Papers by Keyword: Alkaline-Earth

Abstract: Diffusion of alkaline-earth ions in mixed cation glasses of the composition xA2O•(3-x)MO•4SiO2 (x = 0.0, 0.1, 0.3, 0.4 and 1.0; A = Na, K; M = Ca, Ba) was investigated by means of the radiotracer diffusion technique below the respective glass transition temperatures. The mobility of alkaline-earth ions increases with the alkali content in all analyzed glass systems with no decrease in the diffusion activation energy, but a raise in the pre-exponential factor. A distinct dependency of the activation energy of the alkaline-earth ions on the type and content of the alkali ions in the glass is observed. Additional experiments with thin glass films derived by the sol-gel technique reveal an analogous diffusion behaviour. This demonstrates that the dynamic of alkaline-earth ions in mixed cation glasses does not depend on the way of glass preparation.

Abstract: Multiternary nitride and oxynitride compounds doped with rare earth ions, such as Eu2+ and Ce3+ have been enthusiastically applied as various phosphors to white LED. New red and green phosphors, CaAlSiN3:Eu and Ba3Si6O12N2:Eu, have been successfully synthesized, recently. The red phosphor has intense emission around 650 nm under two different irradiations at 405 and 455 nm from blue- and near UV-LED chips, respectively; while strong emission is observed around 520 nm from the green phosphor. Both phosphors also show small thermal quenching over the temperatures up to 150 °C. In addition, both LaSi3N5:Ce and La3Si8O4N11:Ce in lanthanum silicon nitride and oxynitride were examined as candidates for a blue phosphor in white LED with near UV-LED chip.

Abstract: The structure of a seven oxide aluminoborosilicate simplified nuclear glass, bearing a high amount of neodymium or lanthanum oxide (16 wt%), alkali and alkaline earth cations is studied. Nd3+ or La3+ are supposed to simulate the trivalent lanthanides and minor actinides present in nuclear wastes. In the studied glass composition, lanthanide ions have a modifying role and are located in highly depolymerized regions of the structure as shown by neodymium optical absorption and EXAFS spectroscopies. Both alkali and alkaline earth cations are present around Nd3+ ions enabling their stabilization in glass structure near non-bridging oxygen atoms (NBOs). We show that both the nature of alkali R+ and alkaline earth R'2+ cations and the K = [R'O]/([R2O]+[R'O]) ratio can greatly influence the structure of the aluminoborosilicate glass network. Three glass series were prepared for which: (i) K ratio was varied from 0 to 0.5 (Na+ and Ca2+ being respectively the only alkali and alkaline-earth cations), (ii) the nature of R+ cation was varied from Li+ to Cs+ (Ca2+ being the only alkaline earth cation and K = 0.3), (iii) the nature of R'2+ cation was varied from Mg2+ to Ba2+ (Na+ being the only alkali cation and K = 0.3). 27Al MAS NMR spectroscopy results show that (AlO4)- units are preferentially charge compensated by alkali cations rather than by alkaline-earth cations. Both R+ and R’2+ cations can compensate (BO4)- units. Nevertheless, whereas the proportion N4 of (BO4)- units increases with the size of R'2+ cations, the evolution of N4 with R+ cation size for glasses of the R series is not monotonous. The evolution of sodium ions distribution trough glass structure is followed by 23Na MAS NMR spectroscopy.