Local environment of rare-earth dopants in silica–titania–alumina glasses: An extended x-ray absorption fine structure study at the K edges of Er and Yb

2001 ◽  
Vol 78 (18) ◽  
pp. 2676-2678 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. d’Acapito ◽  
S. Mobilio ◽  
L. Santos ◽  
Rui M. Almeida
2016 ◽  
Vol 1133 ◽  
pp. 429-433
Author(s):  
Siti Nooraya Mohd Tawil ◽  
Shuichi Emura ◽  
Daivasigamani Krishnamurthy ◽  
Hajime Asahi

Local structures around gadolinium atoms in rare-earth (RE)-doped InGaGdN thin films were studied by means of fluorescence extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) measured at the Gd LIII-edges. The samples were doped with Gd in-situ during growth by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy (PAMBE). Gd LIII-edge EXAFS signal from the GaGdN, GdN and Gd foil were also measured as reference. The X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) spectra around Gd LIII absorption edge of InGaGdN samples observed at room temperature indicated the enhancement of intensities with the increase of Gd composition. Further EXAFS analysis inferred that the Gd atoms in InGaN were surrounded by similar atomic shells as in the case of GaGdN with the evidence indicating majority of Gd atoms substituted into Ga sites of InGaGdN. A slight elongation of bond length for the 2nd nearest-neighbor (Gd–Ga) of sample with higher Gd concentration was also observed.


1997 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 799-804 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Valant ◽  
I. Arčon ◽  
D. Suvorov ◽  
A. Kodre ◽  
T. Negas ◽  
...  

In the extended x-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) study of the local environment of Bi3+ and Pb2+ ions incorporated in Ba4.5Nd9Ti18O54, actual sites of Bi- and Pb-incorporation are determined. Evidence is given that dopant ions are not distributed randomly on all theoretically possible sites; Bi3+ selectively enters one out of three possible channels, corresponding to the sites x = 0.9484, y = 0.2500, z = 0.2939, and/or x = 0.0455, y = 0.2500, z = 0.6928 previously occupied by Nd3+, while Pb2+ selectively enters site x = 0.4940, y = 0.2500, and z = 0.4993 previously shared by Ba2+ and Nd3+.


1988 ◽  
Vol 89 (8) ◽  
pp. 5153-5159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshio Yamaguchi ◽  
Masaharu Nomura ◽  
Hisanobu Wakita ◽  
Hitoshi Ohtaki

1999 ◽  
Vol 14 (12) ◽  
pp. 4706-4714 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Anderson ◽  
T. Brennan ◽  
J. M. Cole ◽  
G. Mountjoy ◽  
D. M. Pickup ◽  
...  

A variable-temperature (79, 145, and 293 K) extended x-ray absorption fine structure study, using rare-earth LIII absorption edges, is reported for phosphate glasses doped with rare-earth elements (R, where R = La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, and Er) with compositions close to metaphosphate, R(PO3)3. The results yield nearest-neighbor R–O distances that demonstrate the lanthanide contraction in a glassy matrix and an R–O coordination intermediate between 6 and 7 for rare-earth ions with smaller atomic number (Z) and 6 for rare-earth ions with largerZ. Thermal parameters show no significant changes in R–O distances or coordination numbers between 293 and 79 K. There is evidence of an R–P correlation between 3.3 and 3.6 Å and the beginning of a second R–O correlation at approximately 4 Å. No R–R correlations up to a distance of approximately 4 Å were observed.


2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroyuki Ikemoto ◽  
Takafumi Miyanaga

AbstractIn this review, we make a survey of the structure studies for the chalcogen elements and several chalcogenides in liquid, amorphous and nanosized state by using X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS). The chalcogen elements have hierarchic structures; the chain structure constructed with the strong covalent bond as a primary structure, and the weaker interaction between chains as a secondary one. Existence of these two kinds of interactions induces exotic behaviors in the liquid, amorphous and nanosized state of the chalcogen and chalcogenides. XAFS is a powerful structure analysis technique for multi-element systems and the disordered materials, so it is suitable for the study of such as liquid, amorphous and nanosized mixtures. In section 2, the structures for the liquid state are discussed, which show the interesting semiconductor-metal transition depending on their temperatures and components. In section 3, the structure for the amorphous states are discussed. Especially, some of chalcogens and chalcogenides present the photostructural change, which is important industrial application. In section 4, the structures of nanosized state, nanoparticles and isolated chain confined into the narrow channel, are discussed. The studies of the nanoparticle and the isolated chain reveal the alternative role between the intrachain covalent bonds and the interchain interaction.


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