SusChEM: New Functional Inorganic Materials: Fluoride-Carbonates for Deep UV NLO Applications and Multiferroic Fluorides

非技术摘要新材料（化合物）是新技术的核心，如燃料电池、蓝光DVD播放器、智能手机和激光。挑战不仅在于发现新材料，而且在于了解其技术特性。如果要推进技术，发现和理解新材料至关重要。该研究项目涉及先进技术的新材料的设计，发现和晶体生长。具体来说，研究团队专注于激光应用和磁电子现象。前者的目标是发现能够在紫外线中实现激光技术的材料-这是先进技术和设备所急需的。对于后者，该团队正在设计材料，其中磁性和电子特性可以调整，以创建全新的设备和技术。因此，该研究项目涉及新材料的合成和发现，它们的晶体生长，以及通过先进的实验室表征对其技术性能的理解。技术摘要在材料研究部固态和材料化学项目的支持下，该研究项目涉及设计，合成，结构，功能特性表征，新型功能无机材料的结构与性能关系：用于深紫外非线性光学应用的氟碳酸盐和多铁氟化物。无机固态化学的一个持续挑战是新材料的“合理设计”-设计和合成精确的化学计量，将表现出特定的，理想的，技术上重要的性能。应对这一挑战不仅需要合成专业知识，还需要深入了解所需物理性能的各种键合和晶体化学要求。拟议研究的目的是通过不仅合成新材料，而且开发结构-性能关系来进一步理解这一点。该研究小组旨在合成用于深紫外非线性光学应用的新型偏心氟化碳酸盐和多铁性氟化物材料。除了体相合成外，还计划生长厘米级的大晶体。晶体生长方法包括顶部籽晶溶液生长和布里奇曼法。将通过X射线衍射（粉末和单晶）对材料进行结构表征，物理性能测量将包括热重分析、差示扫描量热法、二次谐波产生和磁电测量。

Non-Technical AbstractNew materials (chemical compounds) are at the core of new technologies, such as fuel cells, blue-ray DVD players, smart phones, and lasers. The challenge lies in not only discovering a new material, but also understanding its technological properties. If technologies are to be advanced, the discovery and understanding of new materials are critical. This research project involves the design, discovery, and crystal growth of new materials for advanced technologies. Specifically, the research team is focused on laser applications and magnetic-electronic phenomena. With the former, the aim is to discover materials that enable lasing technologies in the ultraviolet - critically needed for advanced technologies and devices. With the latter the team is designing materials wherein magnetic and electronic properties may be tuned to create fundamentally new devices and technologies. Thus, the research project involves the synthesis and discovery of new materials, their crystal growth, and an understanding of their technological properties through advanced laboratory characterization.Technical AbstractWith support from the Solid State and Materials Chemistry program in the Division of Materials Research, this research project involves the design, synthesis, structure, functional property characterization, and structure-property relationships of new functional inorganic materials: fluoride-carbonates for deep-ultraviolet non-linear optical applications and multi-ferroic fluorides. An ongoing challenge in inorganic solid-state chemistry is the 'rational design' of new materials - to design and synthesize precise stoichiometries that will exhibit specific, and ideally, technologically important properties. Meeting this challenge not only requires synthetic expertise, but also a deep understanding of the various bonding and crystal chemistry requirements for the desired physical property. An aim of the proposed research is to further this understanding by not only synthesizing new materials, but also developing structure-property relationships. The research team aims to synthesize new acentric fluoride-carbonates for deep-ultraviolet non-linear optical applications and multiferroic fluoride materials. In addition to bulk phase synthesis, the growth of large, centimeter size, crystals is planned. Crystal growth methods include top-seeded solution growth and Bridgman. The materials will be characterized structurally by X-ray diffraction (powder and single crystal), and physical property measurements will include, thermogravimetric analysis, differential scanning calorimetry, second-harmonic generation and magnetoelectric measurements.