CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
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2025
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IF 5.6
Yuan Liu,Junxia Wang,Jin Wang,Die Liu,Kunqi Liu,Long Kang,Tongmin Zhang
Composite ceramics, which integrate the advantages of multiple crystal structures, are considered promising candidates for nuclear waste forms capable of simultaneously immobilizing various radionuclides. In this study, a series of 0.4Sr 0.5 Zr 2 (PO 4 ) 3 –0.6Ce 1- x Nd x PO 4 composite ceramics were designed to co-immobilize the simulated fission product Sr and actinide surrogates Ce and Nd. These composite ceramics exhibited homogeneous phase distribution and high densification. Among them, the irradiation-induced damage in the representative sample, 0.4Sr 0.5 Zr 2 (PO 4 ) 3 –0.6Ce 0.6 Nd 0.4 PO 4 composite ceramic, was systematically evaluated under both He 2+ and Xe 20+ irradiation. After He 2+ irradiation, the crystallinity of the irradiated layer was retained despite the disruption of Raman-active bonding groups by point defects. Notably, the Ce 0.6 Nd 0.4 PO 4 phase exhibited significantly higher resistance to He 2+ irradiation than the Sr 0.5 Zr 2 (PO 4 ) 3 phase, as confirmed by GIXRD patterns and geometric phase analysis (GPA). Furthermore, fragmentation of Ce 0.6 Nd 0.4 PO 4 grains was observed, which was attributed to defect accumulation, the thermal spike effect, and the thermal expansion mismatch. Following Xe 20+ irradiation, the irradiated layer of the composite ceramic exhibited reduced crystallinity without complete amorphization, while the Raman-active bonding groups remained largely intact. Additionally, pore formation at grain boundaries was likely caused by the segregation and accumulation of irradiation-induced defects.
研究领域:
核材料
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陶瓷学
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辐射效应
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固态物理
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材料科学
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CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
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2024
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IF 5.1
Hongyu Lu,Yang Lu,Difan Lin,Jiang Zhu,Yangyang Du,Hua Zou
Luminescent materials usually suffer from thermal quenching at high temperature due to the aggravation of nonradiation relaxations. Herein, a giant enhancement of up conversion (UC) luminescence is observed in negative thermal expansion (NTE) Y 2 W 3 O 12 :Nd phosphor upon increasing the temperature from 310 to 790 K. In addition, the temperature-dependent UC emission is reversible. To penetrate into the mechanisms, the temperature-dependent luminescence intensity and lifetime are investigated for Nd doped negative and positive thermal expansion (PTE) phosphors. Based these investigation, we infer that the underlying mechanism of the giant enhancement for Y 2 W 3 O 12 :Nd phosphor are due to combined effects of phonon assisted absorptions and contraction of NTE crystals. Moreover, the observation of temperature-dependent near-infrared spectra (NIR) can support the mechanism from the other side. The present findings pave the way to overcome thermal quenching of Nd 3+ ions and explore new thermal enhancement materials sensitized by Nd 3+ ions.
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材料科学
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光学
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OPTICAL MATERIALS
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2016
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IF 2.183
Pande Zhang,Benxue Jiang,Jintai Fan,Xiaojian Mao,Long Zhang
Cr and Nd co-doped laser ceramics, as the potential gain materials in inertial confinement fusion (ICF), have been widely investigated. And the study on valence states of chromium ions is important. The effects of sintering additives and annealing atmosphere on the valence state of chromium were studied in detail, and the results shown that the Cr valence states were demonstrated to be Cr 2+ and Cr 3+ ions in HIP-sintered Cr(0.2 at.%), Nd(0.8 at.%): LuAG laser ceramics. And the intensity of the near-infrared absorption band caused by Cr 2+ ions was attenuated with the decreasing SiO 2 concentration and increasing MgO amount. The near-infrared absorption could be eliminated by annealing in air. And the transformation of valence states of Cr ions in the Cr,Nd:LuAG ceramics were also confirmed by electron paramagnetic resonance and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.
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材料科学
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光学工程
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物理学
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JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS
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2024
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IF 2.8
Yang Li,Fen Luo,Jiahong Wang,Yu Gao,Gangchuan Ji,Xirui Lu
This study used a ternary Na 2 O-B 2 O 3 -SiO 2 matrix to simulate the immobilization of complex TRPO waste. The study investigated the relationship between the solidified bodies with different TRPO waste contents and their solid solubility, FT-IR, Vickers hardness, and density. The study found that the maximum amount of TRPO waste that can be immobilized in the Na 2 O-B 2 O 3 -SiO 2 matrix was 20 wt .%. When the TRPO waste content ranged from 5-15 wt .%, it was primarily immobilized in the glassy phase. When the TRPO waste content exceeded 20 wt .%, the crystalline phases NdBO 3 and Na 3 Nd(BO 3 ) 2 , which contain the main waste element Nd appeared. Samples containing 20 wt .% TRPO waste resulted in leaching of 10 -6 g·m -2 ·d -1 . The presence of NdBO 3 and Na 3 Nd(BO 3 ) 2 crystals resulted in a decrease in the Vickers hardness and density of the samples. The highest values for Vickers hardness and density were 6.77 GPa and 2.7 g -1 cm -3 , respectively. The borosilicate matrix utilized in this study has proven to be an effective immobilization of complex TRPO wastes and holds promise as a treatment matrix for TRPO wastes.
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材料科学
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环境科学
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Journal of Materials Research and Technology-JMR&T
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2023
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IF 6.4
Qi Zou,Qichi Le,Liang Ren,Chunyan Ban,Chenglu Hu,Yunchang Xin,Qing Liu,Wenyi Hu,Songhua Chen,Andrej Atrens
The corrosion behaviour of Nd alloyed magnesium alloy AZ80 in three simulated concrete pore solutions (SCPs) was studied using corrosion immersion tests and electrochemical tests. The study investigated the effects of the composition and pH of the SCPs on the corrosion properties of AZ80 and AZ80-1.0Nd using aluminum alloy AA6061 as a reference. The SCP1, SCP2, and SCP3 solutions were the simulated concrete pore solutions with different carbonation stages at pH 13.5, 12.5, and 9.7 respectively. The corrosion mainly in the form of localized corrosion, developed significantly along the transverse direction, and less in the vertical direction. AZ80 and AZ80-1.0Nd exhibited the best corrosion resistance in the SCP2 solution, which was attributed to the formation of a dense protective film on the surface. The corrosion in the high alkalinity SCP1 solution was first enhanced within 12 h and then somewhat decreased within 72 h attributed to the destruction and re-formation of the surface film. AA6061 corroded severely in the SCP1 solution and suffered significantly less corrosion in the SCP2 and SCP3 solutions. Nd alloying contributed to the reduced corrosion rates of AZ80 in the simulated concrete pore solutions, attributed to changes in the microstructure and electrochemical properties.
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材料科学
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电化学
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BIOCONJUGATE CHEMISTRY
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2021
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IF 4.774
Ruiyi Dai,Xiangrong Peng,Bi Lin,Danyang Xu,Ruichan Lv
In this research, a NIR II luminescence imaging and enhanced chemo-/photothermal therapy system of CuS–DOX–Nd/FA NPs for breast cancer and lymph node tracing under single 808 nm irradiation is proposed. Nd–DTPA molecular cluster with the NIR II imaging effect as the carrier was designed to load the ultrasmall CuS nanoparticles and chemotherapeutic drug doxorubicin hydrochloride (DOX). The composite probe is used for tumor lesion imaging and tracking the breast cancer sentinel lymph nodes with simultaneous chemo-/photothermal therapy (PTT) for breast cancer under the single 808 nm laser. This designed probe not only has high permeability and retention (EPR) targeting effect but also can respond to the tumor microenvironment (TME), realizing more precise and efficient release of DOX at the cancer focus. At the same time, CuS as a drug carrier has a good photothermal therapy effect (photothermal conversion efficiency: 27.9%). The serialized released chemotherapy DOX and synergistic PTT effect can be used to the treat the in situ breast cancer land and simultaneously kill the metastasis cancer. The system made the combined molecular clusters Nd–DTPA achieve NIR II imaging of tumor lesions of breast cancer and lymph node to obtain the integration of diagnosis of the transferred disease for better prognosis. The feasibility of the system had obvious tumor growth inhibition effect with NIR II imaging guided is verified by a series of in vitro and in vivo experiments.
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肿瘤学
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生物医学工程
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纳米医学
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分子影像学
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高影响因子
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY
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2023
·Vol. 106
·期 7
·4116-4127
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IF 3.9
Shuangli Dong,Yanqi Jia,Yongbao Xiao,Qinyuan Zhang
Despite the significant technological applications of laser glasses, the quantitative prediction and optimization of their properties, particularly the spectroscopic properties, remain challenging. Here we address this problem by regarding the nearest-neighboring congruently melting compounds as the “component and structural motifs” based on the phase diagram approach. The composition–structure–property (CSP) relationships of Nd 3+ -doped ternary phosphate glasses are investigated. Spectroscopic properties are quantitatively predicted with an error of less than 10% compared to the experimental results. In particular, the fluorescence lifetime ( τ m ) can be accurately calculated using the phase diagram approach, which is difficult to be predicted previously. Furthermore, the CSP databases with over 1000 compositions are established for the optimization of commercial laser glasses. This study enriches the CSP database of traditional laser glass and provides guiding significance for future research.
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材料科学
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光学
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化学
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CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
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2025
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IF 5.6
Pengju Chen,Hao Zhang,Nan Zhou,Xian Tang,Yanquan Ouyang,Decai Peng,Tian Tian
A series of Nd-doped nanocrystalline Gd 2- x Nd x Hf 2 O 7 (GNHO, 0.0 ≤ x ≤ 2.0) ceramic samples, serving as nuclear waste forms, were synthesized via the sol-gel method combined with cold pressing and sintering. The microstructure, phase evolution, Raman spectral characteristics, and aqueous durability of these GNHO samples were systematically investigated. Results revealed that all GNHO samples formed a single pyrochlore structure sintering at 1673 K for 20 h. With the increase of x Nd from 0 to 2.0, the average grain size of the samples gradually increased from 162 nm to 294 nm, while their actual density gradually decreased from 8.21 to 7.83 g·cm -3 . After 42 days of testing, the normalized release rates of Nd and Hf elements in the Nd 2 Hf 2 O 7 sample were slightly lower than those of Gd and Hf elements in the Gd 2 Hf 2 O 7 sample. This observation can be attributed to the lower porosity of the Nd 2 Hf 2 O 7 specimen and the higher bond energy of Nd–O bond (∼753 kJ/mol) compared to that of Gd–O bond (∼716 kJ/mol). Furthermore, the normalized release rates of all investigated elements were below 10 −5 g·m -2 ·d -1 , exhibiting excellent aqueous durability. First-principles calculations further confirmed that Nd 2 Hf 2 O 7 ceramic exhibits higher structural stability than Gd 2 Hf 2 O 7 .
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材料科学
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核化学
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无机非金属材料
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放射性废物处理
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固态化学
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MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS
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2017
·Vol. 58
·期 3
·395-399
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IF 0.713
Xiaolong Liu,Chao Huang,Bing Li
In this paper, the cyclic voltammetry was applied to investigate the electrochemical reduction processes of Nd(III) ions in NdF3-LiF melts with or without excessive metal Nd. Equilibrium experiments were carried out in NdF3-LiF melts with excessive spheric metal Nd to investigate the relationship between the NdF3:LiF mass ratio and NdF2 concentration. Electrolysis experiments were performed in NdF3-LiF-Nd2O3 melts with different NdF3:LiF mass ratios to explore the relationship between the NdF2 concentration and the current efficiency.The results indicated that Nd(III) ions in the melts were reduced in two steps, i.e., Nd(III)→Nd(II) and Nd(II)→Nd(0). NdF2 could be formed by the comproportionation reaction between Nd(III) and Nd(0) and could stably exist in NdF3-LiF melts containing metal Nd(0). NdF2 mass concentration in the melts decreased from 45.5% to 36.4% with the increase of NdF3-LiF mass ratio from 7:3 to 9:1 in NdF3-LiF melts containing excessive spheric metal Nd, which resulted in a higher current efficiency during the electrolysis. And the highest current efficiency of about 50% for Nd extraction has been obtained by electrolysis in NdF3-LiF (9:1 mass ratio) melts with Nd2O3 (2%, mass concentration) at 1423 K.
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冶金学
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电化学
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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY
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2025
·Vol. 109
·期 1
·e70369
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IF 3.8
Jiarun Wang,Yong Ge,Youkui Zhang,Baoliang Xu,Shuyang Li,Shiyin Ji,Shengtai Zhang,Tao Duan
The disposal of high-level waste, particularly the management of long-lived actinides after immobilization, requires a thorough assessment of the long-term stability of nuclear waste forms in underground repositories. In this work, the garnet Ca 1.5 Nd 1.5 Zr 1.5 Fe 3.5 O 12 was successfully synthesized via high-temperature solid-phase sintering at 1300°C, exhibiting excellent phase purity and microstructural integrity. The chemical stability of the garnet waste form was evaluated under various conditions, including acidic, alkaline, saline, oxidizing environments, and deionized water. Both static and semi-dynamic leaching methods were employed to investigate the leaching mechanisms in different solutions. In acidic leachate, the normalized leaching rate initially increased before decreasing, as the dominant leaching mechanism shifted from slow dissolution and surface reactions to long-term diffusion. In the other four conditions, surface dissolution and internal diffusion processes primarily controlled the leaching mechanism. Ca 1.5 Nd 1.5 Zr 1.5 Fe 3.5 O 12 demonstrated outstanding thermal stability and corrosion resistance, positioning it as a promising candidate for the immobilization of actinide nuclear waste.
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核材料
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放射性废物管理
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材料科学
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环境化学
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陶瓷工程
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CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
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2019
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IF 3.45
Kun Qian,Zhengjun Yao,Haiyan Lin,Jintang Zhou,Azhar Ali Haidry,Tongbaihui Qi,Wenjing Chen,Xinlu Guo
Nanocrystalline Ni–Zn ferrites with different neodymium contents (Ni 0.5 Zn 0.5 Nd x Fe 2-x O 4 ) were synthesized by sol-gel route combined with self-propagating combustion (SPC) method. The presence of surface functional groups, crystal structure and morphology of the samples were studied by FT-IR, XRD and SEM. The results show that the prepared samples are composed of spinel phase under the condition of low neodymium content, like the pure Ni–Zn ferrite. While neodymium oxide appears after the content of Nd 3+ exceeds a certain limit (x > 0.04) and there exist two phases in the ferrite. The results of vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) and vector network analyzer (VNA) show that adjusting the content of Nd is significant in improving the dielectric properties and microwave absorption capacity of the materials, specifically at low frequencies. When x < 0.04, the enhancement of dielectric loss ability of spinel ferrites by doping Nd 3+ is the dominant factor affecting microwave absorption ability of samples. The secondary phase Nd 2 O 3 hardly appears under this condition, thus the weakening effect of Nd 3+ addition on magnetic loss ability is not obvious. When x = 0.04, the optimal absorption peak of the material reaches −20.8 dB at 4.4 GHz with a thickness of 8.5 mm and the effective absorption bandwidth (R L < −10 dB) was 3.2 GHz. On the contrary, when x > 0.04, the magnetic loss ability decreases rapidly (e.g., Ms decreases from 82.47 emu/g to 59.77 emu/g). Meanwhile, the dielectric loss increases slowly and the microwave absorption capacity decreases.
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材料科学
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电磁学
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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE-MATERIALS IN ELECTRONICS
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2023
·Vol. 34
·期 12
·1-16
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IF 2.8
Wang Fenglin,Mao Haijun,Chen Xingyu,Li Wei,Liu Zhuofeng,Zhang Weijun,Bai Shuxin
In this work, A -site Nd doped BaTiO 3 ceramics in the form of Ba 1− x Nd 2 x /3 TiO 3 with a wide substitution level range of x = 0–0.2 have been prepared via solid-state reaction method. Powder X-ray diffraction results reveal that Nd is completely incorporated into the BaTiO 3 lattice in all specimens. Further analyses based on Rietveld refinement suggest that tetragonal and pseudo-cubic phases coexist in Ba 1− x Nd 2 x /3 TiO 3 ceramics with x ≤ 0.06, and the amount of tetragonal phase is raised with the increase of x value. When x value is larger than 0.08, only pseudo-cubic is observed. The generated \(V^{\prime\prime}_{{{\text{Ba}}}}\) , \({\text{Nd}}_{{{\text{Ba}}}}^{\cdot }\) and \(V_{{\text{O}}}^{{\cdot \cdot }}\) defects, which are identified by X-ray photoelectron spectra, make the grain size displays a tendency of decrease first mainly due to the pining effect, and then increase ascribed to the accelerate of mass diffuse. By introducing such wide range of substitution level, Ba 1− x Nd 2 x /3 TiO 3 ceramics with colossal dielectric constant ( x = 0.08), temperature-stable dielectric properties ( x = 0.15), especially relaxor behavior ( x = 0.20) noticed for the first time, are, respectively, received, which is closely related to the variation of phases and defects induced by the addition of Nd. This study may provide a special idea to modify BaTiO 3 to satisfy diversified applications by single element with a wide doping range, and could lay the foundation of future works focusing on the various potential applications of Ba 1− x Nd 2 x /3 TiO 3 ceramics.
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材料科学
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物理学
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