Structural and optical properties of (100-x)Li2B4O7 center dot x(Ba5Li2Ti2Nb8O30) glasses and glass nanocrystal composites

Ahamad, Niyaz M and Varma, KBR (2010) Structural and optical properties of (100-x)Li2B4O7 center dot x(Ba5Li2Ti2Nb8O30) glasses and glass nanocrystal composites. In: Dalton Transactions (2003), 39 (19). pp. 4624-4630.

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Abstract

Optically clear glasses of various compositions in the system (100-x)Li2B4O7 center dot x(Ba5Li2Ti2Nb8O30) (5 <= x <= 20, in molar ratio) were fabricated by splat quenching technique. Controlled heat-treatment of the as-quenched glasses at 500 degrees C for 8 h yielded nanocrystallites embedded in the glass matrix. High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy (HRTEM) of these samples established the composition of the nano-crystallites to be that of Ba5Li2Ti2Nb8O30. B-11 NMR studies revealed the transformation of BO4 structural units into BO3 units owing to the increase in TiO6 and NbO6 structural units as the composition of Ba5Li2Ti2Nb8O30 increased in the glass. This, in turn, resulted in an increase in the density of the glasses. The influence of the nominal composition of the glasses and glass nanocrystal composites on optical band gap (E-opt), Urbach energy (Delta E), refractive index (n), molar refraction (R-m), optical polarizability (alpha(m)) and third order non-linear optical susceptibility (chi(3)) were studied.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Dalton Transactions (2003)
Publisher:	Royal Society of Chemistry
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Royal Society of Chemistry.
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Materials Engineering (formerly Metallurgy)
Date Deposited:	13 Jul 2010 05:31
Last Modified:	18 Feb 2019 10:54
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/29124

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