New Optical Materials based on Rare-Earth Doped Oxyfluoride Glasses and Ceramics: Structural Studies by Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Methods

• Grant number: 17/06649-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: September 01, 2017
• End date: August 31, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Materials and Metallurgical Engineering - Nonmetallic Materials
• Principal Investigator: Claudio José Magon
• Grantee: Carsten Doerenkamp
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física de São Carlos (IFSC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 13/07793-6 - CEPIV - Center for Teaching, Research and Innovation in Glass, AP.CEPID

Abstract

The development of new solid state laser hosts for high optical quality rare-earth ion doped crystals, glasses, and ceramics presents an active area of current materials research. To facilitate the design of materials with optimized emission properties, detailed structural information at the atomic level is essential, regarding the local bonding environment (siting) of the rare earth ions, their second-nearest coordination sphere, and their extent of local clustering, as well as the distribution over separate micro- or nanophases in composite materials. In this project, we seek a fundamental understanding of the spectroscopic and photophysical properties of such material systems on a structural basis, combining EPR techniques as structural tools. The systems studied are glasses and ceramics based on fluoride, fluorophosphate, fluoroborate, and fluoroaluminate compositions. To this end a comprehensive EPR strategy will be developed and applied for characterizing the local environment of the emitter ions. The structural information obtained by these approaches and its correlation with the optical materials properties will be important for developing new design strategies for high power laser materials. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

KEUTER, JAN; SCHWEDTMANN, KEVIN; HEPP, ALEXANDER; BERGANDER, KLAUS; JANKA, OLIVER; DOERENKAMP, CARSTEN; ECKERT, HELLMUT; MUECK-LICHTENFELD, CHRISTIAN; LIPS, FELICITAS. Diradicaloid or Zwitterionic Character: The Non-Tetrahedral Unsaturated Compound [Si-4[N(SiMe3) Dipp](4)] with a Butterfly-type Si-4 Substructure. ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION, v. 56, n. 44, p. 13866-13871, OCT 23 2017. (17/06649-0)

WITT, MELINA; BOENNIGHAUSEN, JUDITH; EUSTERMANN, FABIAN; SAVOURAT, ALINE; SCHEIFERS, JAN P.; FOKWA, BONIFACE P. T.; DOERENKAMP, CARSTEN; ECKERT, HELLMUT; JANKA, OLIVER. Extending the knowledge on the quaternary rare earth nickel aluminum germanides of the RENiAl4Ge2 series (RE=Y, Sm, Gd-Tm, Lu) - structural, magnetic and NMR-spectroscopic investigations. ZEITSCHRIFT FUR NATURFORSCHUNG SECTION B-A JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL SCIENCES, v. 75, n. 1-2, SI, p. 149-162, FEB 2020. (17/06649-0)

SCHUBERT, LEA; DOERENKAMP, CARSTEN; HAVERKAMP, SANDRA; HELETTA, LUKAS; ECKERT, HELLMUT; POETTGEN, RAINER. Sc5Pd4Si6 - crystal structure and Si-29/Sc-45 solid state MAS NMR spectroscopic investigations. DALTON TRANSACTIONS, v. 47, n. 37, p. 13025-13031, OCT 7 2018. (17/06649-0)

EUSTERWIEMANN, STEFFEN; DOERENKAMP, CARSTEN; DRESSELHAUS, THOMAS; JANKA, OLIVER; DANILIUC, CONSTANTIN G.; POETTGEN, RAINER; STUDER, ARMIDO; ECKERT, HELLMUT; NEUGEBAUER, JOHANNES. Ferro- or antiferromagnetism? Heisenberg chains in the crystal structures of verdazyl radicals. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, v. 20, n. 35, p. 22902-22908, SEP 21 2018. (17/06649-0)

STEGEMANN, FRANK; BLOCK, THERESA; KLENNER, STEFFEN; ZHANG, YUEMEI; FOKWA, BONIFACE P. T.; TIMMER, ALEXANDER; MOENIG, HARRY; DOERENKAMP, CARSTEN; ECKERT, HELLMUT; JANKA, OLIVER. From 3D to 2D: Structural, Spectroscopic and Theoretical Investigations of the Dimensionality Reduction in the [PtAl2](delta-) Polyanions of the Isotypic MPtAl2 Series (M=Ca-Ba, Eu). CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL, v. 25, n. 45, JULY 2019. (17/06649-0)

RADZIEOWSKI, MATHIS; STEGEMANN, FRANK; DOERENKAMP, CARSTEN; MATAR, SAMIR F.; ECKERT, HELLMUT; DOSCHE, CARSTEN; WITTSTOCK, GUNTHER; JANKA, OLIVER. Correlations of Crystal and Electronic Structure via NMR and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopies in the RETMAI(2) (RE = Sc, Y, La-Nd, Sm, Gd-Tm, Lu; TM = Ni, Pd, Pt) Series. Inorganic Chemistry, v. 58, n. 10, p. 7010-7025, MAY 20 2019. (17/06649-0)

MASSOLLE, ANJA; DRESSELHAUS, THOMAS; EUSTERWIEMANN, STEFFEN; DOERENKAMP, CARSTEN; ECKERT, HELLMUT; STUDER, ARMIDO; NEUGEBAUER, JOHANNES. Towards reliable references for electron paramagnetic resonance parameters based on quantum chemistry: the case of verdazyl radicals. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, v. 20, n. 11, p. 7661-7675, MAR 21 2018. (17/06649-0)

GALLEANI, GUSTAVO; DOERENKAMP, CARSTEN; SANTAGNELI, SILVIA; MAGON, CLAUDIO JOSE; DE CAMARGO, ANDREA S. S.; ECKERT, HELLMUT. Compositional Optimization of Emission Properties for Rare-Earth Doped Fluoride Phosphate Glasses: Structural Investigations via NMR, EPR, and Optical Spectroscopies. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, v. 123, n. 51, p. 31219-31231, DEC 26 2019. (17/06649-0, 18/03931-9, 13/07793-6, 18/24735-3)

DOERENKAMP, CARSTEN; CARVAJAL, EDUAR; MAGON, CLAUDIO J.; FARIA, WALTER J. G. J.; PEDRO DONOSO, J.; GALVA GOBATO, Y.; DE CAMARGO, ANDREA S. S.; ECKERT, HELLMUT. Composition-Structure-Property Correlations in Rare-Earth-Doped Heavy Metal Oxyfluoride Glasses. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, v. 123, n. 36, p. 22478-22490, SEP 12 2019. (17/06649-0, 13/07793-6)

FUENTEALBA, P.; OLEA, C.; AGUILAR-BOLADOS, H.; AUDEBRAND, N.; DE SANTANA, R. C.; DOERENKAMP, C.; ECKERT, H.; MAGON, C. J.; SPODINE, E.. Physical properties of new ordered bimetallic phases M0.25Cd0.75PS3 (M = Zn-II, Ni-II, Co-II, Mn-II). Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, v. 22, n. 16, p. 8315-8324, APR 28 2020. (17/06649-0, 13/07793-6)

WITT, MELINA; BOENNIGHAUSEN, JUDITH; EUSTERMANN, FABIAN; SAVOURAT, ALINE; SCHEIFERS, JAN P.; FOKWA, BONIFACE P. T.; DOERENKAMP, CARSTEN; ECKERT, HELLMUT; JANKA, OLIVER. Extending the knowledge on the quaternary rare earth nickel aluminum germanides of the RENiAl4Ge2 series (RE=Y, Sm, Gd-Tm, Lu) - structural, magnetic and NMR-spectroscopic investigations. ZEITSCHRIFT FUR NATURFORSCHUNG SECTION B-A JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL SCIENCES, v. 75, n. 1-2, p. 14-pg., 2020-02-01. (17/06649-0)

KEUTER, JAN; SCHWEDTMANN, KEVIN; HEPP, ALEXANDER; BERGANDER, KLAUS; JANKA, OLIVER; DOERENKAMP, CARSTEN; ECKERT, HELLMUT; MUECK-LICHTENFELD, CHRISTIAN; LIPS, FELICITAS. Diradicaloid or Zwitterionic Character: The Non-Tetrahedral Unsaturated Compound [Si-4{N(SiMe3) Dipp}(4)] with a Butterfly-type Si-4 Substructure. ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION, v. 56, n. 44, p. 6-pg., 2017-10-23. (17/06649-0)

STEGEMANN, FRANK; BLOCK, THERESA; KLENNER, STEFFEN; ZHANG, YUEMEI; FOKWA, BONIFACE P. T.; DOERENKAMP, CARSTEN; ECKERT, HELLMUT; JANKA, OLIVER. Structural, Physical, Theoretical and Spectroscopic Investigations of Mixed-Valent Eu2Ni8Si3 and Its Structural Anti-Type Sr2Pt3Al8. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, v. 2021, n. 37, AUG 2021. (13/07793-6, 17/06649-0)

BENNDORF, CHRISTOPHER; DE OLIVEIRA, MARCOS; DOERENKAMP, CARSTEN; HAARMANN, FRANK; FICKENSCHER, THOMAS; KOESTERS, JUTTA; ECKERT, HELLMUT; POETTGEN, RAINER. B-11 and Y-89 solid state MAS NMR spectroscopic investigations of the layered borides YTB4 (T = Mo, W, Re). DALTON TRANSACTIONS, v. 48, n. 3, p. 1118-1128, JAN 21 2019. (17/06649-0, 13/23490-3)

MOULTON, BENJAMIN J. A.; SILVA, LAIS D.; DOERENKAMP, CARSTEN; LOZANO, HAROLD; ZANOTTO, EDGAR D.; ECKERT, HELLMUT; PIZANI, PAULO S.. Speciation and polymerization in a barium silicate glass: Evidence from Si-29 NMR and Raman spectroscopies. CHEMICAL GEOLOGY, v. 586, DEC 30 2021. (13/07793-6, 17/06649-0, 16/18567-5)

EXNER, JESSICA; EUSTERWIEMANN, STEFFEN; JANKA, OLIVER; DOERENKAMP, CARSTEN; MASSOLLE, ANJA; NIEHAUS, OLIVER; DANILIUC, CONSTANTIN G.; POETTGEN, RAINER; NEUGEBAUER, JOHANNES; STUDER, ARMIDO; et al. Antiferromagnetic ordering based on intermolecular London dispersion interactions in amphiphilic TEMPO ammonium salts. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, v. 20, n. 46, p. 28979-28983, DEC 14 2018. (17/06649-0)

MOULTON, BENJAMIN J. A.; GOMES, EDUARDO O.; CUNHA, THIAGO R.; DOERENKAMP, CARSTEN; GRACIA, LOURDES; ECKERT, HELLMUT; ANDRES, JUAN; PIZANI, PAULO S.. A theoretical and experimental investigation of hetero- vs. homo-connectivity in barium silicates. AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, v. 107, n. 4, p. 13-pg., 2022-04-26. (16/18567-5, 17/06649-0, 13/07793-6, 19/12383-8)

PICININ, BENJAMIN J. A.; PICININ, ADALBERTO; SILVA, LAIS D.; DOERENKAMP, CARSTEN; LOZANO, HAROLD D.; SAMPAIO, DAVID; ZANOTTO, EDGAR D.; DU, JINCHENG S.; ECKERT, HELLMUT; PIZANI, PAULO S.. A critical evaluation of barium silicate glass network polymerization. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, v. 583, p. 19-pg., 2022-02-14. (16/18567-5, 17/06649-0, 13/07793-6, 16/15962-0)