The Correlation of Optical Transmittance with Structural Evolution in Fluorozirconate Glass (ZLANI) Thin Films as a Function of Thermal Annealing
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ZLANI is a fluorozirconate glass consisting of Zr, La, Al, Na, In and F and is being developed for use as the matrix in multilayer optical nanocomposites containing BaCl2 and rare earth elements, in order to create designer fluorochlorozirconate (FCZ) ZBLAN-based glass-ceramics with potential applications including up-and down-convertors in photovoltaics [1]. To better control the optical property of the ZLANI glass matrix, in this work we explored the effect of heat treatment on the composition, structure and optical property of ZLANI thin films and developed a better understanding about how these three properties are correlated.
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OpenAlex topics: Glass properties and applications · Structural Analysis of Composite Materials · Surface Roughness and Optical Measurements
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1. 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2013.01.02910.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2013.01.029 ↗
2. This research was supported by the National Science Foundation under Collaborative grants #DMR 1600783 and #DMR 1600837. The authors acknowledge Adam Evans, The University of Tennessee Space Institute, for synthesizing ZLANI target glass, and Frank Barrows, Northwestern University, for help with part of the code used in the curve fitting method. Use of the Center for Nanoscale Materials, an Office of Science user facility, was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, under Contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357.