New transparent p- and n-type semiconductors and luminescent materials have been prepared and characterized. Synthesis, structures, optical and electrical properties of new chalcogenide fluoride p-type transparent semiconductors MCuQF (M=Ba, Sr; Q=S, Se, Te) are described. Band-gap tuning and improvement in conductivity through p-type doping are demonstrated in the family. The...
This thesis describes a Mossbauer effect and electron
paramagnetic resonance study of iron (III) tetraphenylporphyrinatobenzenethiolate
benzene thiol, an analog compound
for bacterial cytochrome P-450. The compound is unusual in
that it provides a model for the two ferric reaction states
of cytochrome P-450. The iron in the model compound exhibits...
The rhenium (V) complex Tp'ReO₂ (Tp' = hydrido-tris-(3,5-
dimethylpyrazolyl)borate), generated in situ from PPh₃ reduction of
Tp'Re0₃, reacts with small ring heterocycles such as epoxides and
episulf ides. The strained trans-cyclooctene ring provides an unusual
thermodynamic bias against direct atom transfer, but trans-cyclooctene
oxide still produces substantial amounts of trans-cyclooctene....
This dissertation demonstrated that the electrical properties of complex oxide-based perovskite materials could be controlled through the careful modification of both material composition and structure. This was first shown through the modification of lead zirconate titanate (Pb(Zr0.52Ti0.48)O3, PZT) solid solutions with bismuth indate (BiInO3, BI) where the relative stability of...