Several new solid-state inorganic borates have been prepared and
characterized. Single crystals of the simple orthoborate ScB0₃ were
grown and its structure was determined by single-crystal X-ray
methods. The new borates Li₃Sc(B0₃)₂, LaSc₃(B0₃)₄, NdSc₃(B0₃)₄,
SrNaB0₃, and Li4Ln4MB90₂₃ (Ln = Y, Er, and Gd; M = Al and Ga) were
identified...
The emphasis of this work has been in two areas of optical materials - the
crystal-chemical development of new optical frequency converters and the synthesis
and study of new hosts for Cr³⁺ luminescence and lasing.
A simple method has been developed to identify promising frequency-doubling
materials containing triangular oxoanions by...