interpretation and comparison of the spectra of these compounds in dissolved and solid states. The reasons for the differences in the spectra are discussed. The molar coefficients of extinction for the absorption bands are calculated. Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 3, Akad. Lavrent’ev Ave., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 65, No. 5, pp. 775–780, September–October, 1998.     

Kinetics of Thermal Decomposition of Yttrium and Samarium Hydroxides and Sm(OH)3@Y(OH)3 Compound with a Core–Shell Nanostructure

Russian Journal of General Chemistry - The decomposition mechanisms of hydrated hydroxides of rare-earth metals Sm(OH)3·(H2O)gel·nH2O and Y(OH)3·(H2O)gel·nH2O, and also compound...     

Fluorophenyl derivatives of elements II-VI groups

The enthalpies and temperatures of melting of RSi(CH₃)₃, R₄Si, R₃P, R₃As, R₃Sb, R₃Bi, R₂Te and R₂Hg (R=C₆F₅) were obtained by scanning calorimetry measurements. The pressure of the saturated and unsaturated vapors of RSi(CH₃)₃, R₂Si(CH₃)₂, R₄Si, R₃Ga, R₃P, R₃As, R₃Sb, R₃Bi, R₂Te and R₂Hg has been measured by the static method with a membrane-gauge manometer. It was established that all investigated substances proceeded to vapor as monomers. Equations approximating the dependences of saturated vapor pressures on temperature and the enthalpies and entropies of vaporization were obtained. Grafite films with silicon intercalated up to 25 at.% were grown by CVD using R₄Si as a precursor. These films showed semiconductor properties in the temperature interval 80–300 K.     

Correction of the band gap of Y<Subscript>2</Subscript>O<Subscript>3</Subscript>:Eu<Superscript>3+</Superscript> phosphor

Submicron samples of Y₂O₃:Eu³⁺ phosphor with elevated photoluminescence (PL) efficiency and activator concentration of 9 at % obtained by the sol–gel method were investigated by diffuse reflection spectroscopy and PL spectroscopy. It is found that the diffuse reflection spectrum in the vicinity of the fundamental absorption edge (<300 nm) is distorted by the superposition of the PL of Eu³⁺ ions, as a result of which the calculated value of optical band gap E _g of the Y₂O₃ matrix is overestimated. An algorithm for eliminating the PL influence on the absorption edge is proposed, and the correct E _g values are found to be 4.61 ± 0.12 and 4.50 ± 0.12 eV for annealing at 700 and 1300°C, respectively.     

Synthesis of nanostructured nickel oxide

The process of formation of nickel oxide nanostructured powders by annealing nickel hydroxide in the temperature range 200–700°C was studied. Nickel hydroxide was prepared by precipitation with alkali from nickel nitrate solutions. The annealing process was shown to be multi-step. In the first stage the hydrogel Ni (OH)₂·nH₂O decomposes and partial dehydration of hydroxide occurs. Sizes of the formed particles decrease. At the temperatures above 230°C, further hydrogel decomposition and coalescence of NiO particles proceed. In view of the structural rearrangement of powder at the high temperatures 400–700°C, dehydration process is monitored by the decrease of NiO particles surface area at their coalescence. According to the change in the dehydration mechanism, the hierarchically nanostructured material forms, whose particle sizes are in the range 4–5, 9–12, and 18–40 nm.     

Bandgap-width correction for luminophores CaMoO<Subscript>4</Subscript> and CaWO<Subscript>4</Subscript>

Submicron-powder luminophores CaMoO₄ and CaWO₄ obtained via solid-phase reactions have been studied using diffuse-reflection (DR) spectroscopy and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy. It is found that the diffuse-reflection spectrum in the range of a fundamental absorption edge of <300 nm is distorted by PL overlapping, so that subsequent calculations of optical band gap E _g of luminophores CaMoO₄ and CaWO₄ result in an overestimation of this value. An algorithm for the correct processing of diffuse-reflection spectra is described. It is based on a subtraction of the photoluminescence spectrum in the range of fundamental absorption. The correct E _g values and energy values for the defect levels in the bandgap of CaWO₄ and CaMoO₄ are determined to amount to 4.78, 4.83, and 4.86 ± 0.01 eV and 3.97, 4.07, 4.16 ± 0.01 eV, respectively.     

Synthesis of the nanostructured luminophor Y2O3-Eu-Bi by the sol-gel method

The sol-gel method of the formation of the nanostructured luminophor based on Y₂O₃ doped by Eu³⁺ and Bi³⁺ was studied. The mechanism of the dehydration and dehydroxylation of gels and xerogels of the mixed hydroxides, particle sizes, structure, and luminescent properties of the synthesized products based on Y₂O₃ depend on the chemical nature of a precipitating agent (NaOH or NH₄OH) and a washing agent (water and alcohol).     

Analysis of optical properties of the polyimide film-glass system

Processes of water vapor penetration into the air gap between a polyimide film and a substrate are analyzed using monochromatic zero ellipsometry and multilayer optical models of an organic film-glass substrate system; changes in the optical parameters of this system are detected. Models for water vapor penetration into this interlayer are proposed on the basis of analysis of electron microscopic images of the substrate and film surfaces.     

Inclusion compounds based on nickel(II) dimethylglyoxymate and cucurbit[8]uril: A quantum chemical prediction of the structure and thermodynamic parameters of formation

Within density functional theory the structure of an inclusion compound based on Ni(II) dimethylglyoxymate and the macrocyclic cucurbit[8]uril nanocavitand is investigated and the thermodynamic parameters of its formation are estimated. Based on the results obtained a prediction is made about the principal possibility of the synthesis of this inclusion compound.