Crystal structure and electrical properties of BaTi1-xSnxO3 and CaCu3Ti4-xRuxO12 perovskites materialas.

U cilju uspostavljanja korelacije faznih transformacija i relativne dielektrične permitivnosti perovskita ABX3 tipa i složenih perovskita AC3B4O12 tipa, detaljno su proučeni fazni sastav i kristalna struktura BaTi1 xSnxO3 i CaCu3Ti4-xRuxO12 materijala. Struktura barijum titanat stanatnih BaTi1 xSnxO3 (BTS) (x=0; 0,025; 0,05; 0,07; 0,10; 0,12; 0,15 i 0,20) prahova analizirana je na sobnoj temperaturi uz pomoć rendgenske difrakcione analize (XRD), transmisione elektronske mikroskopije (TEM), visoko rezolucione transmisione elektronske mikroskopije (HRTEM), elektronske difrakcije sa odabrane površine (SAED), kao i ramanske spektroskopske analize. Rezultati Ritveldove analize, primenjene na podatke prikupljene rendgenskom difrakcijom sa polikristalnih materijala, pokazali su da postepena zamena jona titanijuma jonima kalaja u BaTiO3 perovskitima, dovodi do faznih transformacija od tetragonalne za 0x0,07 do kubne za x= 0,12; 0,15 i 0,20. Koegzistencija tetragonalne (P4mm) i kubne (Pm 3 m) kristalne faze utvrđena je kod praha sa nominalnim sastavom BaTi0,9Sn0,1O3. Promene kristalne strukture određene na osnovu Ritveldovog utačnjavanja potvrđene su HRTEM i SAED analizom. Za analizu lokalnog uređenja proučavanih prahova korišćena je Ramanska spektroskopija. Dobijeni rezultati pokazali su prisustvo tetragonalne (P4mm) i malog procenta ortorombične (Amm2) kristalne faze za sve ispitivane BTS prahove što ukazuje na nižu lokalnu simetriju. U cilju preciznijeg određivanja kristalne strukture BTS prahova u daljem radu je korišćena metoda neutronske difrakcije sa polikristalnih materijala (NPD). Podaci prikupljeni neutronskom difrakcijom sa polikristalnih BaTi1 xSnxO3 prahova (x=0, 0,025; 0,05; 0,07; 0,10; 0,12; 0,15 i 0,20) na sobnoj temperaturi utačnjeni su primenom Ritveldove metode. Dobijeni rezultati potvrdili su da prah barijum titanata (x=0) kristališe tetragonalno u P4mm prostornoj grupi. Kristalna struktura serije čvrstih rastvora BaTi1 xSnxO3 kod kojih je 0,025 ≤ x ≤ 0,07 utačnjena je kao dvofazni sistem tetragonalne P4mm i ortorombične Amm2 faze, dok prahovi kod kojih je x=0,10 i 0,12 pokazuju koegzistenciju romboedarske R3m i kubne Pm3 m faze...In order to establish a correlation of phase transformations with relative dielectric permitivity of the ABX3 perovskites and double AC3B4O12 perovskites, phase composition and crystal structure of the BaTi1 xSnxO3 and CaCu3Ti4-xRuxO12 materials, were examined in details. The influence of Sn for Ti substitution on the crystal structure of barium titanate stannate (BTS) BaTi1 xSnxO3 (x = 0, 0.025, 0.05, 0.07, 0.10, 0.12, 0.15 and 0.20) was investigated. The powders were prepared by conventional solid state reaction technique. The structural investigations of the BTS powders were done at room temperature by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), high-resolution TEM (HRTEM), selected area electron diffraction (SAED), as well as Raman spectroscopy analyses. Rietveld refinement of XRD data indicates that gradual replacement of titanium by tin in BaTiO3 provokes phase transition from tetragonal for 0x0.07 to cubic for x= 0.12, 0.15 and 0.20. Coexistence of tetragonal (P4mm) and cubic (Pm 3 m) crystal phases was found in powder with BaTi0.9Sn0.1O3 nominal composition. The crystal phases determined by Rietveld refinement were confirmed by HRTEM and SAED analyses. The crystal structures of BTS powders at middle-range scale were studied by Raman spectroscopy which shows tetragonal (P4mm) and small fraction of orthorhombic (Pmm2) crystal phases for all the examined BTS powders, implying the lower local ordering when compared to average symmetry. In order to provide a more precise determination of BTS crystal structures the neuton powder difraction (NPD) was used. The room temperature phase composition and crystal structures of BTS samples with x = 0, 0.025, 0.05, 0.07, 0.10, 0.12, 0.15 and 0.20 were determined by Rietveld refinement of NPD data. The crystal structure of the barium titanate sample (x=0) crystallizes in the well-known tetragonal P4mm space group. The crystal structure of the samples with 0.025≤x≤ 0.07 were refined as mixtures of P4mm and Amm2 phases; those with x = 0.10 and 0.12 show the coexistence of rhombohedral R3m and cubic Pm3m phases, while the samples with x=0.15 and 0.20 crystallize in a single cubic Pm3m phase. Temperature-dependent NPD was used to characterize the BaTi0.95Sn0.05O3 sample at 0, 60, and 100 °C which was found to form single phase Amm2, P4mm, and Pm3m structures at these temperatures, respectively..

Structural and Microstructural Analysis of Human Alveolar Bone Using X-Ray Powder Diffraction and Raman Spectroscopy

Poster presented at the 11th Conference of the Materials Research Society of Serbia - YUCOMAT 2009, Herceg Novi, Montenegro, August 31 – September 4, 2009

FTIR study of biological hydroxyapatite

In this study Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy was used to resolve setting of carbonate ions in biological hydroxyapatite (BHAp). Even though preliminary XRPD results indicate that BHAp is B-type carbonated hydroxyapatite, the detailed FTIR spectroscopy analysis show that carbonate ions substitute both phosphate and hydroxyl ions in the crystal structure of BHAp, representing a mixed AB-type.Poster: [https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_244

FTIR study of biological hydroxyapatite

Poster presentation at the PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY 2010. 10th International Conference on Fundamental and Applied. Aspects of Physical Chemistry, Belgrade, Serbia, September 21-24, 2010Paper: [https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_244

Hydrothermal Synthesis of LiFePO4 Powders as Cathode Material for Li-Ion Batteries

Poster presented at the 11th Conference of the Materials Research Society of Serbia - YUCOMAT 2009, Herceg Novi, Montenegro, August 31 – September 4, 2009

XRD and vibrational spectroscopy investigation of BaTi1-x Snx O3 solid solutions

Poster presentation at the 12th Annual Conference of the Materials Research Society of Serbia - YUCOMAT 2010, Herceg Novi, Montenegro, September 6–10, 2010

Synthesis Procedure for the Preparation of CaCu3Ti4O12

Poster presented at the 12th Annual Conference of the Materials Research Society of Serbia - YUCOMAT 2010, Herceg Novi, Montenegro, 6–10. septembar 2010

Mechanochemical synthesis of ZnO nanostructured powder using different organic surfactants and their influence on the particles size and morfology

Poster presented at the 11th Conference of the Materials Research Society of Serbia - YUCOMAT 2009, Herceg Novi, Montenegro, August 31 – September 4, 200

Structural characterization of synthetic and biological carbonated hydroxyapatite

It is well known that inorganic part of bones and teeth are impure form of hydroxyapatite, (HAp) Ca10(PO4)6(OH) 2. During the past few decades, great efforts have been invested to develop synthetic equivalent of natural apatite. The major difference of natural bioapatites from hydroxyapatites is in the presence of certain content of 2- CO3 ions in the structure. The presence of the 2- CO3 ions in the HAp structure influences the reactivity and stability. Therefore, the exact content of 2- CO3 ions as well as their arrangement in the structure is very important. The aim of our work is comparative analysis of the biological carbonated hydroxyapatite extracted from human alveolar bone and synthesized carbonated hydroxyapatite (BCHAp). Structural and microstructural parameters were determined through Rietveld refinement of recorded XRPD data, and with transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Microstructure analysis showed anisotropic X-ray line broadening due to the small crystallite size (about 10 nm) as well as anisotropic growth of crystallites. The Raman spectroscopy confirmed the apatite structure and crystallinity

The XRD analysis of the calcium phosphates phase composition depending on the powder synthesis methods and heating rates

Poster presented at 12th Annual Conference of the Materials Research Society of Serbia - YUCOMAT 2010, Herceg Novi, Montenegro, September 6–10, 2010