The article discusses theory and experiment about the measurement of
defect concentration in Ti-substituted yttrium iron garnet by means of thermogravimetry
techniques. The two possible cases arising from oxygen interchange with atmosphere,
oxygen vacancies and interstitial cations, may be analyzed quantitatively
from the derived expressions. The possibility of another type of defects being
present in the samples, not associated to oxygen evolution, is not excluded.
Measurements were carried out in air and CO2 for different
Ti contents. The substitution tends to increase slightly the defect parameter
θ in YIG, while a CO2 reducing atmosphere is
much more effective than the Ti substitution for increasing θ. Calculations
for a given single-phased sample sintered in air show two possibilities: a
deficit of one oxygen atom for every 2.5 unit cells of 96 atoms, or one excess
cation for every 3.5 cells. Other samples show very similar results. The accuracy
involved in the measurements is about 2–3%. 相似文献
We report for the first time the optimized content and excellent scintillation properties of single crystalline film (SCF) scintillators of multicomponent Gd3–xLux Al5–yGay O12:Ce garnet compounds grown by liquid phase epitaxy (LPE) method. The Gd1.5Lu1.5Al2.75Ga2.25O12:Ce and Gd3Al2.75–2Ga2.25–3O12:Ce SCF show the light yield (LY) comparable with that of high‐quality bulk crystal analogues of these garnets but faster scintillation decay and very low thermoluminescence in the above room temperature range. To our knowledge, these SCF possess the highest LY values ever obtained in LPE grown garnet SCF scintillators exceeding by at least 1.5–1.6 times the values previously reported for SCF scintillators.
Grain boundaries play a key role in determining several key properties of polycrystalline laser ceramics. Heat transfer measurements
at low temperature constitute a good tool to probe grain boundaries. We review the results of heat transfer measurements in
polycrystalline Y3Al5O12 garnets as well as Y2O3 and Lu2O3 sesquioxide materials obtained by self-energy-driven sintering of nano-particles. The average phonon mean free path in Y3Al5O12 was found to be significantly larger than the average grain size and to scale with temperature as T−2 at low temperature. Existing models describing the interaction between phonons and grain boundaries are reviewed. Correct
temperature dependence of the mean free path and order of magnitude of scattering rates were found by assuming the existence
of a grain boundary layer having acoustic properties different from those of the bulk. A different temperature dependence
of phonon mean free path was found for the sesquioxides and was ascribed to the stronger elastic anisotropy of these materials.
The thermal resistance associated to the grain boundaries of laser ceramics was found to be lower than in other dense polycrystalline
ceramic materials reported in the literature. 相似文献
The absorption (α) and Faraday rotation (θ) spectra of 14 garnets belonging to the series BixSm3-xFe5-yGayO12 (0<x<1.05, 0.8<y<1.15) have been measured between 15 000 cm−1 and 19 000 cm−1. The figure of merit (θ/α) at 17 850 cm−1 (560 nm) increases linearly with increasing bismuth concentration up tox∼0.6 where it begins to increase less rapidly. For operation of magneto-optic display devices at 17 850 cm−1 there is no advantage in using garnets in this series withx>0.8. The Faraday rotation at 17 850 cm−1 increases linearly with bismuth concentration whereas the absorption coefficient increases more rapidly. The presence of
Bi3+ increases the intensity of all Fe3+ pair transitions in the garnet system as a result of the increased superexchange induced by Bi3+. This is in keeping with the observation that the intensity of the6A1g(S)→4T1g(G) transition in (RE)3Fe5O12 (RE=Er, Y, Dy, Gd, Eu) increases on traversing the above RE series as do the Curie temperatures of these iron garnets. 相似文献
Thulium iron garnet thin films substituted with bismuth and gallium were prepared by LPE from a PbO.B2O3 flux. Radioactive isotope tracers were added to the melt as the chemical analysis technique. The deviation from the ratio
(Pb+Bi+Tm)/(Fe+Ga)=0.6 of the layers was large and a proportion of the thulium ions possibly lie on the octahedral crystallographic
sites. The concentration of Bi, Pb, and Ga as a function of the growth temperature was studied. The magneto-optic properties
show that the layers are well suited for use in a magneto-optic device. A figure of merit of 2.5 degree per decibel at λ=560
nm was obtained and some magnetic bubble parameters are also presented. 相似文献
Lithium garnets are promising solid-state electrolytes for next-generation lithium-ion batteries. These materials have high ionic conductivity, a wide electrochemical window and stability with Li metal. However, lithium garnets have a maximum limit of seven lithium atoms per formula unit (e.g., La3Zr2Li7O12), before the system transitions from a cubic to a tetragonal phase with poor ionic mobility. This arises from full occupation of the Li sites. Hence, the most conductive lithium garnets have Li between 6–6.55 Li per formula unit, which maintains the cubic symmetry and the disordered Li sub-lattice. The tetragonal phase, however, forms the highly conducting cubic phase at higher temperatures, thought to arise from increased cell volume and entropic stabilisation permitting Li disorder. However, little work has been undertaken in understanding the controlling factors of this phase transition, which could enable enhanced dopant strategies to maintain room temperature cubic garnet at higher Li contents. Here, a series of nine tetragonal garnets were synthesised and analysed by variable temperature XRD to understand the dependence of site substitution on the phase transition temperature. Interestingly the octahedral site cation radius was identified as the key parameter for the transition temperature with larger or smaller dopants altering the transition temperature noticeably. A site substitution was, however, found to make little difference irrespective of significant changes to cell volume. 相似文献
Rare-earth orthoferrites, RFeO3, and rare-earth iron garnets (RIGs) R3Fe5O12 (R=rare-earth elements) were prepared by citrate-nitrate gel combustion method and characterized by X-ray diffraction method. Isobaric molar heat capacities of these oxides were determined by using differential scanning calorimetry from 130 to 860 K. Order-disorder transition temperatures were determined from the heat capacity measurements. The Néel temperatures (TN) due to antiferromagentic to paramagnetic transitions in orthoferrites and the Curie temperatures (TC) due to ferrimagnetic to paramagnetic transitions in garnets were determined from the heat capacity data. Both TN and TC systematically decrease with increasing atomic number of R across the series. Lattice, electronic and magnetic contributions to the total heat capacity were calculated. Debye temperatures as a function of absolute temperature were calculated for these compounds. Thermodynamic functions like , , Ho, Go, , , , , and have been generated for the compounds RFeO3(s) and R3Fe5O12(s) based on the experimental data obtained in this study and the available data in the literature. 相似文献
Point defects acting as trap levels were investigated on undoped, Ce- and (Ce, Si)-doped Y3Al5O12 (YAG) crystals by TSL measurements performed over a wide temperature range (10–800 K). Below room temperature, a composite glow curve was observed, whose intensity strongly increased after Ce doping. Moreover, Ce doping introduced new trap levels giving rise to glow peaks in the 100–200 K range. On the other hand, Si co-doping did not influence the low T glow curve in a significant way. The spectral emission of the TSL was found to be governed by the Ce3+ 5d–4f radiative transition, while defect related higher energy emission bands were detected only in the undoped crystal. Above RT, the glow curve was found to be much more influenced by Si co-doping since a strong increase of a glow peak at about 250°C was noticed. Scintillation time decays of Ce- and Ce,Si-doped samples are also reported and compared with TSL data. The significance of the results and the potential impact of defect states on the scintillation properties are discussed. 相似文献
Electrical conductivity and thermoelectric power are measured on a single crystal of Gd3.0Sc1.8Ga3.2O12 (GSGG) between 1273 and 1673 K. The measurements are made both in air and in controlled atmospheres, and PO2 varies from 10?1.68 to 10?5.6 MPa. The data indicate GSGG may well be a mixed conductor in this temperature and PO2 range, with n-type electronic conductivity and ionic transport on the oxygen sublattice. Changes in temperature induce long-lived disequilibrium in electrical conductivity of GSGG (over 30 h at T < 1373 K) that can be explained by temperature dependent cation redistribution. The effective activation energy for equilibrium electrical conductivity is Ea = 2.40 ± 0.05 eV, as opposed to values of Ea between 1.8 and 2.2 eV during actual temperature changes. An additional contribution in the equilibrium Ea, due to thermally activated cation redistribution, can account for the higher value seen. 相似文献