Sub-micrometric β-CoMoO4 rods: optical and piezochromic properties

Autor: Veronica Blanco-Gutierrez, Manuel Gaudon, Alain Demourgues
Přispěvatelé: Institut de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Bordeaux (ICMCB), Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux-Université de Bordeaux (UB)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Dalton Transactions
Dalton Transactions, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2013, 42 (37), pp.13622-13627. ⟨10.1039/c3dt51656c⟩
ISSN: 1477-9226
1477-9234
DOI: 10.1039/c3dt51656c⟩
Popis: International audience; Sub-micrometric β-CoMoO4 rods have been obtained after thermal treatment of CoMoO4*H2O previously prepared by the precipitation method. The color of the sub-micrometric particles has been investigated through diffuse reflectance in the VIS-IR range and the spectra have been compared with those corresponding to samples with larger isotropic particles. The O(2-)→Mo(6+) charge transfer band shifts to the UV region with decreasing the particle size, revealing a more covalent bond. This can be justified under the consideration of a higher proportion of surface-atoms in sub-micrometric particles that present lower coordination number. The piezochromic behavior of the sub-micrometric β-CoMoO4 rods has been investigated. As the sub-micrometric size of the particles stabilizes the low-coordination phase (β-phase), the transition pressure to the α-phase is higher in comparison with that corresponding to larger particles. In addition, it was not possible to obtain a 100% transformation of the β-phase in the sample with sub-micrometric particles. A similar temperature influence on the transition pressure regardless of particle size has also been observed.
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