Zinc borate glasses: properties, structure and modelling of the composition-dependence of borate speciation
Brian Topper, Doris Möncke, Randall E. Youngman, Christina Valvi, E. I. Kamitsos, C.P.E. Varsamis
Abstract
to within 1% of NMR values. The intermediate character of four-coordinated zinc in borate glasses of this series is evident by the far infrared profiles and the glass transition temperature behavior, which decreases non-monotonically with increasing ZnO content.
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BoronZinc borateZincRaman spectroscopyInfraredGlass transitionGenetic algorithmAnalytical Chemistry (journal)Borate glassChemistryMaterials sciencePhysicsOrganic chemistryOpticsFire retardantBiologyEvolutionary biologyPolymerGlass properties and applicationsMaterial Dynamics and PropertiesPhase-change materials and chalcogenides