Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin, 1909. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 33).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Lehigh University, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references and vita.

Les matériaux tellurites possèdent des propriétés optiques non linéaires exceptionnelles, avec des valeurs de la susceptibilité optique non linéaire d’ordre trois de l’ordre de 10 à 50 fois supérieures à celle de la silice pure, favorisant alors l’efficacité des effets non linéaires. L’origine de ces propriétés optiques exceptionnelles est associée non seulement à la présence de la paire libre mais aussi à une « délocalisation » électronique très forte le long des ponts Te-O-Te dans des chaînes polymérisées (TeO2)p. Ainsi, nos recherches expérimentales ont porté sur les deux systèmes ternaires suivants : TeO2-TiO2-ZnO (TTZ) et TeO2-GeO2-ZnO (TGZ).Les domaines vitreux ont été délimités, la stabilité thermique augmente en fonction de l’ajout de ZnO, TiO2 et GeO2. L’étude vibrationnelle réalisée par spectroscopie de diffusion Raman et réflectivité spéculaire infrarouge, a mis en évidence une faible dépolymérisation du réseau vitreux par rupture des chaînes formées via des ponts Te-O-Te. Pour les teneurs élevées en ZnO, ce dernier contribue à une compensation de cette rupture par la formation de nouveaux ponts Te-O-Zn et/ou Zn-O-Zn. Une étude complète des propriétés mécaniques a été menée à la fois à température ambiante et en fonction de la température, notamment au passage de la température de transition vitreuse. L’augmentation de la teneur en ZnO dans les verres TTZ et TGZ a augmenté globalement les modules élastiques. Enfin, la diminution de la susceptibilité optique non linéaire du troisième ordre avec l’ajout de ZnO, nous a permis de montrer l’importance de la présence de chaînes composées de ponts Te-O-Te dans la structure du verre à base de dioxyde de tellure. / Tellurite materials possess exceptional nonlinear optical properties, with values of the third-order nonlinear optical susceptibility are 10 to 50 times higher than in pure silica, favoring then the efficiency of the nonlinear effects. The origin of these exceptional optical properties is not only associated with the presence of the electronic lone pair, but also with the very strong electronic "delocalization" along Te-O-Te bridges in polymerized chains (TeO2)p. Our experimental researches concerned the following both ternary glass systems: TeO2-TiO2-ZnO (TTZ) and TeO2-GeO2-ZnO (TGZ).The glass formation domains were determined, the thermal stability increases with the increased amount of ZnO, TiO2 and GeO2. The vibrational study carried out using Raman spectroscopy and specular infrared reflectivity, revealed that the increase of the ZnO amount leads to a slight depolymerization of the glass network by breaking chains formed via Te-O-Te bridges. For higher ZnO contents, the latter contributes to a compensation of this break by the formation of new bridges: Te-O-Zn and/or Zn-O-Zn. Mechanical properties were studied at the same time at room and high temperature, in particular around the glass transition temperature. The increase of the ZnO content in TTZ and TGZ glasses increased globally elastic modulus. Finally, the decrease of the third-order nonlinear optical susceptibility with the increased ZnO concentration emphasizes the role of the presence of chains consisted of Te-O-Te bridges in the structure of the tellurite glass.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Delaware, 2009. / Principal faculty advisors: Thomas M. Church and Thomas E. Hanson, College of Earth, Ocean & Environment. Includes bibliographical references.

Ce travail a pour but d’améliorer la description structurale du verre de TeO2 pur et d’étudier en profondeur la structure de la phase désordonnée δ-TeO2 au moyen de la dynamique moléculaire (DM). Nous avons établi des potentiels interatomiques (IAP), simples mais non triviaux, prenant en compte la polarisabilité des atomes de tellure et d’oxygène à l'aide du modèle cœur-coquille. Nous avons démontré le rôle important de la paire libre électronique de l'atome de Te dans la formation d'unités asymétriques TeOx. Les IAPs précis reproduisent 17 structures cristallines à base de TeO2 et sont appropriés pour les simulations par DM des systèmes désordonnés. Les simulations des structures de la phase vitreuse pure et de δ-TeO2 ont été effectuées par DM. Il a été démontré que le verre de TeO2 est principalement constitué d'unités structurales TeO3 et TeO4, et un grand nombre d'atomes d’oxygène non-pontant (NBO) est observé. La coordinence des atomes de tellure est plus faible dans le verre que dans les structures cristallines pures.Dans la phase δ-TeO2, les atomes de tellure forment un réseau cristallin (CFC) bien défini et les atomes d'oxygène présentent un grand désordre de position. Cette phase est caractérisée par une population d’unités structurales, une coordinence des atomes de tellure et une proportion d'atomes d’oxygène non pontant typique du verre. Par conséquent, la structure δ-TeO2 est plus proche de celle du verre que des structures d'autres polymorphes cristallines de TeO2 pures. / This work aims to improve the structural description of the pure TeO2 glass and to give a deep insight into the structure of the disordered δ-TeO2 phase by means of molecular dynamics (MD) simulations.We derived simple but nontrivial interatomic potentials (IAPs), which take into account the polarisability of tellurium and oxygen atoms using the core-shell model. We demonstrated the important role of the electronic lone pair of the tellurium atoms in the formation of asymmetrical TeOx units. The accurate IAPs is able to reproduce 17 crystalline TeO2-based structures and are appropriate for MD simulations of disordered systems.The MD simulations of the pure glass and δ-TeO2 phase structures were carried out. It was demonstrated that the TeO2-glass consists of mainly TeO3 and TeO4 structural units and a large number of non-bridging oxygen (NBO) atoms is observed. The coordination number of the tellurium atoms in the glass is less than in the pure crystalline structures.In the δ-TeO2 phase, the tellurium atoms form a well-defined crystalline (FCC) lattice and the oxygen atoms exhibit a large positional disorder. This phase has a structural units distribution and a tellurium coordination number and a proportion of NBO atoms similar to those of the glass. Hence, the structure of δ-TeO2 is closer to that of glass than to the structures of other pure TeO2 crystalline polymorphs.

<p>This thesis is based upon synthesis and structure determination of new transition metal oxo-halide compounds, which includes p-element cations that have a stereochemically active lone pair. A synthesis concept has been developed, which uses several different structural features to increase the possibility to yield a low-dimensional arrangement of transition metal cations. A total of 17 new compounds has been synthesised and their structures have been determined <i>via</i> single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The halides and the stereochemically active lone-pairs will typically act as terminating species segregating into regions of non-bonding volumes, which may take the form of 2D layers, 1D channels or Euclidean spheres. The transition metals that have been used for this work are copper, cobalt and iron. The Hard-Soft-Acid-Base principle has been utilized to match strong Lewis acids to strong Lewis bases and weak acids to weak bases. All compounds show tendencies towards low-dimensionality; they all have sheets of transition metal cations arranged into layers, where the layers most often are connected via weak dispersion forces.</p>

This thesis is based upon synthesis and structure determination of new transition metal oxo-halide compounds, which includes p-element cations that have a stereochemically active lone pair. A synthesis concept has been developed, which uses several different structural features to increase the possibility to yield a low-dimensional arrangement of transition metal cations. A total of 17 new compounds has been synthesised and their structures have been determined via single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The halides and the stereochemically active lone-pairs will typically act as terminating species segregating into regions of non-bonding volumes, which may take the form of 2D layers, 1D channels or Euclidean spheres. The transition metals that have been used for this work are copper, cobalt and iron. The Hard-Soft-Acid-Base principle has been utilized to match strong Lewis acids to strong Lewis bases and weak acids to weak bases. All compounds show tendencies towards low-dimensionality; they all have sheets of transition metal cations arranged into layers, where the layers most often are connected via weak dispersion forces.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2004. / Supervisor: Peter F. Green. Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Orientador: João Carlos Silos Moraes / Banca: José de Los Santos Guerra / Banca: Roberto Luiz Moreira / Resumo: Na caracterização das propriedades ópticas em materiais, a determinação dos parâmetros ópticos como o índice de refração (n) e o coeficiente de extinção (k) são fundamentais. A análise da dispersão dos parâmetros ópticos com a freqüência fornece informações do comportamento da polarização do material com a radiação e as relações de Kramers-Kronig representam uma ferramenta básica de estudo. Neste trabalho, o principal objetivo é determinar parâmetros ópticos (n e k) e dielétricos do sistema vítreo telureto ((20-x)Li2O-xWO3-80TeO2) através da análise de espectro infravermelho pelas relações de Kramers-Kronig. Para tanto, amostras de vidro na composição x = 0, 5, 10 e 15 %mol foram sintetizadas no laboratório do grupo Vidros e Cerâmicas. As amostras foram polidas opticamente e seus espectros de refletância foram obtidos nos espectrômetros Bomem DA8 e Nexus 670 da Nicolet, na região entre 40 e 4000 cm-1. Os espectros obtidos apresentam picos de reflexão característicos observados em outros sistemas vítreos telureto, o que permitiu identificar as bandas vibracionais. As constantes ópticas foram obtidas utilizando as relações de Kramers-Kronig. Para todas as composições estudadas foi observado um aumento no índice de refração quando se aumentou a quantidade de WO3. Do espectro obtido para a constante dielétrica foi possível determinar as freqüências correspondentes aos modos ópticos transversais e longitudinais. As freqüências obtidas se ajustam com aquelas obtidas pelo modelo analítico dos quatro parâmetros semi-quânticos da constante dielétrica, principalmente para a região acima de 500 cm-1. / Abstract: In the study of optical and dielectric properties of materials, the determination of complex indices of refraction and complex dielectric function is fundamental. The analysis of the dispersion of the optical parameters with the frequency provides information about the behavior of the polarization of the material with the radiation, and the Kramers-Kronig relations represent a basic tool of the study. In this work, the main objective was to determine the optical (n and k) and dielectric parameters of a tellurite glasses system ((20-x)Li2O-xWO3-80TeO2) through the infrared spectrum analysis by Kramers-Kronig dispersion relations. For this, glass samples with x=0, 5, 10, and 15 %mol were prepared at the laboratory of Glasses and Ceramics group. The glass samples were polished and their reflectance spectra were obtained in the Bomem DA8 and Nicolet Nexus 670 spectrometers, in the spectral range of 40 to 4000 cm-1. The obtained spectra present allowed us to assign the vibrational bands. The optical and dielectric constants were obtained by the Kramers-Kronig method. For all studied glass compositions an increase was observed in the real part of refractive index when the WO3 content is increased. From de obtained dielectric function it was possible to extract transversal and longitudinal optical phonons frequencies. The frequencies agree with those obtained by the four-parameter semiquantum model, mainly for the region above 500 cm-1. / Mestre