α- and β-AgVO3 polymorphs as photoluminescent materials: an example of temperature-driven synthesis
Abstract Controlling the synthesis of a given polymorph of an inorganic material is a further step in the design of property and function. In this letter, we report for the first time a simple procedure to effectively control the reversible transformation between the crystalline polymorphs α-AgVO3 and β-AgVO3. Photoluminescence emission (PL) performance is analyzed; at low temperatures (up to 35 °C) when α-AgVO3 is formed the PL emission is red, while at temperatures larger than 45 °C when β-AgVO3 is obtained the color of emission PL emission goes from green to blue. The findings highlight the ability of temperature to dramatically alter the nature of phase transformation at the atomic leve…
Computational chemistry meets experiments for explaining the geometry, electronic structure, and optical properties of Ca10V6O25
In this paper, we present a combined experimental and theoretical study to disclose, for the first time, the structural, electronic, and optical properties of Ca10V6O25 crystals. The microwave-assisted hydrothermal (MAH) method has been employed to synthesize these crystals with different morphologies, within a short reaction time at 120 °C. First-principle quantum mechanical calculations have been performed at the density functional theory level to obtain the geometry and electronic properties of Ca10V6O25 crystal in the fundamental and excited electronic states (singlet and triplet). These results, combined with the measurements of X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Rietveld refinements, confirm…
Mechanism of Antibacterial Activity via Morphology Change of α-AgVO3: Theoretical and Experimental Insights
The electronic configuration, morphology, optical features, and antibacterial activity of metastable α-AgVO3 crystals have been discussed by a conciliation and association of the results acquired by experimental procedures and first-principles calculations. The α-AgVO3 powders were synthesized using a coprecipitation method at 10, 20, and 30 °C. By using a Wulff construction for all relevant low-index surfaces [(100), (010), (001), (110), (011), (101), and (111)], the fine-tuning of the desired morphologies can be achieved by controlling the values of the surface energies, thereby lending a microscopic understanding to the experimental results. The as-synthesized α-AgVO3 crystals display a …
CSD 1851956: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
Related Article: Mayara Mondego Teixeira, Regiane Cristina de Oliveira, Marisa Carvalho Oliveira, Renan Augusto Pontes Ribeiro, Sergio R. de Lazaro, M��ximo Siu Li, Adenilson J. Chiquito, Lourdes Gracia, Juan Andr��s, Elson Longo|2018|Inorg.Chem.|57|15489|doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b02807
CSD 1851955: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
Related Article: Mayara Mondego Teixeira, Regiane Cristina de Oliveira, Marisa Carvalho Oliveira, Renan Augusto Pontes Ribeiro, Sergio R. de Lazaro, M��ximo Siu Li, Adenilson J. Chiquito, Lourdes Gracia, Juan Andr��s, Elson Longo|2018|Inorg.Chem.|57|15489|doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b02807
CSD 1851954: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
Related Article: Mayara Mondego Teixeira, Regiane Cristina de Oliveira, Marisa Carvalho Oliveira, Renan Augusto Pontes Ribeiro, Sergio R. de Lazaro, M��ximo Siu Li, Adenilson J. Chiquito, Lourdes Gracia, Juan Andr��s, Elson Longo|2018|Inorg.Chem.|57|15489|doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b02807
CSD 1851953: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
Related Article: Mayara Mondego Teixeira, Regiane Cristina de Oliveira, Marisa Carvalho Oliveira, Renan Augusto Pontes Ribeiro, Sergio R. de Lazaro, M��ximo Siu Li, Adenilson J. Chiquito, Lourdes Gracia, Juan Andr��s, Elson Longo|2018|Inorg.Chem.|57|15489|doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b02807