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Novel low temperature wet chemical processes for the synthesis of gels and ultrafine powders of BaTiO₃ and BaTi₄O₉ were developed. Under acidic conditions a titanyl acylate precursor was obtained by molecular modification of titanium isopropoxide. In the sol-gel process, amorphous BaTiO₃ gels obtained under acidic conditions were heat treated at ≈950-1000°C yielding fine (≈ 1-3 μm), high purity (99.9%) stoichiometric (Ba/Ti = 0.99) BaTiO₃ powders. In the sol-precipitation process, ultrafine (≈ 10 nm) crystalline BaTiO₃ powders were directly precipitated at low temperatures (<100°C) from a stoichiometric titanium acylate- barium acetate sol (pH > 13.5). Precursor powders obtained by hydrolytic decomposition of barium and titanium alkoxides were heat treated at 1100°C to obtain high purity, homogeneous, single phase BaTi₄O₉ powders. Atomistic pathways for the evolution of crystalline phases from amorphous gels and powders were investigated. The microstructure and electrical properties of sintered BaO-TiO₂ ceramics were studied and correlated with the powder processing conditions. The structures of crystalline and amorphous forms of some materials in the BaO-TiO₂ system were simulated using molecular dynamics computer techniques to develop a fundamental understanding of structure-property relationships for BaTiO₃ and TiO₂ containing glasses.

The purpose of this investigation was to attempt to resolve the energy levels of Cs133 that can be excited by inelastic scattering of 14 Mev neutrons.

Die hier vorliegende Arbeit behandelt die Darstellung und Charakterisierung von Koordinationspolymeren und MOFs der Lanthanide und des Bariums mit verschiedenen, azolischen, N-Heterozyklen. Es können insgesamt 18 neue organisch-anorganische Hybridmaterialien sowie eine Reihe von co-dotierten Verbindungen präsentiert werden. Neben der strukturellen Charakterisierung dieser Materialien anhand von Röntgenpulverbeugungsdaten steht die Betrachtung der thermischen und photolumineszenzspektroskopischen Eigenschaften im Fokus. Die Lanthanide von La bis Lu, mit den Ausnahmen Eu und Pm ergeben durch Reaktion mit 1H-1,2,3-Triazol die Reihe der isotypen dichten 3D-MOFs 3{infinite}[Ln(Tz*)3]. Die photolumineszenzspektroskopische Untersuchung dieser Verbindungen offenbart eine große Bandbreite verschiedener Lumineszenzphänomene inklusive eines so erstmals beobachteten intrinsischen inner-filter-Effektes der Ln3+-Ionen. Die Strukturen dieser isotypen Reihe von Verbindungen wurden anhand von Röntgenpulverbeugungsdaten gelöst und verfeinert. Ein 2D-Polymorph dieser Verbindungen, 2{infinite}[Ln(Tz*)3], wird für Ln = Sm, Tb beschrieben und anhand von Einkristallbeugungsdaten charakterisiert. Die Reaktion von Eu mit 1H-Benzotriazol ergibt das 1D-Koodinationspolymer 1{infinite}[Eu(Btz)2(BtzH)2], welches das erste Beispiel eines zweiwertigen Seltenerdbenzotriazolats darstellt. Die Analyse der thermischen Eigenschaften dieser Verbindung weist auf die Umwandlung in das 3D-MOF 3{infinite}[Eu(Btz)2] hin, dessen Struktur ebenfalls aus Röntgenpulverbeugungsdaten bestimmt wurde. Die Untersuchung der Photolumineszenzeigenschaften der Verbindungen der Mischkristallreihe 3{infinite}[Ba1-xEux(Im)2], welche aus Reaktionen der salzartigen Hydride BaH2 und EuH2 mit Imidazol dargestellt wurden, zeigen, dass die Synthese lumineszenter MOFs durch Co-Dotierung nicht lumineszenter Netzwerke mit geeigneten Lumineszenzzentren möglich ist. Die Struktur dieser Materialien wurde anhand der undotierten Verbindung 3{infinite}[BaEu(Im)2] aus Röntgenpulverbeugungsdaten bestimmt. Die strukturelle Charakterisierung von Materialien anhand von Röntgenpulverbeugungsdaten nimmt einen besonderen Stellenwert innerhalb dieser Arbeit an. Es wird ein Verfahren präsentiert, das über Indizierung des Diffraktogramms, Intensitätsextraktion und Strukturlösung über charge-flipping-Methoden eine Möglichkeit darstellt ab initio die Struktur eines unbekannten Materials ausschließlich anhand von Röntgenpulverbeugungsdaten zu bestimmten. Des Weiteren wird aufgezeigt, wie die Strukturen dieser Materialien, mit einem hohen Anteil schwach streuender Leichtatome, durch die Verwendung von rigid body constraints verfeinert werden können. Die Strukturlösungen von 3{infinite}[Ga(Tz)2], 3{infinite}[Sr(Im)2]:Ce und 3{infinite}[Yb(Im)3]ImH aus Röntgenpulverbeugungsdaten stellen weitere Beispiele für die erfolgreiche Anwendung der im Rahmen dieser Arbeit präsentierten Methode dar. / This thesis deals with the synthesis and characterization of coordination polymers and MOFs of the lanthanides and barium with different azolic N-heterocycles. A total of 18 new organic-inorganic hybrid materials, as well as a series of co-doped compounds is presented. Besides the structural characterization of these materials from X-ray diffraction powder data, the focus of the investigations is on the thermal and photoluminescence spectroscopic properties. The lanthanides La – Lu, except Eu and Pm, can be reacted with 1H-1,2,3-triazole to give the series of the isotypic dense 3D-MOFs 3{infinite}[Ln(Tz*)3]. Investigation of the photoluminescence properties of these compounds reveals a broad range of different luminescence phenomena, including the first observation of an intrinsic inner-filter effect of the Ln3+-ions. The structure of this isotypic series of compounds was solved and refined from X-ray powder diffraction data. A 2D-polymorph of these compounds 2{infinite}[Ln(Tz*)3], is observed for Ln = Sm, Tb and was characterized by single crystal data. The reaction of Eu with 1H-benzotriazole yields the 1D-coordination polymer 1{infinite}[Eu(Btz)2(BtzH)2], which is the first example of a divalent rare earth benzotriazolate. Analysis of the thermal properties reveals the transformation to the 3D-MOF 3{infinite}[Eu(Btz)2] at higher temperatures. The structure of this material was also solved from X-ray powder diffraction data. Investigation of the photoluminescence properties of the co-doped compounds 3{infinite}[Ba1-xEux(Im)2], which were obtained from reaction of the salt-like hydrides BaH2 and EuH2 with imidazole, show that the synthesis of luminescent MOF materials by co-doping of non-luminescent networks with luminescence centers is possible. The structure of these materials was solved from X-ray powder diffraction data of the undoped compound 3{infinite}[BaEu(Im)2]. Structural characterization of materials from X-ray powder diffraction data is an important aspect of this thesis. A method is presented, which allows, by indexing a diffractogram, intensity extraction and structure solution by charge flipping, to solve the structure of a material, ab initio, from X-ray powder diffraction data exclusively. Moreover it is shown how to refine structures with a high amount of weakly scattering atoms, using rigid body constraints. The structure solutions of 3{infinite}[Ga(Tz)2], 3{infinite}[Sr(Im)2]:Ce and 3{infinite}[Yb(Im)3]ImH from X-ray powder diffraction data are further examples for the suc¬cessful application of the method presented within this thesis.

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Ph.D. / Materials Science and Engineering / Polytitanates in the BaO- TiO2 system with Ba:Ti ratios ranging from 1:2 to 1:5 were prepared using a low temperature technique developed by Pechini. The samples were heated at 600 to 1300°C in oxygen. Room temperature Raman spectroscopy was used to investigate the phase relations in this system. Results of this study indicate the following: except for BaTi4O9, the powders of these compounds were amorphous when heated at 600°C for 4hrs; the compound BaTi2O5 is a low temperature stable phase; Ba6Ti17O40 forms only at temperatures above 1100°C; Ba4Ti13O30 does not form below 1000°C; the single phase BaTi4O9 structure was observed at 1200°C'; the Ba2Ti9O20 phase is obtained only after long heat treatment at 1200°; BaTi5O11 was stable up to 1200°C, at which it decomposes into Ba2Ti4O20 and TiO2. After determination of stability relationships in this system, the electrical conductivities of these compounds were examined as a function of temperature and oxygen partial pressure. For all the temperatures (850-1150°C) studied, the conductivities of these compounds increased with decreasing oxygen partial pressure resulting in n-type properties throughout the whole P[subscript O2] range (10[superscript -19 - 1atm). The P[subscript O2] dependencies of the electrical conductivity were found to be linear for an extensive range of oxygen partial pressures. On the basis of structural considerations the conductivity data was described by a majority defect model consisting of both singly and doubly ionized oxygen vacancies. For lower oxygen partial pressure values a drastic change in the electrical conductivity was observed. This is believed to result from increasing defect interaction for larger departures from stoichiometry. A defect model based on this interaction is proposed to account for the observed sharp change in the electrical conductivity values.

We use the spin polarized pseudofunction(PSF) method with the local-spin-density approximation (LSDA) to calculate the electronic structures and the total and partial charge densities (TDOS, PDOS) of bulk Ba1-xSrxTiO3 (BSTO) with x = 0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, and 1. We find that the calculated direct energy gap Eg bows up as a function of the Sr concentration, which is related to the bowling downward of the Ti-O bond length inferred from the experimental lattice constants. The calculated partial densities of unoccupied O-p derived states (PDOS) agree well with the features observed in the O K-edge XANES spectra of BaTiO3 and SrTiO3. The calculated total densities of valence-band states (TDOS) and the valence-band widths for BaTiO3 and SrTiO3 agree well with the UPS spectra.

Secondary abnormal grain growth (SAGG) during sintering of barium titanate has been explained in terms of twin plane re-entrant edge (TPRE) growth mechanism by {111} double twin lamellae. But during sintering of Ti-excess barium titanate, {111} double twins lamellae are observed with out SAGG. In our group, Lin founded that when combine two different Ba/Ti ratio of powder to sintering above the eutectic temperature, the SAGG is observed in the interface between two different powders. Therefore, this thesis consists of three major researches: (a) {111} double twin, (b) Ba/Ti ratio, (c) liquid phase. In the experiment, we follow Lin¡¦s experiment to sinter the specimen contain with SAGG. And in this specimen, it can observe the specimen divided into three type of growth grain: (a) top surface with normal grain growth (NGG), (b) intermediate layer with abnormal grain growth (AGG), (c) bottom layer with secondary abnormal grain growth. It can all observed {111} double twin in these three different type of layer. This result confirmed that SAGG are not induced by TPRE growth mechanism. Then we used SEM/EDS to analysis the Ba/Ti ratio in the different type of grain growth layer. The Ba/Ti ratio in this analysis is not differing in NGG, AGG and SAGG. Therefore, we used OM, SEM, TEM to observe the grain boundary and triple grain junction in NGG, AGG and SAGG. It can observe that only the grain boundary and triple grain junction in SAGG are complete wetting. The experimental results shows that the grain growth behavior controlled by the liquid phase wetting degree.

The geochemical analysis of bioapatite in vertebrate skeletal tissues is an important tool used to obtain ecological information from fossil animals. An important consideration when conducting stable isotope and trace element analyses is obtaining biogenic information that has been unaffected by diagenetic processes. A two-step pretreatment procedure is commonly used remove diagenetically altered material by removing organic material, via an oxidation reaction with H2O2 or NaOCl, and secondary carbonate, via dissolution in dilute acetic acid, from bioapatite. While much work has been done to determine the efficacy of the pretreatment process, little research has been conducted to determine the potential effects of this process on the oxygen isotope composition of enamel bioapatite. A comparison between δ18O values of fossil enamel treated with 18O-depleted (δ18O = -10.0 / V-SMOW) and 18O-enriched solutions (δ18O = +16.4 / V-SMOW). On average, samples treated with 18O-enriched solutions had δ18O values at least 0.4 / V-PDB more positive than samples treated with 18O-depleted solutions. These results suggest that the isotopic composition of solutions used in the pretreatment process can significantly affect the δ18O values of fossil enamel prior to isotopic analysis. Diagenetic alteration can potentially be assessed using the linear relationship between δ18O values of the carbonate and phosphate components of bioapatite, as any deviation from a slope of 1 suggests alteration. Comparing the relationship between δ18Op and δ18Oc for fossil mammals from the Hadar Formation suggests that this method is successful at identifying samples that are significantly different from the remaining samples due to diagenetic alteration. The relationship between δ18Oc and δ18Op for the majority of sampled fossils from the Hadar Formation has a slope very close to 1 with an average offset, and apparent fractionation factor, between δ18Oc and δ18Op consistent with modern mammals. Therefore, it is likely that many of the fossil mammals sampled from the Hadar Formation retain in vivo δ18O values relating to the δ18O value of the water they consumed. The reliability of paleodietary reconstructions using trace element ratios (notably Sr/Ca and Ba/Ca) is strongly dependent on the preservation of biogenic trace element concentrations. Although most trace element ratio research relies on bone bioapatite, enamel has a better preservation potential and may successfully preserve biogenic trace element relationships. An analysis of Sr/Ca, Ba/Ca, and Zn/Ca ratios indicates that, despite rare earth element concentrations greater than the 1ppm observed in modern enamel, mammals from the Hadar and Busidima formations potentially reflect feeding strategies observed in modern counterparts, i.e. grazers have higher Sr/Ca and Ba/Ca ratios than browsers and omnivores

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