This thesis focuses on the determination and the modeling, by the PAW/GIPAW (Gauge Including Projector Augmented Waves) method, of NMR parameters in inorganic fluorides. In the first part, a correlation between experimental 19F isotropic chemical shift (diso) and calculated 19F isotropic shieldings (siso) of binary fluorides with obvious assignments is established that allows to predict 19F NMR spectra with a good accuracy. The quadrupolar parameters of these fluorides are also determined and calculated. In the second part, a complete and unambiguous assignment of the 19F NMR lines of NbF5 and TaF5 is obtained, ensured by the linearity between experimental 19F diso values and calculated 19F siso values. On the other hand, for the studied MF4 (b-ZrF4, HfF4, CeF4, ThF4) compounds, characterized by smaller 19F diso ranges, except for ThF4, the poor correlations between experimental 19F diso and calculated 19F siso values prevent us to propose an assignment of the 19F NMR lines. In the last part, NaAsF6 and KPF6, exhibiting large 19F-X 1J-coupling and phase transitions at temperatures close to room temperature (RT) are investigated by DTA or DSC and variable temperature X-ray powder diffraction and multinuclear solid-state NMR. The structures of a- and b-NaAsF6 are determined. KPF6 adopts a disordered high symmetry structure at RT. Unfortunately, attempts to determine the atomic positions of the two first low temperature phases remain unsuccessful. This work highlights the potentialities and some limitations of this method as well as the care that must be taken when dealing with optimized structures.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:CCSD/oai:tel.archives-ouvertes.fr:tel-01015856 |
| Date | 29 May 2013 |
| Creators | Biswal, Mamata |
| Publisher | Université du Maine |
| Source Sets | CCSD theses-EN-ligne, France |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | PhD thesis |
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