scholarly journals Different Roles of Ce3+ Optical Centers in Oxyorthosilicate Nanocrystals at X-ray and UV Excitation

Crystals ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladyslav Seminko ◽  
Pavel Maksimchuk ◽  
Iryna Bespalova ◽  
Yuri Malyukin

Luminescence properties of Lu2SiO5:Ce3+ and Y2SiO5:Ce3+ nanocrystals were studied using photo- and X-ray luminescence techniques. The crystal structure of Re2SiO5 nanocrystals (P21/c space group) differs from the crystal structure of Re2SiO5 bulk crystals (C2/c space group) with 9- and 7-oxygen-coordinated cation positions instead of 6- and 7-coordinated ones observed for Re2SiO5 bulk crystals. Two optical centers (Ce1 and Ce2) were observed for Re2SiO5:Ce3+ nanocrystals originating from cerium ions substituting 9- and 7-oxygen-coordinated cation sites. Preferential substitution of larger cation sites by cerium ions leads to higher photoluminescence intensity of Ce1 centers, however, Ce2 centers are the main centers for electron-hole recombination, so only Ce2 band is observed in X-ray luminescence spectra. The features of oxygen coordination of Ce1 and Ce2 centers and high content of oxygen vacancies in Re2SiO5:Ce3+ nanocrystals can provide preferential trapping of electrons near Ce2 centers, and therefore, the dominant role of Ce2 band in X-ray luminescence spectra.

2015 ◽  
Vol 79 (5) ◽  
pp. 1099-1109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luca Bindi ◽  
Emil Makovicky

AbstractWe have characterized the crystal structure of natural kutinaite, a rare mineral from the ores of Černý Důl, Czech Republic, by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. We found that the structure of natural kutinaite is not identical to that of synthetic Cu14Ag6As7, previously reported to be cubic, space group Pm3m. Although topologically similar, the structure of natural kutinaite is indeed tetragonal, space group P4/mmm, with cell parameters: a = 11.789(2), c = 11.766(2) Å, V = 1635.5(4) Å3 and Z = 4. Electron microprobe analyses pointed to the (K,Tl)0.25Cu14Ag6As6.75 stoichiometry (Z = 4), or (K, Tl)Cu56Ag24As27 with Z = 16. The crystal structure of an untwinned crystal has been refined to R1 = 2.61%. It consists of clusters of eight edge-sharing tetrahedra of Cu, which alternate in a 3D chess-board manner with octahedral clusters of six Ag atoms. The latter are surrounded by triangularly coordinated copper in eight faces of a cuboctahedron. The last structure components are large cavities containing partly occupied (K,Tl) sites, coordinated by 18 Ag and As ligands. The structure is full of direct metal-metal contacts although As plays the role of anion, associating especially with copper.


1995 ◽  
Vol 50 (10) ◽  
pp. 1445-1449 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silke Busche ◽  
Karsten Bluhm

The first zinc containing pyroborates Ni1,5Zn0,5(B2O5) (A ) and Co1,5Zn0,5(B2O5) (B) were prepared by using a B2O3 flux technique. Single crystals were investigated by X-ray diffraction and showed triclinic symmetry, space group Ci1-P1̅. The structures are isotypic to Co2(B2O5) with the lattice parameters (A ) a = 331.28(6), b = 613.87(11), c = 922.2(2), α = 104.067(11) °, β = 90.672(13) °, γ = 92.413(12) ° and (B) a = 315.89(2), b = 612.84(6), c = 927.72(6), α = 104.103(7) °, β = 91.020(6) °, γ = 92.540(7) °, Z = 2. All metal point positions show an octahedral oxygen coordination and a partly statistical distribution of Zn2+ and Ni2+ or Co2+, respectively. Isolated nearly planar B2O5 units connect ribbons consisting of edge sharing metal octahedra.


2014 ◽  
Vol 70 (a1) ◽  
pp. C1004-C1004
Author(s):  
Shuhei Ichimura ◽  
Masahiro Saeki ◽  
Yoshinori Tamaki ◽  
Kazuo Miyamura

6,8,15,17-tetramethyldibenzo-5,9,14,18-tetraazacyclotetradecinatonickel (II) (tmtaa) bears strain within its 14-membered ring and is known to adopt saddle-shaped structure. As a consequence, tmtaa has an asymmetric apical coordination sites at both sides of the saddle. Our previous study revealed that the chlorine substituted complex, [Ni(tmtaa-4Cl)] shown in Figure (X = Cl), exhibited pseudo-polymorphism with dichloromethane and chloroform. This behaviour is due to the good affinity between halogen substituents and halomethane solvent. In this study, we grew single crystals of [Ni(tmtaa-4Br)] using various halomethane solvent as crystallization solvents and elucidated the role of the solvents related to the generation of pseudo-polymorprhism. We have succeeded in obtaining two kinds of single crystals 1 and 2 from the same vial container using bromoform. From X-ray structural analysis, 1 and 2 formed twist dimer as with previous report, and are found to include bromoform in their crystal structure. Note that these complexes adopted more distorted saddle-shaped structure than normal tmtaa complexes. The Ni-N4 planes were not planar. The difference of 1 and 2 was the degree of distortion around Ni-N4 plane, and 1 was more distorted than 2. The space group of these complexes were Aba2 and C2/c respectively. The interactions that led to the difference in packing of dimers were CH...π interaction in 1 and π...π interaction in 2.


Author(s):  
Süheyla Özbey ◽  
F. B. Kaynak ◽  
M. Toğrul ◽  
N. Demirel ◽  
H. Hoşgören

AbstractA new type of inclusion complex, S(–)-1 phenyl ethyl ammonium percholorate complex of R-(–)-2-ethyl - N - benzyl - 4, 7, 10, 13 - tetraoxa -1- azacyclopentadecane, has been prepared and studied by NMR, IR and single crystal X-ray diffraction techniques. The compound crystallizes in space group


1981 ◽  
Vol 36 (10) ◽  
pp. 1208-1210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hartmut Köpf ◽  
Joachim Pickardt

Abstract The molecular structure of the bridged [1]-titanocenophane 1,1'-dimethylsilylene titanocene dichloride, (CH3)2Si(C5H4)2TiCl2, has been investigated by an X-ray structure determination. Crystal data: monoclinic, space group C2/c, Z = 4, a = 1332.9(3), 6 = 988.7(3), c = 1068.9(3) pm, β = 113.43(2)°. The results are compared with the structural dimensions of similar compounds: 1,1'-methylene titanocene dichloride, CH2(C5H4)TiCl2, with the unbridged titanocene dichloride, (C5H5)2TiCl2 and the ethylene-bridged compound (CH2)2(C5H4)2TiCl2


1985 ◽  
Vol 63 (6) ◽  
pp. 1166-1169 ◽  
Author(s):  
John F. Richardson ◽  
Ted S. Sorensen

The molecular structures of exo-7-methylbicyclo[3.3.1]nonan-3-one, 3, and the endo-7-methyl isomer, 4, have been determined using X-ray-diffraction techniques. Compound 3 crystallizes in the space group [Formula: see text] with a = 15.115(1), c = 7.677(2) Å, and Z = 8 while 4 crystallizes in the space group P21 with a = 6.446(1), b = 7.831(1), c = 8.414(2) Å, β = 94.42(2)°, and Z = 2. The structures were solved by direct methods and refined to final agreement factors of R = 0.041 and R = 0.034 for 3 and 4 respectively. Compound 3 exists in a chair–chair conformation and there is no significant flattening of the chair rings. However, in 4, the non-ketone ring is forced into a boat conformation. These results are significant in interpreting what conformations may be present in the related sp2-hybridized carbocations.


2020 ◽  
Vol 75 (8) ◽  
pp. 765-768
Author(s):  
Bohdana Belan ◽  
Dorota Kowalska ◽  
Mariya Dzevenko ◽  
Mykola Manyako ◽  
Roman Gladyshevskii

AbstractThe crystal structure of the phase Ce5AgxGe4−x (x = 0.1−1.08) has been determined using single-crystal X-ray diffraction data for Ce5Ag0.1Ge3.9. This phase is isotypic with Sm5Ge4: space group Pnma (No. 62), Pearson code oP36, Z = 4, a = 7.9632(2), b = 15.2693(5), c = 8.0803(2) Å; R1 = 0.0261, wR2 = 0.0460, 1428 F2 values and 48 variables. The two crystallographic positions 8d and 4c show Ge/Ag mixing, leading to a slight increase in the lattice parameters as compared to those of the pure binary compound Ce5Ge4.


Author(s):  
Matthew Wilding ◽  
Colin Scott ◽  
Thomas S. Peat ◽  
Janet Newman

The NAD-dependent malonate-semialdehyde dehydrogenase KES23460 fromPseudomonassp. strain AAC makes up half of a bicistronic operon responsible for β-alanine catabolism to produce acetyl-CoA. The KES23460 protein has been heterologously expressed, purified and used to generate crystals suitable for X-ray diffraction studies. The crystals belonged to space groupP212121and diffracted X-rays to beyond 3 Å resolution using the microfocus beamline of the Australian Synchrotron. The structure was solved using molecular replacement, with a monomer from PDB entry 4zz7 as the search model.


2017 ◽  
Vol 72 (12) ◽  
pp. 983-988 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin K. Schmitt ◽  
Hubert Huppertz

Abstractβ-Y(BO2)3 was synthesized in a Walker-type multianvil module at 5.9 GPa/1000°C. The crystal structure has been elucidated through single-crystal X-ray diffraction. β-Y(BO2)3 crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Pnma (no. 62) with the lattice parameters a=15.886(2), b=7.3860(6), and c=12.2119(9) Å. Its crystal structure will be discussed in the context of the isotypic lanthanide borates β-Ln(BO2)3 (Ln=Nd, Sm, Gd–Lu).


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