Studies on the Effect of Li2SO4 on the Structure of Lithium Borate Glasses

Thermal and spectroscopic investigations have been carried out on a number of glasses with a wide range of compositions in the pseudoternary glass system, Li2SO4-Li2O-B2O3, to understand the role of sulfate ions in modifying the borate glass structure. Both nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and infrared (IR) spectroscopic results indicate that four-coordinate boron atoms are retained in the glass structure to a greater extent in sulfate-containing glasses than in pure lithium borate glasses. There seems to be some evidence for the existence of sulfoborate-type units in Raman spectra in the region of 800-960 cm(-1). These conclusions are supported by the observed behavior of glass transition temperatures and molar volumes. The possibility of formation of sulfoborate-type units is discussed from bonding and thermodynamic points of view.

Fabrication of Transparent BaNaB9O15 Glass-Microcrystal Composites

Transparent glasses in the BaO-Na2O-B2O3 (BNBO) system were fabricated via the conventional melt-quenching technique. The amorphous and the glassy nature of the as-quenched samples were confirmed by x-ray powder diffraction (XRD) and differential thermal analysis (DTA), respectively. Cyclic heat treatment of the as-quenched glasses yielded transparent glass-microcrystal composites. The volume fraction of the crystallites and their sizes could be easily controlled by this process. Heat-treated samples were highly transparent owing to the minimum mismatch between the refractive indices of the crystallites and the glass residual matrix. BNBO samples that were heat treated at 540A degrees C for 4 h for 10 cycles were found to be 60% to 70% transparent in the 500 nm to 900 nm wavelength range.

Effect of ultrasonic treatment on surface crystallization of calcium bismuth borate glasses

Transparent glasses in CaO-Bi2O3-B2O3 system were fabricated via the conventional melt-quenching technique. X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) and differential thermal analysis (DTA) carried out on the as-quenched samples confirmed their amorphous and glassy nature respectively. The surface crystallization behaviour of these glasses with and without ultrasonic surface treatment (UST) was monitored using XRD, optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The volume fraction, depth of crystallization and the (001) orientation factor for the heat treated samples with and without UST were compared. The ultrasonically-treated samples on subsequent heat treatment were found to crystallize at lower temperatures associated with the highest degree of orientation factor (0.95) in contrast with those of non-UST samples. These surface crystallized glasses were found to exhibit nonlinear optical behaviour emitting green light (532 nm) when they were exposed to the infrared radiation (1064 nm) using Nd:YAG laser.

TiO2 microcrystallized glass plate mediated photocatalytic degradation of estrogenic pollutant in water

Photocatalytic degradation of estriol (E3) in an aqueous medium was investigated in the presence of TiO2 microcrystallized glass plates. To begin with, transparent glasses associated with the composition 0.4BaO-0.4TiO(2)-B2O3 (BTBO) were fabricated by the conventional melt-quench technique and subsequently subjected to controlled heat treatment at an appropriate temperature to grow anatase TiO2 microcrystals in the glass matrix. The fabricated samples were subjected to differential scanning calorimetry. X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy to obtain thermal, structural and microstructural details. The photocatalytic activity of glass samples for estriol degradation was monitored by fluorescence spectroscopy. The limit of detection for estriol using fluorescence spectroscopy was analyzed. The results showed that microcrystallized TiO2 glass composites have more photocatalytic activity than as quenched glass. The degradation rate coefficient of microcrystallized TiO2 glass composite (334.54 min(-1) m(-2)) was found to be ten times larger than that of the as-quenched BTBO glasses (37.74 min(-1) m(-2)) implying that the anatase phase of TiO2 in BTBO glasses was responsible for high photocatalytic activity of estriol degradation. (c) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Conductivity studies on microwave synthesized glasses

Conductivity measurements have been made on x V O-2(5) - (100-x) 0.5 Na2O + 0.5 B2O3] (where 10 a parts per thousand currency sign x a parts per thousand currency sign 50) glasses prepared by using microwave method. DC conductivity (sigma) measurements exhibit temperature-and compositional-dependent trends. It has been found that conductivity in these glasses changes from the predominantly `ionic' to predominantly `electronic' depending upon the chemical composition. The dc conductivity passes through a deep minimum, which is attributed to network disruption. Also, this nonlinear variation in sigma (dc) and activation energy can be interpreted using ion-polaron correlation effect. Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and impedance spectroscopic techniques have been used to elucidate the nature of conduction mechanism. The EPR spectra reveals, in least modified (25 Na2O mol%) glasses, conduction is due to the transfer of electrons via aliovalent vanadium sites, while in highly modified (45 Na2O mol%) glasses Na+ ion transport dominates the electrical conduction. For highly modified glasses, frequency-dependent conductivity has been analysed using electrical modulus formalism and the observations have been discussed.

Tuning of dielectric, pyroelectric and ferroelectric properties of 0.715Bi(0.5)Na(0.5)TiO(3)-0.065BaTiO(3)-0.22SrTiO(3) ceramic by internal clamping

This study systematically investigates the phenomenon of internal clamping in ferroelectric materials through the formation of glass-ceramic composites. Lead-free 0.715Bi(0.5)Na(0.5)TiO(3)-0.065BaTiO(3)-0.22SrTiO(3) (BNT-BT-ST) bulk ferroelectric ceramic was selected for the course of investigation. 3BaO - 3TiO(2) - B2O3 (BTBO) glass was then incorporated systematically to create sintered samples containing 0%, 2%, 4% and 6% glass (by weight). Upon glass induction features like remnant polarization, saturation polarization, hysteresis losses and coercive field could be varied as a function of glass content. Such effects were observed to benefit derived applications like enhanced energy storage density similar to 174 k J/m(3) to similar to 203 k J/m(3) and pyroelectric coefficient 5.7x10(-4) Cm-2K-1 to 6.8x10(-4) Cm-2K-1 by incorporation of 4% glass. Additionally, BNT-BT-ST depolarization temperature decreased from 457K to 431K by addition of 4% glass content. Glass incorporation could systematically increases diffuse phase transition and relaxor behavior temperature range from 70 K to 81K and 20K to 34 K, respectively when 6% and 4% glass content is added which indicates addition of glass provides better temperature stability. The most promising feature was observed to be that of dielectric response tuning. It can be also used to control (to an extent) the dielectric behavior of the host ceramic. Dielectric permittivity and losses decreased from 1278 to 705 and 0.109 to 0.107 for 6% glass, at room temperature. However this reduction in dielectric constant and loss increases pyroelectric figures of merit (FOMs) for high voltage responsivity (F-v) high detectivity (F-d) and energy harvesting (F-e) from 0.018 to 0.037 m(2)C(-1), 5.89 to 8.85 mu Pa-1/2 and 28.71 to 61.55 Jm(-3)K(-2), respectively for 4% added ceramic-glass at room temperature. Such findings can have huge implications in the field of tailoring ferroelectric response for application specific requirements. (C) 2015 Author(s).

掺Er^3＋碲酸盐玻璃热稳定性的改进

制备了掺Er^3+-TeO2-ZnO-Na2O-Nb2O5和TeO2-PbO-B2O3系统玻璃，测定了玻璃的热稳定性和吸收光谱，在碲-锌-钠多组分玻璃中具有不同的玻璃转变温度Tg和开始析晶温度Tx，按照Hruby’s参数HR=(Tx-Tg)／(T1-Tc)；(Tx-Tg)越大则玻璃稳定性越好，在TeO2-ZnO-Na2O系统玻璃中ZnO含量增加则(Tx-Tg)增大，加入少量(小于10％(摩尔分数))Nb2O5，PbO使(Tx-Tg)变大，玻璃的热稳定性变好。

Tuning the Eu luminescence in glass materials synthesized in air by adjusting glass compositions

The doped Eu3+ ions can be partly reduced to Eu2+ in a series of MO-B2O3: Eu (M=Ba, Sr, Ca) glasses synthesized in air atmosphere, but not in the 12CaO-7Al(2)O(3): Eu glass. The different redox-behavior of Eu ions in these two glass systems is attributed to the different host optical basicity. It is found that a lower valence state of Eu2+ is more favorable in acidic glasses, which have lower optical basicities. A notion of the critical value of optical basicity is introduced empirically, which can be used as a guide for the selection of glass composition suitable to incorporate Eu2+ for luminescence. (C) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

不同氧磷比对磷酸盐包边玻璃性质的影响规律

包边技术是提高大尺寸激光玻璃饱和增益系数的关键技术。采用传统的方法熔制玻璃,研究了 P2O5含量对 P2O5-Al2O3-B2O3-CuCl-Na2O-ZnO磷酸盐包边玻璃的折射率、热膨胀系数、玻璃转变温度、膨胀软化温度以及化学稳定性的影响。结果表明：当 P2O5的摩尔分数为 60%左右,玻璃样品具有最高的折射率（1.522 0）、最低的玻璃转变温度（352.4 ℃）、较好的化学稳定性[0.52 mg/（cm^2·d）]和适宜的热膨胀系数（128.427×10^-7/℃）,是用作钕磷酸盐激光玻璃硬包边的理

生长半绝缘砷化镓的石英管及在砷化镓中掺碳的方法

一种使用生长半绝缘砷化镓的石英管在砷化镓中掺碳的方法，包括如下步骤:步骤1:将7N Ga和7N As进行多晶合成，形成GaAs多晶;步骤2:将合成好的GaAs多晶、籽晶和B2O3放入PBN坩埚;步骤3:将PBN坩埚放入石英管的石英体中;步骤4:将纯石墨固定在石英管的石英帽上的石英槽内;步骤5:将石英体和石英帽盖合，抽真空，用氢氧焰焊接石英管的石英体和石英帽;步骤6:将焊接后的石英管放入VGF单晶炉，进行气氛掺杂，单晶生长;步骤7:将晶体生长后的PBN坩埚放入甲醇内浸泡，得到GaAs单晶，完成GaAs单晶的制备。

气相贝克曼重排新型固体酸催化剂研究

己内酰胺是一种重要的有机化工原料。采用环己酮肟的气相Beckmann重排的方法制己内酰胺可以解决传统的液相工艺中存在的副产硫酸胺、腐蚀设备和污染环境等问题。本研究的目的是开发出适合环己酮肟的气相Beckmann重排的固体酸催化新工艺。 首先，本工作用同位素标记的方法研究了Beckmann重排在固体酸B2O3/γ-Al2O3和TS-1上的反应机理。同位素标记后的产品采用质谱测量。通过与H218O交换氧，发现环己酮肟与H218O的交换在B2O3/γ-Al2O3和TS-1只能进行到一定程度，这暗示固体酸上腈中间体的解离不如经典的机理完全。提出了解离度(α)的概念，其定义为解离了中间体腈与总中间体腈之比。通过拟合实验数据和同位素标记的产品的计算公式，获得了B2O3/γ-Al2O3和TS-1上α 值分别为0.199和0.806的结果。 其次，采用对氧化铝表面合适氟化的方法，对氟化的氧化铝的性能进行研究。发现氧化铝表面氟化可以改善Beckmann重排的性能。氧化铝表面氟化可以消除其表面碱性位，说明了催化剂表面碱性位不利于Beckmann重排。而完全氟化的氧化铝的选择性不如某些固体酸如负载B2O3和Silicalite-1，暗示着表面酸强度也影响催化剂的选择性。同时，我们对适合气相Beckmann重排的催化剂进行了简单的筛选。发现一种稀土焦磷酸盐有可能是适合此反应的催化剂。 再次，研究了稀土焦磷酸盐催化剂上气相Beckmann重排。通过对一些稀土磷酸进行XRD,FT-IR,NH3-TPD和水接触角等表征，发现这类催化剂上表面的弱酸位以及合适的表面疏水是它们具有较好性能的原因。 再次，对焦磷酸铈催化剂的合成以及反应氛围进行了优化。发现优化的反应氛围为催化剂在pH在3~4时沉淀，在500~550度焙烧，在~350度反应，载气~80ml/min，空速在0.43h-1时反应，能保持转化率在98％以上，选择性在70％以上，8小时不失活。 最后，采用P123作为模板剂合成了一种新型的中孔稀土磷酸盐，这种稀土磷酸盐具有无序的虫洞形结构。应用这种新型的中孔稀土磷酸盐于酚类甲醇氧烷基化获得了较好的结果。与不加表面活性剂的材料相比，这种中孔稀土磷酸盐在低温下具有更大的活性并且其选择性不受损失。认为这种中孔的形态对催化性能具有好的影响。

Liquid encapsulated-melt zone processing of GaAs

A liquid encapsulated melt Bone process has been developed for single crystal growth of GaAs. Single crystals of 40 mm long have been grown with this technique. To avoid unwanted nucleation events and maintain a constant crystal diameter, from top to bottom growth using a short zone with a convex zone surface was found to give the best results. An arsenic overpressure was used to in conjunction with a B2O3 encapsulant in order to suppress arsenic dissociation from the melt and maintain the stoichiometry of the crystal.

火焰水解法制备硅基二氧化硅材料的析晶研究

用火焰水解法在硅基片上制备了掺杂GeO2和B2O2的SiO2光波导材料.用X射线物相衍射法(XRD)分析了掺杂和烧结工艺对材料的析晶现象的影响.结果表明,当烧结时采取自然降温,GeO2-SiO2材料由于严重析晶而完全碎裂;而当烧结后期采取快速降温,析晶过程受到很大抑制,但仍有析晶.在此GeO2-SiO2材料中掺入适量的B2O3后,得到了完全非晶态的GeO2-B2O3-SiO2材料,但B2O3掺入量过多时,又会导致析晶.

在硅片上沉积厚二氧化硅的火焰水解法研究

用火焰水解和高温烧结的方法在单晶硅基片上制备了厚SiO2和B2O3-P2O5-SiO2光波导包层材料.并用扫描电镜(SEM)和X射线粉末衍射(XRD)方法对其微观形貌和物相结构进行了观察和检测.重点对硅基片上沉积厚SiO2时的龟裂和析晶问题进行了深入研究.从扫描电镜照片可以看出,火焰水解法形成的SiO2粉末呈多孔的蜂窝状结构.这种粉末具有很高的比表面积,因而很容易烧结成玻璃.X射线衍射图谱表明,这种粉末是完全非晶态的.经过烧结以后,从扫描电镜照片可以明显看出硅基片上的SiO2薄膜出现龟裂.同时,X射线衍射测试结果表明有少量SiO2析晶.而通过在SiO2中掺入B2O3、P2O5,上述龟裂和析晶完全消失.用这种工艺制备的SiO2波导包层材料厚度达到20 μm以上,表面光滑、没有龟裂,而且是完全玻璃态的,可以用于制备性能优良的各种硅基二氧化硅波导器件.

Investigation of "Rearrangement Step" in classical Beckmann rearrangement mechanism over solid acid by means of O-18 isotopic

The reaction mechanism of the Beckmann rearrangement over B2O3/gamma-Al2O3 and TS-1 in the gas phase has been investigated by isotope labeling approach. The isotopic labeled products were measured by mass spectrometry method. By exchanging oxygen with H, 180 in the rearrangement step, it was found that the exchange reaction between cyclohexanone oxime and (H2O)-O-18 over B2O3/-gamma-Al2O3 and TS-1 could only be carried out in some extent. It suggested that the dissociation of nitrilium, over solid acids be not completely free as the classical mechanism. A concept of the dissociation degree (alpha) that is defined as the ratio of the dissociated intermediate nitrilium to the total intermediate nitrilium has been proposed. By fitting the experimental values with the calculation equation of isotopic labeled products, it is obtained that a values for B2O3/-gamma-Al2O3 and TS-1 are 0.199 and 0.806 at the reaction conditions, respectively.