The solid state, hydrothermal and flux methods were used for the investigation of alkaline earth and transition metal borophosphate compounds. The products and the phase relations were investigated by XRD, IR, DTA, and EDX methods. The solid state reactions of several boron compounds with different phosphating agents have been studied in the temperature range of 400-1200 oC. Hydrothermal and flux techniques were performed at 150 oC and 1200 oC, respectively. On the other hand, an attempt has been made to prepare a novel borophosphate compound MIIMIV[BPO7] (where MIV= Zr4+, Si4+, and MII= Sr2+, Ca2+) by solid state reactions and to investigate intermediate and final products. (NH4)2HPO4 and NH4H2PO4 were used as a phosphating agent. For the synthesis of these new compounds, the following reaction was predicted using the stoichiometric amount of the reactants: 2MIVO2 + 2MIICO3 + B2O3 + 2(NH4)2HPO4 &amp / #8594 / 2MIIO.MIVO2.B2O3.P2O5 + 4NH3 + 3H2O + 2CO2 (According to IUPAC formulation for the compounds composed of oxides) In the case of MIV=Zr4+ and MII=Sr2+, the formation of ZrSr[BPO7] was observed together with ZrO2 and SrBPO5. The formation of a new phase was proved by indexing the XRD pattern of the product after separating ZrO2 and SrBPO5 lines. Its crystal system was found to be orthorhombic and the unit cell parameters are a=11.85&Aring / , b=12.99 &Aring / , c=17.32 &Aring / . IR analysis shows that there is [BPO7]6- bands in the spectrum. At higher temperatures, Sr7Zr(PO4)6 was obtained. In the case of MIV=Si4+, SrBPO5 was the main product together with unreacted SiO2. At 1100 oC, Si4+ entered SrBPO5 structure and the product was indexed in orthorhombic system with a=8.9243 &Aring / , b=13.1548 &Aring / , and c=5.4036 &Aring / . Several other M:B:P ratios were tried for solid state systems. For compositions with different cations (such as Al3+, Ca2+, Na+), reactions generally pass through metal phosphates and BPO4. The X-ray diffraction powder pattern and infrared spectrum of several intermediate products obtained at different temperatures were presented and the several phase relations were investigated. The DTA and EDX analyses of some products were also reported.

Borophosphates are intermediate compounds of systems MxOy–B2O3–P2O5–(H2O) (M = main group or transition metal) which contain complex anionic structures built of interconnected trigonal–planar BO3 and / or BO4 and PO4 groups and their partially protonated species. The main objective of the present work was to synthesize, characterize and to study the properties of new selected 3d transition metal borophosphates. The selected four elements are scandium (Sc), iron (Fe), cobalt (Co) and nickel (Ni) due to their interesting contributions to borophosphate structural chemistry. The mild hydrothermal method was employed for the syntheses. During the investigation of borophosphates containing alkali–metals and scandium, the following three compounds were prepared and structurally characterized: MISc[BP2O8(OH)] (MI = K, Rb), CsSc[B2P3O11(OH)3] The anionic partial structure of MISc[BP2O8(OH)] (MI = K, Rb) consists of the well known open–branched four–membered rings of alternating borate and phosphate tetrahedra (a loop–branched hexamer with B : P = 1 : 2). The anionic partial structure of CsSc[B2P3O11(OH)3] represents the new type of oligomer containing boron in three– and four– fold coordination (B : P = 2 : 3). This is also the first time that a BO3 group is not only linked to borate species but also to a phosphate tetrahedron. This kind of oligomer was already predicted for borates but was never observed. By this, CsSc[B2P3O11(OH)3] is a special compound with regard to the structural building principles of borates and borophosphates. The significant differences in the crystal structures of MISc[BP2O8(OH)] (MI = K, Rb) and CsSc[B2P3O11(OH)3] may be due to the higher coordination number of cesium. Thermal treatment (up to 1000 ºC) of these compounds resulted in white crystalline products containing new phases with unknown crystal structures. Besides the discovery of alkali–metal scandium borophosphates, five new alkali metal scandium hydrogenphosphates were synthesized and structurally characterized: Li2Sc[(PO4)(HPO4)], MISc(HPO4)2 (MI = K, Rb, Cs, NH4) It was already predicted that open framework scandium phosphates should be isotypes of the respective indium phosphates. It was also stated that there should be a whole family of scandium hydrogenphosphates as we were able to confirm with the five novel compounds. Our systematic study reveals the structural changes of the anionic partial frameworks with increasing ionic radii of the alkali–metal ion. With respect to the M―T connections (M = six coordinated central metal atom, T = four coordinated phosphorous atom) the channel size increases from 8–membered rings in Li2Sc[(PO4)(HPO4)] to 12–membered rings in MISc(HPO4)2 (MI = K, Rb, Cs, NH4). KSc(HPO4)2 exhibits a new structure type in the family of monohydrogenphosphates with the general formula MIMIII(HPO4)2. This provides further evidence that scandium is a suitable element for the synthesis of framework structures with different channel sizes. The observation that in analogy to MISc(HPO4)2 (MI = Rb, Cs, NH4) a compound exists where the MI site is replaced by H3O+ gives rise to the hope that ion exchange properties could be of interest in this class of compounds. In addition, the possible existence of further modifications (as reported for the element–combinations RbV, NH4V, RbFe, and CsIn) shoud be investigated by thermoanalytical and X–ray methods. The extensive studies on borophosphate containing the transition metals Fe, Co, Ni together with alkaline earth–metals (Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba) led to the preparation of 13 compounds containing the combination of two different divalent M1IIM2II ions: CaM2II[BP2O7(OH)3] (M2II = Fe, Ni), BaM2II[BP2O8(OH)] (M2II = Fe, Co), SrFe[BP2O8(OH)2], CaCo(H2O)[BP2O8(OH)]•H2O, M1II0.5M2II(H2O)2[BP2O8]•H2O (M1II0.5 = Ca, Sr, Ba; M2II = Fe, Co, Ni) The anionic partial structure of CaM2II[BP2O7(OH)3] (M2II = Fe, Ni) consists of a tetrahedral triple [BP2O7(OH)3]4-, built from a central (HO)2BO2 tetrahedron sharing common vertices with two (H0.5)OPO3 tetrahedra. The complex anions in the crystal structure of BaM2II[BP2O8(OH)] (M2II = Fe, Co) comprises open–branched four–membered rings, [B2P4O16(OH)2]8-, which are formed by alternating (HO)BO3 and PO4 tetrahedra sharing common corners with two additional PO4 branches. The interconnection of these complex anions with M2II coordination octahedra (M2II = Fe, Co, Ni) by sharing common corners results in overall three–dimensional frameworks which contain channels filled with the M1II ions (M1II = Ca, Ba). The anionic partial structure of SrFe[BP2O8(OH)2] is built from a central (HO)2BO2 tetrahedron sharing common vertices with two PO4 tetrahedra. Surprisingly, SrFe[BP2O8(OH)2] represents the first example in the structural chemistry of borophosphates where the charge of the anionic partial structure is balanced by a divalent and a trivalent species (MIIMIII). Although being a member of the M1IIM2II[BP2O8(OH)] family the crystal structure of CaCo(H2O)[BP2O8(OH)]•H2O is different. Interestingly, this is the first case in the borophosphate structural chemistry where dimers of cobalt coordination octahedra together with borophosphate oligomers form a (two–dimensional) layered structure. The helical borophosphates M1II0.5M2II(H2O)2[BP2O8]•H2O (M1II0.5 = Ca, Sr, Ba; M2II = Fe, Co, Ni) contain one–dimensional infinite loop–branched borophosphate helices built of alternatively distorted borate and phosphate tetrahedra. Up to now, the group of compounds with 1[BP2O8]3– helical chain anions has been synthesized only in combination with different cations MIMII and MIII (MI = Li, Na, K; MII = Mg, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Zn; MIII = Sc, In, Fe). The systematic investigation on helical borophosphates of transition metals (Fe, Co, Ni) and alkaline–earth metals showed that it is also possible to accommodate divalent metal cations within the structure without disturbing the anionic partial structure. It was not possible to find the completely ordered structural model for the compounds M1II0.5M2II(H2O)2[BP2O8]•H2O (M1II0.5 = Ca, Sr, Ba; M2II = Co) but the substructure presented shows good agreement with the ordered known helical borophosphate compounds. Interestingly, it was also possible to judge the “kind of superstructure” against the crystal morphology. Syntheses of one of the few examples of borophosphates containing layered anionic partial structures (63 net topology) containing transition metal cations (Fe, Co, Ni) was realized with 6 isotypic compounds: MII(H2O)2[B2P2O8(OH)2]•H2O (MII = Fe, Co, Ni, Ni0.5Co0.5, Ni0.8Zn0.2, Ni0.5Mg0.5) The compounds MII(H2O)2[B2P2O8(OH)2]•H2O (MII = Fe, Co, Ni) adopt the structure type of Mg(H2O)2[B2P2O8(OH)2]•H2O characterized by a two–dimensional borophosphate anion. Substitution on the transition metal sites was shown to be possible (Ni0.5Co0.5) realized for this structure type. With the synthesis of Ni0.8Zn0.2(H2O)2[B2P2O8(OH)2]•H2O and Ni0.5Mg0.5(H2O)2[B2P2O8(OH)2]•H2O it was also proved that magnetically diluted samples can be prepared in analogy to Mg1–x Cox(H2O)2[B2P2O8(OH)2]•H2O (x = 0.25). The thermal stability of these compounds is very similar with a slight shift to higher decomposition temperatures for the Ni0.5Mg0.5(H2O)2[B2P2O8(OH)2]•H2O. In contrast to other borophosphates such as MIMII(H2O)2[BP2O8]∙H2O and MIII(H2O)2[BP2O8]∙H2O, it is not possible to rehydrate partially dehydrated samples even though the crystal structure may suggest this property. This shows that the aqua–ligands significantly contribute to the stability of the structure. The magnetic behavior of MII(H2O)2[B2P2O8(OH)2]•H2O (MII = Fe, Ni) corresponds well with separated 3d ions without strong magnetic interactions down to 1.8 K. Quite surprising was the remarkable change in the crystal habit that was observed during the synthesis upon addition of alkali–metal cations. Syntheses with the absence of alkali–metals lead to a change in the crystal habit by reducing of the number of faces in direction of the more simple prismatic morphology. Our research on borophosphates containing mixed transition metals led to the preparation of a borophosphate and a phosphate: FeCo(H2O)[BP3O9(OH)4], Fe1.3Co0.7[P2O7]∙2H2O The anionic partial structure of FeCo(H2O)[BP3O9(OH)4] is an open–branched tetramer built from (HO)BO3 sharing common O–corners with one (HO)PO3, one (HO)2PO2 and one PO4 group. The crystal structure is an isotype to Mg2(H2O)[BP3O9(OH)4]. Fe1.3Co0.7[P2O7]∙2H2O contains the diphosphate composed of two corner–sharing tetrahedra (isotypic to MII[X2O7]∙2H2O (MII = Mg, Mn, Co, Fe and X = P, As). However, the crystal structure of both, FeCo(H2O)[BP3O9(OH)4] and Fe1.3Co0.7[P2O7]∙2H2O, contains octahedral zigzag chains, which are interconnected by the respective tetrahedral anions. The octahedral chains in these crystal structures are closely related to the octahedral arrangements in MIIH2P2O7 (MII = Co, Ni) which exhibit a field-induced metamagnetic behavior from an antiferromagnetic state to a ferromagnetic state and to MII[BPO4(OH)2] (MII = Mn, Fe, Co) which indicate a low-dimensional antiferromagnetic correlation of the MII ions by dominant exchange interactions within the one–dimensional octahedral chain structure. Therefore, due to the similar structural features, FeCo(H2O)[BP3O9(OH)4] and Fe1.3Co0.7[P2O7]∙2H2O may exhibit interesting magnetic properties. Thermal investigation revealed that both compounds are stable until 300 ºC and transform into pyrophosphates at higher temperatures. Fe1.3Co0.7[P2O7]∙2H2O represents the first hydrated mixed divalent cation diphosphate.

In this thesis, solid state reactions of Ln2O3, Y2O3, B2O3 and (NH4)2HPO4 were investigated to synthesize LnBP2O8 (Ln= Dy, Ho, Er) and YBP2O8 type of borophosphates which were not reported before. The products were analyzed by XRD, IR, DTA, SEM and EDX methods. In the first part of this thesis, synthesis of YBP2O8 through the solid state reaction of Y2O3 + 4(NH4)2HPO4 + B2O3 have been studied in the range 800-1140 &deg / C. Orthophosphates of Dysprosium, Holmium, Erbium and Yttrium have tetragonal xenotime (YPO4) or zircon (ZrSiO4) structure. Examination of X-ray powder diffraction data at 1140 &ordm / C showed that the obtained structure was xenotime type together with weak BPO4 and Y(PO3)3 lines. The formula was calculated as YBxP1+xO4+4x through EDX and XRD data. The pattern was indexed in tetragonal system with the unit cell parameters of a= 6.8863, c= 6.016 &Aring / and s.g. is I41/amd. In the second part of this research, synthesis of LnBP2O8 through the solid state reaction of Ln2O3 + 4(NH4)2HPO4 + B2O3 (Ln= Dy, Ho, Er) have been studied in the range 800-1200 &ordm / C. At 1200 &ordm / C DyBP2O8 was obtained with tetragonal structure with the unit cell parameters of a= 6.905, c= 6.051 &Aring / and s.g. I41/amd. Using the same procedure HoBP2O8 was obtained at 1100-1200 &ordm / C and the XRD pattern was indexed in tetragonal system with the unit cell parameters of a= 6.887, c= 6.024 &Aring / and s.g. I41/amd. In the structural analysis of ErBP2O8 obtained by the same reaction, the system was found as tetragonal and was indexed with a= 6.849, c= 5.998 &Aring / and s.g. I41/amd. Examination of the unit cell parameters with respect to ionic radius showed that the unit cell parameters decrease depending on the lanthanide contraction. The structures of the compounds obtained throughout this thesis were examined by IR spectroscopy and relation between the spectra and IR vibrational modes were established. The presence of bands due to BO4 in the final products revealed that Boron is in the solid solution with the tentative formula YBxP1+xO4+4x for Y and LnBP2O8 for lanthanides.

New iron phosphate and borophosphate compounds were synthesized and characterized by single crystal/powder X-ray diffraction, infrared spectroscopy, raman spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, electron microscopy and elemental analysis. Using several compositions, Fey B(PO4)x type of compounds were attempted to be prepared by solid state reactions. The solid state reactions of boron compounds with a phosphating agent has been completed at 950oC. A new product Fe2BP3O12 is synthesized and indexed in this work which is isostructural with Cr2 BP3O12 A single crystal of iron ammonium phosphate, (NH4)3-xHxFeP3O12, was synthesized by a hydrothermal method and characterized. Its X-ray powder diffraction pattern was indexed in orthorhombic system. The unit cell parameters were found to be as a = 7.775 (&Aring / ), b = 7.445(&Aring / ), c = 14.331(&Aring / ) The compound with the formula NH4FeBP2O8OH was synthesized by hydrothermal method. Its X-ray powder diffraction pattern was indexed in monoclinic system. The unit cell parameters were found to be a = 9.336, b = 8.278, c =9.642&Aring / , and &amp / #946 / = 101.60o, which are good agreement with the literature values. Ferro-axinite type of compound was discovered as single crystals resembling the axinite mineral. The compound was indexed in triclinic system with the unit cell parameters of a = 7.167, b = 8.840 , c = 9.455&Aring / , &amp / #945 / = 64.83o, &amp / #946 / = 64.83o, &amp / #947 / = 69.42o. A zeotype Fe(H2O)2BP2O8.H2O, which was obtained by hydrothermal methods before, was synthesized by a precipitation method using different initial reactant. In this case, instead of Fe+2, Fe+3 compound was used as a reactant. All the compounds have been investigated by FTIR spectroscopy and the assignments of the functional BO3, BO4 and PO4 groups have been done.

Borophosphates are intermediate compounds of systems MxOy–B2O3–P2O5–(H2O) (M = main group or transition metal) which contain complex anionic structures built of interconnected trigonal–planar BO3 and / or BO4 and PO4 groups and their partially protonated species. The main objective of the present work was to synthesize, characterize and to study the properties of new selected 3d transition metal borophosphates. The selected four elements are scandium (Sc), iron (Fe), cobalt (Co) and nickel (Ni) due to their interesting contributions to borophosphate structural chemistry. The mild hydrothermal method was employed for the syntheses. During the investigation of borophosphates containing alkali–metals and scandium, the following three compounds were prepared and structurally characterized: MISc[BP2O8(OH)] (MI = K, Rb), CsSc[B2P3O11(OH)3] The anionic partial structure of MISc[BP2O8(OH)] (MI = K, Rb) consists of the well known open–branched four–membered rings of alternating borate and phosphate tetrahedra (a loop–branched hexamer with B : P = 1 : 2). The anionic partial structure of CsSc[B2P3O11(OH)3] represents the new type of oligomer containing boron in three– and four– fold coordination (B : P = 2 : 3). This is also the first time that a BO3 group is not only linked to borate species but also to a phosphate tetrahedron. This kind of oligomer was already predicted for borates but was never observed. By this, CsSc[B2P3O11(OH)3] is a special compound with regard to the structural building principles of borates and borophosphates. The significant differences in the crystal structures of MISc[BP2O8(OH)] (MI = K, Rb) and CsSc[B2P3O11(OH)3] may be due to the higher coordination number of cesium. Thermal treatment (up to 1000 ºC) of these compounds resulted in white crystalline products containing new phases with unknown crystal structures. Besides the discovery of alkali–metal scandium borophosphates, five new alkali metal scandium hydrogenphosphates were synthesized and structurally characterized: Li2Sc[(PO4)(HPO4)], MISc(HPO4)2 (MI = K, Rb, Cs, NH4) It was already predicted that open framework scandium phosphates should be isotypes of the respective indium phosphates. It was also stated that there should be a whole family of scandium hydrogenphosphates as we were able to confirm with the five novel compounds. Our systematic study reveals the structural changes of the anionic partial frameworks with increasing ionic radii of the alkali–metal ion. With respect to the M―T connections (M = six coordinated central metal atom, T = four coordinated phosphorous atom) the channel size increases from 8–membered rings in Li2Sc[(PO4)(HPO4)] to 12–membered rings in MISc(HPO4)2 (MI = K, Rb, Cs, NH4). KSc(HPO4)2 exhibits a new structure type in the family of monohydrogenphosphates with the general formula MIMIII(HPO4)2. This provides further evidence that scandium is a suitable element for the synthesis of framework structures with different channel sizes. The observation that in analogy to MISc(HPO4)2 (MI = Rb, Cs, NH4) a compound exists where the MI site is replaced by H3O+ gives rise to the hope that ion exchange properties could be of interest in this class of compounds. In addition, the possible existence of further modifications (as reported for the element–combinations RbV, NH4V, RbFe, and CsIn) shoud be investigated by thermoanalytical and X–ray methods. The extensive studies on borophosphate containing the transition metals Fe, Co, Ni together with alkaline earth–metals (Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba) led to the preparation of 13 compounds containing the combination of two different divalent M1IIM2II ions: CaM2II[BP2O7(OH)3] (M2II = Fe, Ni), BaM2II[BP2O8(OH)] (M2II = Fe, Co), SrFe[BP2O8(OH)2], CaCo(H2O)[BP2O8(OH)]•H2O, M1II0.5M2II(H2O)2[BP2O8]•H2O (M1II0.5 = Ca, Sr, Ba; M2II = Fe, Co, Ni) The anionic partial structure of CaM2II[BP2O7(OH)3] (M2II = Fe, Ni) consists of a tetrahedral triple [BP2O7(OH)3]4-, built from a central (HO)2BO2 tetrahedron sharing common vertices with two (H0.5)OPO3 tetrahedra. The complex anions in the crystal structure of BaM2II[BP2O8(OH)] (M2II = Fe, Co) comprises open–branched four–membered rings, [B2P4O16(OH)2]8-, which are formed by alternating (HO)BO3 and PO4 tetrahedra sharing common corners with two additional PO4 branches. The interconnection of these complex anions with M2II coordination octahedra (M2II = Fe, Co, Ni) by sharing common corners results in overall three–dimensional frameworks which contain channels filled with the M1II ions (M1II = Ca, Ba). The anionic partial structure of SrFe[BP2O8(OH)2] is built from a central (HO)2BO2 tetrahedron sharing common vertices with two PO4 tetrahedra. Surprisingly, SrFe[BP2O8(OH)2] represents the first example in the structural chemistry of borophosphates where the charge of the anionic partial structure is balanced by a divalent and a trivalent species (MIIMIII). Although being a member of the M1IIM2II[BP2O8(OH)] family the crystal structure of CaCo(H2O)[BP2O8(OH)]•H2O is different. Interestingly, this is the first case in the borophosphate structural chemistry where dimers of cobalt coordination octahedra together with borophosphate oligomers form a (two–dimensional) layered structure. The helical borophosphates M1II0.5M2II(H2O)2[BP2O8]•H2O (M1II0.5 = Ca, Sr, Ba; M2II = Fe, Co, Ni) contain one–dimensional infinite loop–branched borophosphate helices built of alternatively distorted borate and phosphate tetrahedra. Up to now, the group of compounds with 1[BP2O8]3– helical chain anions has been synthesized only in combination with different cations MIMII and MIII (MI = Li, Na, K; MII = Mg, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Zn; MIII = Sc, In, Fe). The systematic investigation on helical borophosphates of transition metals (Fe, Co, Ni) and alkaline–earth metals showed that it is also possible to accommodate divalent metal cations within the structure without disturbing the anionic partial structure. It was not possible to find the completely ordered structural model for the compounds M1II0.5M2II(H2O)2[BP2O8]•H2O (M1II0.5 = Ca, Sr, Ba; M2II = Co) but the substructure presented shows good agreement with the ordered known helical borophosphate compounds. Interestingly, it was also possible to judge the “kind of superstructure” against the crystal morphology. Syntheses of one of the few examples of borophosphates containing layered anionic partial structures (63 net topology) containing transition metal cations (Fe, Co, Ni) was realized with 6 isotypic compounds: MII(H2O)2[B2P2O8(OH)2]•H2O (MII = Fe, Co, Ni, Ni0.5Co0.5, Ni0.8Zn0.2, Ni0.5Mg0.5) The compounds MII(H2O)2[B2P2O8(OH)2]•H2O (MII = Fe, Co, Ni) adopt the structure type of Mg(H2O)2[B2P2O8(OH)2]•H2O characterized by a two–dimensional borophosphate anion. Substitution on the transition metal sites was shown to be possible (Ni0.5Co0.5) realized for this structure type. With the synthesis of Ni0.8Zn0.2(H2O)2[B2P2O8(OH)2]•H2O and Ni0.5Mg0.5(H2O)2[B2P2O8(OH)2]•H2O it was also proved that magnetically diluted samples can be prepared in analogy to Mg1–x Cox(H2O)2[B2P2O8(OH)2]•H2O (x = 0.25). The thermal stability of these compounds is very similar with a slight shift to higher decomposition temperatures for the Ni0.5Mg0.5(H2O)2[B2P2O8(OH)2]•H2O. In contrast to other borophosphates such as MIMII(H2O)2[BP2O8]∙H2O and MIII(H2O)2[BP2O8]∙H2O, it is not possible to rehydrate partially dehydrated samples even though the crystal structure may suggest this property. This shows that the aqua–ligands significantly contribute to the stability of the structure. The magnetic behavior of MII(H2O)2[B2P2O8(OH)2]•H2O (MII = Fe, Ni) corresponds well with separated 3d ions without strong magnetic interactions down to 1.8 K. Quite surprising was the remarkable change in the crystal habit that was observed during the synthesis upon addition of alkali–metal cations. Syntheses with the absence of alkali–metals lead to a change in the crystal habit by reducing of the number of faces in direction of the more simple prismatic morphology. Our research on borophosphates containing mixed transition metals led to the preparation of a borophosphate and a phosphate: FeCo(H2O)[BP3O9(OH)4], Fe1.3Co0.7[P2O7]∙2H2O The anionic partial structure of FeCo(H2O)[BP3O9(OH)4] is an open–branched tetramer built from (HO)BO3 sharing common O–corners with one (HO)PO3, one (HO)2PO2 and one PO4 group. The crystal structure is an isotype to Mg2(H2O)[BP3O9(OH)4]. Fe1.3Co0.7[P2O7]∙2H2O contains the diphosphate composed of two corner–sharing tetrahedra (isotypic to MII[X2O7]∙2H2O (MII = Mg, Mn, Co, Fe and X = P, As). However, the crystal structure of both, FeCo(H2O)[BP3O9(OH)4] and Fe1.3Co0.7[P2O7]∙2H2O, contains octahedral zigzag chains, which are interconnected by the respective tetrahedral anions. The octahedral chains in these crystal structures are closely related to the octahedral arrangements in MIIH2P2O7 (MII = Co, Ni) which exhibit a field-induced metamagnetic behavior from an antiferromagnetic state to a ferromagnetic state and to MII[BPO4(OH)2] (MII = Mn, Fe, Co) which indicate a low-dimensional antiferromagnetic correlation of the MII ions by dominant exchange interactions within the one–dimensional octahedral chain structure. Therefore, due to the similar structural features, FeCo(H2O)[BP3O9(OH)4] and Fe1.3Co0.7[P2O7]∙2H2O may exhibit interesting magnetic properties. Thermal investigation revealed that both compounds are stable until 300 ºC and transform into pyrophosphates at higher temperatures. Fe1.3Co0.7[P2O7]∙2H2O represents the first hydrated mixed divalent cation diphosphate.

La génération de second harmonique (GSH) observée dans les verres massiques originaux polarisés thermiquement (systèmes P2O5-CAO-B2O3-NB2O5(ou TIO2, B2O3-MGO-LA2O3-NB2O5 (OU TIO2) et TEO2-ZNO-MGO)pourrait farvoriser le développement de matériaux vitreux pour l'intégration dans des systèmes optiques. Un procédé de cyclage du traitement de poling a amélioré notablement la réponse des verres borophosphate rapprochant leur efficacité de conversion de celle de la silice vitreuxe. Parallèlement, une étude visant à caractériser les régions localisés sous les interfaces en contact avec les électrodes lors du traitement de poling a été entreprise par spectroscopies XANES, XPS et IR en réflexion. Pour les verres de silice de type Hérasil et borophosphate de calcium et de niobium, une rupture de l'isotropie a ainsi pu être mise en évidence dans ces régions non linéaires pouvant expliquer une partie l'origine de la non linéarité de second ordre.

Ce travail s'insère, non seulement, dans la compréhension de la relation entre la résonance des terres rares et l'indice non linéaire, mais aussi, dans la recherche de nouveaux matériaux dopés terres rares pour la commutation optique. L'introduction d'oxyde d'erbium dans des verres tellurites et borophosphates de niobium, présentant intrinsèquement une non linéarité optique de 3ème ordre élevée, a été étudiée. Il a été montré qu'il est possible de contrôler le gain et la non linéarité de matériaux dopés grâce à la corrélation établie entre l'analyse structurale et l'étude des propriétés spectroscopiques, de gain et de non linéarité qui dépendent des probabilités de transition 4f –4f. L'ensemble des résultats permet de mieux comprendre et prédire la variation de l'indice non linéaire d'un matériau amplificateur.