1. Infrared spectra in amorphous aluminaLuigi Giacomazzi, Nikita S Shcheblanov, Mikhail E Povarnitsyn, Yanbo Li, Andraž Mavrič, Barbara Zupančič, Jože Grdadolnik, Alfredo Pasquarello, complete scientific database of research data Abstract: We present a combined study based on experimental measurements of infrared (IR) dielectric function and first-principles calculations of IR spectra and vibrational density of states (VDOS) of amorphous alumina (am-Al₂O₃). In particular, we show that the main features of the imaginary part of the dielectric function ε₂(ω) at ~380 and 630 cm-¹ are related to the motions of threefold coordinated oxygen atoms, which are the vast majority of oxygen atoms in am-Al₂O₃. Our analysis (involving three model structures) provides an alternative point of view with respect to an earlier suggested assignment of the vibrational modes, which relates them to the stretching and bending vibrational modes of AlOₙ (n = 4, 5, and 6) polyhedra. Our assignment is based on the additive decomposition of the VDOS and ε₂(ω) spectra, which shows that: (i) the band at ~380 cm-¹ features oxygen motions occurring in a direction normal to the plane defined by the three nearest-neighbor aluminum atoms, i.e. out-of-plane motions of oxygen atoms; (ii) Al-O stretching vibrations (i.e. in-plane motions of oxygen atoms) appear at frequencies above ~500 cm-¹, which characterize the vibrational modes underlying the band at ~630 cm-¹. Keywords: amorphous alumina, infrared spectra, first-principles calculations Published in RUNG: 15.09.2023; Views: 1711; Downloads: 10 Link to file This document has many files! More... |
2. Infrared spectra in amorphous alumina : a combined ab initio and experimental studyLuigi Giacomazzi, Nikita S. Shcheblanov, Mikhail E. Povarnitsyn, Yanbo Li, Andraž Mavrič, Barbara Zupančič, Jože Grdadolnik, Alfredo Pasquarello, 2023, original scientific article Abstract: We present a combined study based on the experimental measurements of an infrared (IR) dielectric function and first-principles calculations of IR spectra and the vibrational density of states (VDOS) of amorphous alumina (am−Al2O3). In particular, we show that the main features of the imaginary part of the dielectric function ε2(ω) at ∼380 and 630 cm−1 are related to the motions of threefold-coordinated oxygen atoms, which are the vast majority of oxygen atoms in am-Al2O3. Our analysis provides an alternative point of view with respect to an earlier suggested assignment of the vibrational modes, which relates them to the stretching and bending vibrational modes of AlOn (n=4, 5, and 6) polyhedra. Our assignment is based on the additive decomposition of the VDOS and ε2(ω) spectra, which shows that (i) the band at ∼380cm−1 features oxygen motions occurring in a direction normal to the plane defined by the three nearest-neighbor aluminum atoms, i.e., out-of-plane motions of oxygen atoms; (ii) Al-O stretching vibrations (i.e., in-plane motions of oxygen atoms) appear at frequencies above ∼500cm−1, which characterize the vibrational modes underlying the band at ∼630cm−1. Aluminum and fourfold-coordinated oxygen atoms contribute uniformly to the VDOS and ε2(ω) spectra in the frequency region ∼350–650 cm−1 without causing specific features. Our numerical results are in good agreement with the previous and presently obtained experimental data on the IR dielectric function of am−Al2O3 films. Finally, we show that the IR spectrum can be modeled successfully by assuming isotropic Born charges for aluminum atoms and fourfold-coordinated oxygen atoms, while requiring the use of three parameters, defined in a local reference frame, for the anisotropic Born charges of threefold-coordinated oxygen atoms. Keywords: dielectric properties, microstructure, amorphous materials, density functional calculations, infrared techniques, aluminium oxide Published in RUNG: 10.05.2023; Views: 2223; Downloads: 9 Link to full text This document has many files! More... |
3. Unravelling the P[sub]3 centers origin in alkali phosphate glassesLuigi Giacomazzi, Nikita S. Shcheblanov, Layla Martin-Samos, Matjaž Valant, Nadege Ollier, Nicolas Richard, 2021, published scientific conference contribution abstract Keywords: EPR, DFT, NaPO3, LiPO3, alkali phosphate glasses, point defects Published in RUNG: 29.09.2021; Views: 2689; Downloads: 9 Link to full text This document has many files! More... |
4. Unravelling the P[sub]3 centers origin in alkali phosphate glassesLuigi Giacomazzi, Nikita S. Shcheblanov, Layla Martin-Samos, Matjaž Valant, Nadege Ollier, Nicolas Richard, 2021, published scientific conference contribution abstract Keywords: EPR, DFT, NaPO3, LiPO3, alkali phosphate glasses, point defects Published in RUNG: 29.09.2021; Views: 2777; Downloads: 0 This document has many files! More... |
5. Paramagnetic intrinsic point defects in alkali phosphate glasses : unraveling the P[sub]3 center origin and local environment effectsLuigi Giacomazzi, Nikita S. Shcheblanov, Layla Martin-Samos, Mikhail E. Povarnitsyn, Shinji Kohara, Matjaž Valant, Nicolas Richard, Nadege Ollier, 2021, original scientific article Keywords: oxygen, electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy, phosphates, amorphous materials, defects Published in RUNG: 04.05.2021; Views: 3740; Downloads: 0 This document has many files! More... |
6. Vers une connaissance microscopique de la structure de verres de phosphate P2O5Nicolas Richard, Luigi Giacomazzi, Nikita S. Shcheblanov, Layla Martin-Samos, Nadege Ollier, 2020, popular article Abstract: Les propriétés d’amplification de la lumière des ions terres rares permettent en les incluant comme dopants dans le cœur des fibres optiques d’obtenir des sources laser et des amplificateurs de lumière compacts. Pour réduire la tendance à l’agrégation des terres rares qui diminuent leurs propriétés amplificatrices, le phosphore est employé comme co-dopant dans ces fibres. Cet article montre comment les méthodes de simulation à l’échelle atomique
peuvent aider a' l'optimisation de ce co-dopage en contribuant a' une meilleure comprehension de la structure des verres phosphates
[1] et des défauts qui leur sont liés [2]. Au CEA-DAM, ces resultats serviront aussi dans le cadre d'etudes sur le developpement de fibres optiques pour des mesures de dosimetrie radiative. Keywords: glasses, P2O5, point defects, ab-initio Published in RUNG: 18.09.2020; Views: 4227; Downloads: 0 This document has many files! More... |
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