A new class of high-entropy M3B4 borides of the Ta_(3)B_(4)-prototyped orthorhombic structure has been synthesized in the bulk form for the first time.Specimens with compositions of(V0.2Cr0.2Nb0.2Mo0.2Ta0.2)3B4 and(V0...A new class of high-entropy M3B4 borides of the Ta_(3)B_(4)-prototyped orthorhombic structure has been synthesized in the bulk form for the first time.Specimens with compositions of(V0.2Cr0.2Nb0.2Mo0.2Ta0.2)3B4 and(V0.2Cr0.2Nb0.2Ta0.2W0.2)_(3)B_(4) were fabricated via reactive spark plasma sintering of high-energy-ball-milled elemental boron and metal precursors.The sintered specimens were〜98.7%in relative densities with virtually no oxide contamination,albeit the presence of minor(4-5 vol%)secondary high-entropy M5B6 phases.Despite that Mo_(3)B_(4) or W_(3)B_(4) are not stable phase,20%of M03B4 and W3B4 can be stabilized into the high-entropy M3B4 borides.Vickers hardness was measured to be 18.6 and 19.8 GPa at a standard load of 9.8 N.This work has further expanded the family of different structures of high-entropy ceramics reported to date.展开更多
The crystal structure of the title compound, diethyl 4,5-di(thienyl)-3,6-bis(trime- thylsilyl)phthalate (C26H3404S2Si2, Mr = 530.83), has been determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The crystal belongs ...The crystal structure of the title compound, diethyl 4,5-di(thienyl)-3,6-bis(trime- thylsilyl)phthalate (C26H3404S2Si2, Mr = 530.83), has been determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The crystal belongs to the orthorhombic system, space group Pccn with a = 43.008(5), b = 10.9000(12), c = 11.9357(14) A, V= 5595.3(11) A3, Z = 8, F(000) = 2256, Dc= 1.260 mg/m3, p = 0.305 mm-1, T = 113(2) K, S = 1.090, R = 0.0413 and wR = 0.0969 for 5952 observed reflections with 1 〉 2o(/). The benzene ring system is planar and makes dihedral angles of 63.7(2) and 72.5(4) with the two thienyl rings A (C(23)-C(26), S(2)) and B (C(19)-C(22), S(1)), respectively. The UV-vis absorption and fluorescence of the title compound were discussed. The molecular structure of the title compound has been optimized using DFT method at the B3LYP/6-31G(d) level. The computational results showed that the optimized geometer parameters are consistent well with the experiment data. The vertical ionization potential, vertical electron affinity and frontier orbitals were also discussed.展开更多
Novel low-firing BiMg_(2)PO_(6)(BMP)and BiMg_(2)VO_(6)(BMV)ceramics with excellent microwave properties were synthesized and analyzed.The Rietveld refinement indicated that BiMg_(2)MO_(6)(M=p,V)ceramics crystallized i...Novel low-firing BiMg_(2)PO_(6)(BMP)and BiMg_(2)VO_(6)(BMV)ceramics with excellent microwave properties were synthesized and analyzed.The Rietveld refinement indicated that BiMg_(2)MO_(6)(M=p,V)ceramics crystallized in orthorhombic structure.The analysis results of the scanning electron microscope proved a dense and uniform microstructure.Further research showed that there was a strong correlation among permittivity,quality factor,and bulk density at different temperatures.The correlation between the properties and the structure of BiMg_(2)MO_(6)(M=P,V)ceramics were characterized by the chemical bond theory.The outstanding dielectric properties of BiMg_(2)MO_(6)(M=P,V)ceramics(BMP:εr=12.503,Q×f=25,760 GHz,tf=-20×10^(-6)/℃;BMV:εr=13.472,Q×f=37,270 GHz,tf=78×10^(-6)/℃)make them expected to become the novel low temperature co-fired ceramics(LTCC).展开更多
HfMgMo(3-x)WxO(12) with x = 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, and 2.5 are developed with a simple solid state method. With increasing the content of W, solid solutions of Hf Mg Mo3-xWx O12 crystallize in an orthorhombic structu...HfMgMo(3-x)WxO(12) with x = 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, and 2.5 are developed with a simple solid state method. With increasing the content of W, solid solutions of Hf Mg Mo3-xWx O12 crystallize in an orthorhombic structure for x≤2.0 and a monoclinic structure for x2.0. A near-zero thermal expansion(ZTE) is realized for HfMgMo(2.5)W(0.5)O(12) and negative coefficients of thermal expansion(NCTE) are achieved for other compositions with different values. The ZTE and variation of NCTE are attributed to the difference in electronegativity between W and Mo and incorporation of a different amount of W, which cause variable distortion of the octahedra and softening of the MoO4 tetrahedra, and hence an enhanced NCTE in the a- and c-axis and reduced CTE in the b-axis as revealed by Raman spectroscopy and x-ray diffraction.展开更多
Orthorhombic YFeO_3 thin film was prepared on La_(0.67)Sr_(0.33)MnO_3/LaAlO_3 substrate by a sol-gel spin-coating method. The structures of the YFeO_3/La_(0.67)Sr_(0.33)MnO_3/LaAlO_3(YFO/LSMO/LAO) sample were detected...Orthorhombic YFeO_3 thin film was prepared on La_(0.67)Sr_(0.33)MnO_3/LaAlO_3 substrate by a sol-gel spin-coating method. The structures of the YFeO_3/La_(0.67)Sr_(0.33)MnO_3/LaAlO_3(YFO/LSMO/LAO) sample were detected by x-ray diffraction pattern, Raman spectrometer, scanning electron microscopy, and atomic force microscope. The local ferroelectric polarization switching properties of the orthorhombic YFO film were confirmed by piezoresponse force microscopy(PFM) for the first time. The results show that the YFO film deposited on LSMO/LAO possesses orthorhombic structure,with ultra-fine crystal grains and flat surface. The leakage current of the YFO film is 8.39 × 10^(-4) A·cm^(-2) at 2 V,with its leakage mechanism found to be an ohmic behavior. PFM measurements indicate that the YFO film reveals weak ferroelectricity at room temperature and the local switching behavior of ferroelectric domains has been identified. By local poling experiment, polarization reversal in the orthorhombic YFO film at room temperature was further observed.展开更多
As no complete and comprehensive studies have been previously reported for La-doped nanocrystalline SrZrO_(3)(SZO),we researched herein a detailed investigation for pure and La-doped samples.A modified solid-state rea...As no complete and comprehensive studies have been previously reported for La-doped nanocrystalline SrZrO_(3)(SZO),we researched herein a detailed investigation for pure and La-doped samples.A modified solid-state reaction process,including successive cycles of milling and sintering at high temperature,was followed to produce SZO and Sr_(0.9)La_(0.1)ZrO_(3)(SLZO)powdered ingots.Rietveld analysis of X-ray diffractometer data predicts that the two samples exhibit orthorhombic structure with an increase in crystallite size by~25%for doped sample.A great reduction in Raman modes intensity(~60%)and an annihilation of several vibration modes were detected using Raman spectroscopy.The degree of ordering on the B-site was recorded to be higher in La-doped sample.According to ultraviolet-visible(UV-Vis)absorption,a decrease in the optical gap width(E_(g))from 4.40 eV to 4.21 eV was achieved by La incorporation due to the presence of additional defect states such as oxygen and Sr vacancies at the band edge.The process of electron-hole recombination was studied using photoluminescence(PL)spectroscopy.Deconvolution of PL spectra yielded four emission bands:one green band,one blue band,and two violet bands.Highly intense violet emission atλ=393 nm approximately five times greater than that detected for pure SZO is realized as La^(3+)substitutes for Sr^(2+).Such property nominates SLZO for technological applications requiring highly intense violet emission,e.g.,light-emitting diodes.展开更多
A potential superhard o-BC_4 N with Imm2 space group is identified by ab initio evolutionary methodology using CALYPSO code. The structural, electronic and mechanical properties of o-BC_4N are investigated. The elasti...A potential superhard o-BC_4 N with Imm2 space group is identified by ab initio evolutionary methodology using CALYPSO code. The structural, electronic and mechanical properties of o-BC_4N are investigated. The elastic calculations indicate that o-BC_4N is mechanically stable. The phonon dispersions imply that this phase is dynamically stable under ambient conditions. The structure of o-BC_4N is more energetically favorable than o-BC_4N above the pressure of 25.1 GPa. Here o-BC_4N is a semiconductor with an indirect band gap of about 3.95 eV, and the structure is highly incompressible with a bulk modulus of 396.3 GPa and shear modulus of 456.0 GPa. The mechanical failure mode of o-BC_4N is dominated by the shear type. The calculated peak stress of 58.5 GPa in the(100)[001] shear direction sets an upper bound for its ideal strength. The Vickers hardness of o-BC_4N reaches 78.7 GPa, which is greater than that of t-BC_4N and bc-BC_4N proposed recently, confirming that o-BC_4N is a potential superhard material.展开更多
基金an office of Naval Research MURI Program(Grant No.N00014-15-1-2863)Qizhang YAN and Jian LUO also acknowledge partial support from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research(Grant No.FA9550-19-1-01327)for the microscopy work.
文摘A new class of high-entropy M3B4 borides of the Ta_(3)B_(4)-prototyped orthorhombic structure has been synthesized in the bulk form for the first time.Specimens with compositions of(V0.2Cr0.2Nb0.2Mo0.2Ta0.2)3B4 and(V0.2Cr0.2Nb0.2Ta0.2W0.2)_(3)B_(4) were fabricated via reactive spark plasma sintering of high-energy-ball-milled elemental boron and metal precursors.The sintered specimens were〜98.7%in relative densities with virtually no oxide contamination,albeit the presence of minor(4-5 vol%)secondary high-entropy M5B6 phases.Despite that Mo_(3)B_(4) or W_(3)B_(4) are not stable phase,20%of M03B4 and W3B4 can be stabilized into the high-entropy M3B4 borides.Vickers hardness was measured to be 18.6 and 19.8 GPa at a standard load of 9.8 N.This work has further expanded the family of different structures of high-entropy ceramics reported to date.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.21102099)
文摘The crystal structure of the title compound, diethyl 4,5-di(thienyl)-3,6-bis(trime- thylsilyl)phthalate (C26H3404S2Si2, Mr = 530.83), has been determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The crystal belongs to the orthorhombic system, space group Pccn with a = 43.008(5), b = 10.9000(12), c = 11.9357(14) A, V= 5595.3(11) A3, Z = 8, F(000) = 2256, Dc= 1.260 mg/m3, p = 0.305 mm-1, T = 113(2) K, S = 1.090, R = 0.0413 and wR = 0.0969 for 5952 observed reflections with 1 〉 2o(/). The benzene ring system is planar and makes dihedral angles of 63.7(2) and 72.5(4) with the two thienyl rings A (C(23)-C(26), S(2)) and B (C(19)-C(22), S(1)), respectively. The UV-vis absorption and fluorescence of the title compound were discussed. The molecular structure of the title compound has been optimized using DFT method at the B3LYP/6-31G(d) level. The computational results showed that the optimized geometer parameters are consistent well with the experiment data. The vertical ionization potential, vertical electron affinity and frontier orbitals were also discussed.
基金This work was supported by Major Projects of Science and Technology in Tianjin(No.18ZXJMTG00020)the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province,China(No.E2020202011).
文摘Novel low-firing BiMg_(2)PO_(6)(BMP)and BiMg_(2)VO_(6)(BMV)ceramics with excellent microwave properties were synthesized and analyzed.The Rietveld refinement indicated that BiMg_(2)MO_(6)(M=p,V)ceramics crystallized in orthorhombic structure.The analysis results of the scanning electron microscope proved a dense and uniform microstructure.Further research showed that there was a strong correlation among permittivity,quality factor,and bulk density at different temperatures.The correlation between the properties and the structure of BiMg_(2)MO_(6)(M=P,V)ceramics were characterized by the chemical bond theory.The outstanding dielectric properties of BiMg_(2)MO_(6)(M=P,V)ceramics(BMP:εr=12.503,Q×f=25,760 GHz,tf=-20×10^(-6)/℃;BMV:εr=13.472,Q×f=37,270 GHz,tf=78×10^(-6)/℃)make them expected to become the novel low temperature co-fired ceramics(LTCC).
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.10974183 and 11104252)the Key Natural Science Project of Henan Province,China(Grant No.142102210073)+1 种基金the Doctoral Fund of the Ministry of Education of China(Grant No.20114101110003)the Fund for Science & Technology Innovation Team of Zhengzhou,China(Grant No.112PCXTD337)
文摘HfMgMo(3-x)WxO(12) with x = 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, and 2.5 are developed with a simple solid state method. With increasing the content of W, solid solutions of Hf Mg Mo3-xWx O12 crystallize in an orthorhombic structure for x≤2.0 and a monoclinic structure for x2.0. A near-zero thermal expansion(ZTE) is realized for HfMgMo(2.5)W(0.5)O(12) and negative coefficients of thermal expansion(NCTE) are achieved for other compositions with different values. The ZTE and variation of NCTE are attributed to the difference in electronegativity between W and Mo and incorporation of a different amount of W, which cause variable distortion of the octahedra and softening of the MoO4 tetrahedra, and hence an enhanced NCTE in the a- and c-axis and reduced CTE in the b-axis as revealed by Raman spectroscopy and x-ray diffraction.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.61471301)Natural Science Basic Research Program of Shaanxi,China(Grant No.2017JQ5083)PhD Research Startup Foundation of Xi’an University of Science and Technology,China(Grant No.2017QDJ044)
文摘Orthorhombic YFeO_3 thin film was prepared on La_(0.67)Sr_(0.33)MnO_3/LaAlO_3 substrate by a sol-gel spin-coating method. The structures of the YFeO_3/La_(0.67)Sr_(0.33)MnO_3/LaAlO_3(YFO/LSMO/LAO) sample were detected by x-ray diffraction pattern, Raman spectrometer, scanning electron microscopy, and atomic force microscope. The local ferroelectric polarization switching properties of the orthorhombic YFO film were confirmed by piezoresponse force microscopy(PFM) for the first time. The results show that the YFO film deposited on LSMO/LAO possesses orthorhombic structure,with ultra-fine crystal grains and flat surface. The leakage current of the YFO film is 8.39 × 10^(-4) A·cm^(-2) at 2 V,with its leakage mechanism found to be an ohmic behavior. PFM measurements indicate that the YFO film reveals weak ferroelectricity at room temperature and the local switching behavior of ferroelectric domains has been identified. By local poling experiment, polarization reversal in the orthorhombic YFO film at room temperature was further observed.
基金the Grants Commission of Al-Azhar University,Cairo,Egypt for supporting this work。
文摘As no complete and comprehensive studies have been previously reported for La-doped nanocrystalline SrZrO_(3)(SZO),we researched herein a detailed investigation for pure and La-doped samples.A modified solid-state reaction process,including successive cycles of milling and sintering at high temperature,was followed to produce SZO and Sr_(0.9)La_(0.1)ZrO_(3)(SLZO)powdered ingots.Rietveld analysis of X-ray diffractometer data predicts that the two samples exhibit orthorhombic structure with an increase in crystallite size by~25%for doped sample.A great reduction in Raman modes intensity(~60%)and an annihilation of several vibration modes were detected using Raman spectroscopy.The degree of ordering on the B-site was recorded to be higher in La-doped sample.According to ultraviolet-visible(UV-Vis)absorption,a decrease in the optical gap width(E_(g))from 4.40 eV to 4.21 eV was achieved by La incorporation due to the presence of additional defect states such as oxygen and Sr vacancies at the band edge.The process of electron-hole recombination was studied using photoluminescence(PL)spectroscopy.Deconvolution of PL spectra yielded four emission bands:one green band,one blue band,and two violet bands.Highly intense violet emission atλ=393 nm approximately five times greater than that detected for pure SZO is realized as La^(3+)substitutes for Sr^(2+).Such property nominates SLZO for technological applications requiring highly intense violet emission,e.g.,light-emitting diodes.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 21671168 and 21875205the Hebei Natural Science Foundation under Grant No B2015203096the Qinhuangdao Science and Technology Support Program under Grant No 201703A014
文摘A potential superhard o-BC_4 N with Imm2 space group is identified by ab initio evolutionary methodology using CALYPSO code. The structural, electronic and mechanical properties of o-BC_4N are investigated. The elastic calculations indicate that o-BC_4N is mechanically stable. The phonon dispersions imply that this phase is dynamically stable under ambient conditions. The structure of o-BC_4N is more energetically favorable than o-BC_4N above the pressure of 25.1 GPa. Here o-BC_4N is a semiconductor with an indirect band gap of about 3.95 eV, and the structure is highly incompressible with a bulk modulus of 396.3 GPa and shear modulus of 456.0 GPa. The mechanical failure mode of o-BC_4N is dominated by the shear type. The calculated peak stress of 58.5 GPa in the(100)[001] shear direction sets an upper bound for its ideal strength. The Vickers hardness of o-BC_4N reaches 78.7 GPa, which is greater than that of t-BC_4N and bc-BC_4N proposed recently, confirming that o-BC_4N is a potential superhard material.