Baohe Yuan

A novel planar metamaterial design for electromagnetically induced transparency and slow light

A novel planar plasmonic metamaterial for electromagnetically induced transparency and slow light characteristic is presented in this paper, which consists of nanoring and nanorod compound structures. Two bright modes in the metamaterial are induced by the electric dipole resonance inside nanoring and nanorod, respectively. The coupling between two bright modes introduces transparency window and large group index. By adjusting the geometric parameters of metamaterial structure, the transmittance of EIT window at 385 THz is about 60%, and the corresponding group index and Q factor can reach up to 1.2 × 10³ and 97, respectively, which has an important application in slow-light device, active plasmonic switch, SERS and optical sensing.

Negative thermal expansion and broad band photoluminescence in a novel material of ZrScMo2VO12.

In this paper, we present a novel material with the formula of ZrScMo2VO12 for the first time. It was demonstrated that this material exhibits not only excellent negative thermal expansion (NTE) property over a wide temperature range (at least from 150 to 823 K), but also very intense photoluminescence covering the entire visible region. Structure analysis shows that ZrScMo2VO12 has an orthorhombic structure with the space group Pbcn (No. 60) at room temperature. A phase transition from monoclinic to orthorhombic structure between 70 and 90 K is also revealed. The intense white light emission is tentatively attributed to the n- and p-type like co-doping effect which creates not only the donor- and acceptor-like states in the band gap, but also donor-acceptor pairs and even bound exciton complexes. The excellent NTE property integrated with the intense white-light emission implies a potential application of this material in light emitting diode and other photoelectric devices.

The phase transition, hygroscopicity, and thermal expansion properties of Yb2−xAlxMo3O12

Materials with the formula Yb2−xAlxMo3O12 (x = 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.7, 0.9, 1.0, 1.1, 1.3, 1.5, and 1.8) were synthesized and their structures, phase transitions, and hygroscopicity investigated using X-ray powder diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, and thermal analysis. It is shown that Yb2−xAlxMo3O12 solid solutions crystallize in a single monoclinic phase for 1.7 ≤ x ≤ 2.0 and in a single orthorhombic phase for 0.0 ≤ x ≤ 0.4, and exhibit the characteristics of both monoclinic and orthorhombic structures outside these compositional ranges. The monoclinic to orthorhombic phase transition temperature of Al2Mo3O12 can be reduced by partial substitution of Al3+ by Yb3+, and the Yb2−xAlxMo3O12 (0.0 < x ≤ 2.0) materials are hydrated at room temperature and contain two kinds of water species. One of these interacts strongly with and hinders the motions of the polyhedra, while the other does not. The partial substitution of Al3+ for Yb3+ in Yb2Mo3O12 decreases its hygroscopicity, and the linear thermal expansion coefficients after complete removal of water species are measured to be −9.1 × 10-6/K, −5.5 × 10-6/K, 5.74 × 10-6/K, and 9.5 × 10-6/K for Yb1.8Al0.2(MoO4)3, Yb1.6Al0.4(Mo04)3, Yb0.4Al1.6(MoO4)3, and Yb0.2Al1.8(MoO4)3, respectively.

Negative thermal expansion and photoluminescence properties in a novel material ZrScW2PO12

A novel material, ZrScW2PO12, with negative thermal expansion (NTE) behavior, at least from 138 to 1300 K, and intense photoluminescence (PL) property is first reported in this paper. Temperature dependent Raman and PL spectral studies indicate that the material holds an orthorhombic structure down to about 74 K and exhibits NTE property in the temperature range. The intense PL covering nearly the whole visible region was observed and can be deconvoluted into four bands, which present different shifts with elevation of temperature. The abundant optical property may be attributed to n- and p-type like co-doping effect and the specific structure with the abnormal thermal expansion property of the material. The integrated properties might suggest potential applications of this material in light emitting diodes and other light emitting devices.

Near-zero thermal expansion of In2(1−x)(HfMg) x Mo3O12 with tailored phase transition*

Solid solutions of In2(1−x)(HfMg) x Mo3O12 are synthesized by solid state reaction with the aim to reduce the phase transition temperature of In2Mo3O12 and improve its thermal expansion property. The effects of (HfMg)6+ incorporation on the phase transition and thermal expansion are investigated. It is shown that the monoclinic-to-orthorhombic phase transition temperature obviously decreases and the coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of the orthorhombic becomes less negative and approaches to zero with increasing the content of (HfMg)6+. A near zero thermal expansion covering the case at room temperature (RT) is achieved for the solid solutions with x ≥ 0.85, implying potential applications of this material in many fields.