UV Nonlinear Optical Crystal Ba2[B6O9(OH)4] Featuring Unique Chiral Layers with a New B18O42 Circle Based on BO3 and BO4 Units

L Wang, S Pan, L Chang, J Hu, H Yu - Inorganic Chemistry, 2012 - ACS Publications
A new noncentrosymmetric polyborate, Ba2 [B6O9 (OH) 4], has been synthesized under a
hydrothermal condition. The polyborate contains chiral layers constructed by two kinds of …

Sol–gel syntheses, luminescence, and energy transfer properties of α-GdB 5 O 9: Ce 3+/Tb 3+ phosphors

X Sun, W Gao, T Yang, R Cong - Dalton Transactions, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Sol–gel method was applied to prepare homogenous and highly crystalline phosphors with
the formulas α-GdB5O9: xTb3+ (0≤ x≤ 1), α-Gd1− xCexB5O9 (0≤ x≤ 0.40), α-GdB5O9 …

Systematic, properties, and structure predictions of new borate materials

EL Belokoneva - Crystal Research and Technology: Journal of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
New borates with the non‐linear optical properties, obtained and investigated in Moscow
State University in the last years, are reviewed. The positions of compounds in systematic …

Syntheses, Structure, and Luminescent Properties of Novel Hydrated Rare Earth Borates Ln2B6O10(OH)4•H2O (Ln = Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Dy, Ho, and Y)

R Cong, T Yang, Z Wang, J Sun, F Liao… - Inorganic …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Ln 2B6O10 (OH) 4• H2O (Ln= Pr, Nd, Sm− Gd, Dy, Ho, and Y), a new series of hydrated rare
earth borates, have been synthesized under hydrothermal conditions. A single crystal of Nd …

Morphotropism of Rare-Earth Orthoborates RBO3

PP Fedorov - Journal of Structural Chemistry, 2019 - Springer
A diagram in the coordinates “temperature-ionic radius” is built for polymorphic and
morphotropic transitions in a series of REE orthoborates. The stability fields are determined …

Hydroflux Synthesis and Structural Phase Transition of Rare‐Earth Borate Hydroxides Na2 [RE (BO3)(OH) 2](RE= Y, Gd–Er)

Y Li, E Carrillo-Aravena, J Qu… - … –A European Journal, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Reacting RE2O3 and H3BO3 in an ultra‐alkaline NaOH hydroflux at about 250° C yielded
pure, crystalline samples of Na2 [RE (BO3)(OH) 2](RE= Y, Gd–Er). The compounds …

Syntheses and luminescence of complete solid solutions Gd 1− x Eu x [B 6 O 9 (OH) 3] and α-Gd 1− x Eu x B 5 O 9

X Yi, R Cong, Z Zhou, P Jiang, W Gao… - New Journal of …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
There are very few luminescence studies for rare earth borates with hydroxyl or crystalline
water molecules, which were believed to have a low luminescence efficiency because the …

Color-tunable emissions via energy transfer in Bi3+ and Eu3+ doped β-LaB5O9: Sol-gel synthesis and photoluminescence

R Yang, Y Qi, Y Gao, P Jiang, R Cong, T Yang - Journal of Luminescence, 2020 - Elsevier
Pentaborate β-LaB 5 O 9 was reported to be a good phosphor host for rare earth activators,
like Ce 3+, Eu 3+, Tb 3+, Sm 3+ and Dy 3+. Herein this work, Bi 3+ was incorporated into the …

Coordination environment evolution of Eu 3+ during the dehydration and re-crystallization processes of Sm 1− x Eu x [B 9 O 13 (OH) 4]· H 2 O by photoluminescent …

X Yi, R Cong, M Yue, Y Chai, P Jiang, W Gao… - Dalton …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
There are limited photoluminescence (PL) studies for rare earth borates with crystalline
water molecules, which are usually supposed to have low PL efficiency because the …

β-RE1–xBixB3O6 (RE = Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Y): Bi3+ Substitution Induced Formation of Metastable Rare Earth Borates at Ambient Pressure

X Sun, R Yang, R Song, S Leng, P Jiang… - Inorganic …, 2016 - ACS Publications
There emerge great interests in the syntheses of metastable polyborates; however, most are
involved with the high-pressure technique. A facile method to synthesize metastable rare …