Metal Organic Framework (MOF) materials, consisting of metal ions with organic linkers, have a functional cavity structure which can be utilized in applications such as catalyst, micro sensing, and gas absorption. Due to MOF materials' selective gas adsorption property, interest in MOF materials has intensified in the last few years,...
Solubility studies on the heavy metal sulfides in liquid hydrogen
sulfide at room temperature were carried out using the isopiestic
method. The results were compared with earlier work and with a
theoretical result based on Raoult's Law. A relative order for the
solubilities of sulfur and the sulfides of tin,...
The investigation
of impurity effects on the properties of alkali
halide crystals has often been difficult because of the variation of procedures used in various experiments.
The purpose of this work is to
develop a self consistent method of measuring the IV dipole polarization properties of single crystals while eliminating...
Materials which can be changed in shape and size when exposed to a magnetic field are called magnetostrictive materials. The magnetostrictive material was developed for use in the many actuator industries. A single crystal of magnetostrictive material is used to maximize its magnetostrictive response. It can be produced by the...
The use of size and shape tunable quantum confinement nanocrystals has many potential applications for use in semiconductors, optics and sensors. The synthesis of lead sulfide (PbS) and copper indium diselenide (CuInSe₂) nanoparticles are of particular interest for use in semiconductor, optoelectronics and bio-medical applications.
The continuous synthesis of lead...
The hydroxide ion as a substitutional defect in KC1 can be photo-dissociated
at liquid nitrogen temperature by ultraviolet light. The
photochemistry of this system was investigated by EPR and optical absorption
methods. Theoretical calculations were also performed in an
investigation of the KC1:OH system.
The bleaching behavior of photochemically colored...
Exploratory synthesis is the discovery of new compounds with interesting structures and properties. The subject of this thesis is exploratory synthesis of bismuth containing oxides. Bismuth containing oxides have many interesting properties, which are ionic conductivity, ferromagnetism, superconductivity, ferroelectricity, ferroelasticity and catalytic. These properties are closely related to their specific...
The motivation for undertaking this research was to increase the understanding of processing colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals and thin films metallic glasses to enable their wider application in future devices. This research covered two unique materials, lead selenide (PbSe) nanocrystals and thin film metallic glass alloy of zirconium copper aluminum nickel...