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Title: Photoinduced electro-optics measurements of biosilica transformation to cristobalite

Abstract

In this paper we studied the photoinduced electro optics effects in the thermal transformation process of biosilica to cristobalite, at a relatively low temperature and ambient pressure. This process was characterized by a variety of standards techniques with emphasis on linear electro optic effect measurements. Overall we demonstrated that photoinduced electro optics measurements are very sensitive to the transformation from amorphous structure of silica in the natural sponge samples to laminar string morphology of cristobalite. With this technique we could probe the change in the samples chirality from achiral bio silica to chiral cristobalite structure. Furthermore it is shown that natural biosilica have photoinduced linear electro optics respond indicating the chiral natural of biosilica. - Graphical abstract: The phase transformation of biosilica from marine sponges to Cristobalite under thermal treatment was investigated using photoinduced electro optics measurements. The figure shows the changes of the electro-optic coefficient of cristobalite and biosilica. - Highlights: • We examine phase transformation of biosilica. • We report transition from amorphous biosilica to crystalline Cristobalite. • Biosilica transformation to Cristobalite at temperature of 850 °C. • Biosilica transformation is studied with photoinduced measurements. • We examine changes in the photoinduced linear electro optics properties.

Authors:
 [1]; ;  [2];  [3];  [1]
  1. Department of Chemistry and the Institute of Nanotechnology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan 52900 (Israel)
  2. Department of Zoology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801 (Israel)
  3. Institute of Electronic Systems, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czestochowa University, Czestochowa 42-201 (Poland)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22475659
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Journal of Solid State Chemistry
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 226; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2015 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0022-4596
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; AMORPHOUS STATE; CHIRALITY; CRISTOBALITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALS; ELECTRO-OPTICAL EFFECTS; HEAT TREATMENTS; MORPHOLOGY; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; SILICA

Citation Formats

Fuchs, Ido, Aluma, Yaniv, Ilan, Micha, Kityk, Iwan, and Mastai, Yitzhak. Photoinduced electro-optics measurements of biosilica transformation to cristobalite. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1016/J.JSSC.2015.03.001.
Fuchs, Ido, Aluma, Yaniv, Ilan, Micha, Kityk, Iwan, & Mastai, Yitzhak. Photoinduced electro-optics measurements of biosilica transformation to cristobalite. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JSSC.2015.03.001
Fuchs, Ido, Aluma, Yaniv, Ilan, Micha, Kityk, Iwan, and Mastai, Yitzhak. 2015. "Photoinduced electro-optics measurements of biosilica transformation to cristobalite". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JSSC.2015.03.001.
@article{osti_22475659,
title = {Photoinduced electro-optics measurements of biosilica transformation to cristobalite},
author = {Fuchs, Ido and Aluma, Yaniv and Ilan, Micha and Kityk, Iwan and Mastai, Yitzhak},
abstractNote = {In this paper we studied the photoinduced electro optics effects in the thermal transformation process of biosilica to cristobalite, at a relatively low temperature and ambient pressure. This process was characterized by a variety of standards techniques with emphasis on linear electro optic effect measurements. Overall we demonstrated that photoinduced electro optics measurements are very sensitive to the transformation from amorphous structure of silica in the natural sponge samples to laminar string morphology of cristobalite. With this technique we could probe the change in the samples chirality from achiral bio silica to chiral cristobalite structure. Furthermore it is shown that natural biosilica have photoinduced linear electro optics respond indicating the chiral natural of biosilica. - Graphical abstract: The phase transformation of biosilica from marine sponges to Cristobalite under thermal treatment was investigated using photoinduced electro optics measurements. The figure shows the changes of the electro-optic coefficient of cristobalite and biosilica. - Highlights: • We examine phase transformation of biosilica. • We report transition from amorphous biosilica to crystalline Cristobalite. • Biosilica transformation to Cristobalite at temperature of 850 °C. • Biosilica transformation is studied with photoinduced measurements. • We examine changes in the photoinduced linear electro optics properties.},
doi = {10.1016/J.JSSC.2015.03.001},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22475659}, journal = {Journal of Solid State Chemistry},
issn = {0022-4596},
number = ,
volume = 226,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Mar 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Sun Mar 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}