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Nature of chemical and topological disorder in borogermanate glasses: Insights from B-11 and O-17 solid-state NMR and quantum chemical calculations

Journal of Physical Chemistry B, ISSN: 1520-6106, Vol: 114, Issue: 1, Page: 412-420
2010
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Article Description

Knowledge of the extent of chemical and topological disorder in topological disordered oxide glasses and melts is essential for understanding the atomistic origins of their macroscopic properties. Here, we report the high-resolution B-11 and O-17 triple quantum magic angle spinning (3QMAS) NMR spectra for binary borogermanate glasses. The NMR results, together with quantum chemical calculations of cluster energy difference, allow us to estimate the extent of chemical disorder and topology variation with composition. The B-11 NMR result shows that the boroxol ring fraction decreases nonlinearly with increasing mole fraction of Ge and is smaller than that in binary borosilicate glasses, suggesting that the Ge/Si content influences the topological changes. Whereas oxygen clusters are not well resolved in O-17 NMR spectra, the Ge - O - Ge fraction apparently increases with increasing GeO content. The estimated degree of framework disorder (Q) in borogermanate glasses is approximately 0.4, according to quantum chemical calculations based on density functional theory. This is halfway between chemical order (Q = 1) and a random distribution (Q = 0). In contrast, Q is approximately - 0.6 for borosilicate glasses, indicating a moderate tendency toward complete phase separation (Q = -1). This result confirms that the degree of framework disorder shows a strong dependence on the type of framework cations (Si or Ge). The predicted configurational enthalpy of borogermanate glasses, explicitly considering both chemical and topological disorder, shows a negative deviation as predicted from the positive Q value. The results demonstrate that the macroscopic properties of topologically disordered noncrystalline solids can be established from the detailed quantification of topological and chemical disorder. © 2010 American Chemical Society.

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Lee, Sung Keun; Kim, Hyun Na; Lee, Bum Han; Kim, Hyo-Im; Kim, Eun Jeong

American Chemical Society (ACS)

Chemistry; Materials Science

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