title: Dual role of the six-coordinated molybdenum and lead ions in novel of photochromic properties of the molybdenum-lead-borate glasses.
abstract: Transparent glasses were prepared by conventional melting-quenching method in the xMoO(3).(100-x)[3B(2)O(3).PbO] system where 0<or=x<or=15 mol%. By increasing the MoO(3) content up to 20 mol% the PbMoO(4) crystalline phase appears. These systems exhibit a photochromic effect which can be induced through laser exposures (lambda=633 nm) directly on the bulk sample. Structural investigations by FTIR spectroscopy show that the photosensitive effect is due to a reduction of Mo(6+) to Mo(4+) and/or Mo(5+) promoted by the oxidation of Pb(2+) and some structural changes of the borate network.
authors.affiliation: Mechanics Department, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, 400641 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rada
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Maties
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Culea
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rada
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Culea
mesh_terms: D001881:Borates / Q000737:chemistry*; D005898:Glass / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D008982:Molybdenum / Q000737:chemistry*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010777:Photochemistry; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
chemical_list: D001881:Borates; D008982:Molybdenum