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Fabrications and Characterization of Different Glasses Systems

A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Advanced Materials Characterization".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 February 2023) | Viewed by 7773

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Dr. M.I. Sayyed

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1. Department of physics, Faculty of Science, Isra University, Amman, Jordan
2. Department of Nuclear Medicine Research, Institute for Research and Medical Consultations (IRMC), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (IAU), P.O. Box 1982, Dammam 31441, Saudi Arabia
Interests: ionizing radiation; radiation shielding materials; heavy metal oxide glasses; Monte Carlo simulation; nanomaterials for radiation protection; ceramics for radiation shielding applications; radiation shielding for medical applications
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Dr. Mengge Dong

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Department of Resource and Environment, School of Metallurgy, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China
Interests: comprehensive utilization of metallurgy resources and low cost radiation protection materials; new theory and technology for radiation protection; shielding performance of glasses
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Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue, “Fabrications and Characterization of Different Glasses Systems”, will address advances in materials science, fabrication and characterization of different types of glass systems. Glass is an immensely versatile material; it is used every day in numerous medical, technological, industrial and photonic applications. Glasses have several technological advantages over other kind of materials due to their superior physical, chemical, optical and structural properties. This encourages researchers and material engineers to develop novel glass systems for the different applications. The most common glass preparation techniques in glass research are the melt quench method, chemical vapor deposition and sol–gel method. In order to assess the possibility of using certain glass system in real applications, it is important to study the optical, structural, thermal, mechanical and radiation shielding properties. This can be achieved using common techniques such as XRD, FTIR, UV-Vis-NIR spectroscopy, Raman, TGA/DSC and so on. This Special Issue, “Fabrications and Characterization of Different Glasses Systems”, will focus on novel glass systems used for different applications such as photonics, medical, renewable energy, appliances and electronics

Dr. M.I. Sayyed
Dr. Mengge Dong
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Keywords

  • glasses
  • optical properties
  • thermal properties
  • structural properties
  • radiation shielding properties
  • physical properties
  • magnetic properties
  • XRD
  • FTIR
  • UV-Vis-NIR spectroscopy
  • TGA/DSC

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Investigation of the Effect of PbO Doping on Telluride Glass Ceramics as a Potential Material for Gamma Radiation Shielding
by Artem L. Kozlovskiy, Dmitriy I. Shlimas, Maxim V. Zdorovets, Edgars Elsts, Marina Konuhova and Anatoli I. Popov
Materials 2023, 16(6), 2366; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ma16062366 - 15 Mar 2023
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The purpose of this paper is to study the effect of PbO doping of multicomponent composite glass-like ceramics based on TeO2, WO3, Bi2O3, MoO3, and SiO2, which are one of the [...] Read more.
The purpose of this paper is to study the effect of PbO doping of multicomponent composite glass-like ceramics based on TeO2, WO3, Bi2O3, MoO3, and SiO2, which are one of the promising materials for gamma radiation shielding. According to X-ray diffraction data, it was found that the PbO dopant concentration increase from 0.10 to 0.20–0.25 mol results in the initialization of the phase transformation and structural ordering processes, which are expressed in the formation of SiO2 and PbWO4 phases, and the crystallinity degree growth. An analysis of the optical properties showed that a change in the ratio of the contributions of the amorphous and ordered fractions leads to the optical density increase and the band gap alteration, as well as a variation in the optical characteristics. During the study of the strength and mechanical properties of the synthesized ceramics, depending on the dopant concentration, it was found that when inclusions in the form of PbWO4 are formed in the structure, the strength characteristics increase by 70–80% compared to the initial data, which indicates the doping efficiency and a rise in the mechanical strength of ceramics to external influences. During evaluation of the shielding protective characteristics of the synthesized ceramics, it was revealed that the formation of PbWO4 in the structure results in a rise in the high-energy gamma ray absorption efficiency. Full article
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Raman and Infrared Spectroscopy of Barium-Gallo Germanate Glasses Containing B2O3/TiO2
by Karolina Kowalska, Marta Kuwik, Joanna Pisarska, Maciej Sitarz and Wojciech A. Pisarski
Materials 2023, 16(4), 1516; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ma16041516 - 11 Feb 2023
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Modified barium gallo-germanate glass hosts are still worthy of attention in studying structure–property relationships. In this work, two different series of glass systems based on (60-x)GeO2-xTiO2-30BaO-10Ga2O3 and (60-x)GeO2-xB2O3-30BaO-10Ga2O [...] Read more.
Modified barium gallo-germanate glass hosts are still worthy of attention in studying structure–property relationships. In this work, two different series of glass systems based on (60-x)GeO2-xTiO2-30BaO-10Ga2O3 and (60-x)GeO2-xB2O3-30BaO-10Ga2O3 (x = 10, 30, 50 mol%) were synthesized, and their properties were studied using spectroscopic techniques. X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns revealed that all fabricated glasses were fully amorphous material. The absorption edge shifted toward the longer wavelengths with a gradual substitution of GeO2. The spectroscopic assignments of titanium ions were performed with excitation and emission spectra compared to the additional sample containing an extremely low content of TiO2 (0.005 mol%). On the basis of Raman and FT-IR investigations, it was found that increasing the TiO2 content caused a destructive effect on the GeO4 and GeO6 structural units. The Raman spectra of a sample containing a predominantly TiO2 (50 mol%) proved that the band was located near 650 cm−1, which corresponded to the stretching vibration of Ti-O in TiO6 unit. The deconvoluted IR results showed that the germanate glass network consisted of the coexistence of two BO3 and BO4 structural groups. Based on the experimental investigations, we concluded that the developed materials are a promising candidate for use as novel glass host matrices for doping rare-earth and/or transition metal ions. Full article
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Response of Various Yb3+-Doped Oxide Glasses to Different Radiation Treatments
by Mikko Hongisto, Sylvain Danto, Marian Ghena, Decebal Iancu, Daniel Ighigeanu, Laura Mihai, Véronique Jubera and Laeticia Petit
Materials 2022, 15(9), 3162; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ma15093162 - 27 Apr 2022
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The radiation effects of electrons and protons on the spectroscopic and optical properties of oxide glasses doped with Yb3+ in various glass systems were investigated to understand the impact of the glass composition on the glass photo-response. Changes in the optical and [...] Read more.
The radiation effects of electrons and protons on the spectroscopic and optical properties of oxide glasses doped with Yb3+ in various glass systems were investigated to understand the impact of the glass composition on the glass photo-response. Changes in the optical and emission properties were seen after the radiation treatment, and the magnitude of the changes depended on the irradiation source and dose. For all the investigated materials, the absorption coefficients in the 200–550 nm range increase post-irradiation, revealing the formation of defects in the glasses during the irradiation. While the spectroscopic properties of the tellurite glass remain unchanged, a small reduction in the Yb3+ emission intensity was seen after irradiating the phosphate, borosilicate, and germanate glasses, indicating that a reduction of Yb3+ to Yb2+ might occur in these glasses during the radiation treatment. The changes in the optical and spectroscopic properties after proton irradiation are small as they are localized at the surface of the glasses due to the shallow penetration depth of the proton in the glass. Even though the doses are small, the electron irradiation produces larger changes in the optical and spectroscopic properties since the electrons penetrate the entire volume of the glasses. All the changes in the optical and spectroscopic properties of the glasses were successfully reversed after a short heat treatment revealing the reversible nature of the photo-response of the investigated glasses. Full article
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Nonlinear Optical Limiting and Radiation Shielding Characteristics of Sm2O3 Doped Cadmium Sodium Lithium Borate Glasses
by Aljawhara H. Almuqrin, Jagannath Gangareddy, Mahesh M. Hivrekar, A. G. Pramod, M. I. Sayyed, K. Keshavamurthy, Naseem Fatima and K. M. Jadhav
Materials 2022, 15(6), 2330; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ma15062330 - 21 Mar 2022
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Strong nonlinear absorption (NLA), reduced optical limiting (OL) thresholds, and high radiation shielding parameters are required for the effective use of glasses in the laser radiation and nuclear radiation protecting materials. In view of this, the efficacy of Sm2O3 on [...] Read more.
Strong nonlinear absorption (NLA), reduced optical limiting (OL) thresholds, and high radiation shielding parameters are required for the effective use of glasses in the laser radiation and nuclear radiation protecting materials. In view of this, the efficacy of Sm2O3 on the nonlinear optical (NLO) and OL properties were ascertained (at 532 nm) along with radiation shielding characteristics. The open and closed aperture Z-scan profiles revealed the presence of positive NLA and nonlinear refraction (NLR) phenomena respectively. OL measurements showed the existence of limiting behavior in the studied glasses. The NLA and NLR coefficients were improved while the OL thresholds were decreased as the doping of Sm2O3 elevated to a higher doping level. These improvements in NLA, NLR coefficients and OL efficiencies were attributed to the non-bridging oxygens and high polarizable Sm3+ ions. The NLA and OL results clearly suggest the high (5 mol %) Sm2O3 doped glass (Sm5CNLB) glass is beneficial to protect the delicate devices and human eye by suppressing the high energy laser light. The theoretical linear attenuation coefficients (LAC) values of the presented SmxCNLB glasses were obtained with the help of Phy-X software between 0.284 and 1.333 MeV. At 0.284 MeV, the maximum values occur and take values between 0.302 (for Sm0CNLB) and 0.409 cm−1 (for Sm5CNLB). We found that the LAC for the presented SmxCNLB glasses is a function of Sm2O3 content, where the LAC tends to increase, corresponding to the high probabilities of interaction, as the content of Sm2O3 changes from 0 to 5 mol %. The effective atomic number (Zeff) for the presented SmxCNLB glasses was examined between 0.284 and 1.333 MeV. As the amount of Sm2O3 is added, the Zeff increases, and this was observed at any energy. Full article
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Structural and Optical Modifications in the BaO-ZnO-LiF-B2O3-Yb2O3 Glass System after γ-Irradiation
by Nimitha S. Prabhu, Hiriyur Mallaiah Somashekarappa, M. I. Sayyed, Hamid Osman, Sultan Alamri, Mayeen Uddin Khandaker and Sudha D. Kamath
Materials 2021, 14(22), 6955; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ma14226955 - 17 Nov 2021
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A Yb3+-doped borate glass system was examined for the structural and optical modifications after γ-irradiation. Among the studied 10BaO-20ZnO-20LiF-(50-x)B2O3-xYb2O3 (x = 0.1, 0.5, 0.7, and 1.0 mol%) [...] Read more.
A Yb3+-doped borate glass system was examined for the structural and optical modifications after γ-irradiation. Among the studied 10BaO-20ZnO-20LiF-(50-x)B2O3-xYb2O3 (x = 0.1, 0.5, 0.7, and 1.0 mol%) glasses, the 10BaO-20ZnO-20LiF-49.9B2O3-0.1Yb2O3 glass showed the highest thermoluminescence intensity, trap density, and trap depth. The glass was irradiated with the optimum γ-dose of 1 kGy towards the analysis of radiation-induced defects. The amorphous nature was preserved before and after irradiation. The glass density slightly increased after irradiation. The structural rearrangement was evident from the Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy by the appearance and disappearance of some bonds after γ-irradiation. The transformation of [BO4] units into [BO3] units and non-bridging oxygens was deduced. The color of the glass darkened after irradiation and the optical absorption intensity enhanced between 250 and 700 nm. The optical bandgap reduced and Urbach energy increased upon γ-dose exposure. The electron spin resonance of the irradiated glass exhibited two signals at g = 2.0167 and g = 1.9938, corresponding to the non-bridging oxygen hole center and Boron E’-center, respectively. Full article
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