Study of structure and properties of modified borophosphate glasses

Abstract

A review on the investigation of the structure and properties of zinc and lead borophosphate glasses is given. Structural studies with the application of Raman and infrared spectroscopy and 31P and 11B MAS NMR spectroscopy are manifested on several borophosphate glasses. Structural studies were realized in several compositional series and thus compositional dependencies and the evolution of basic structural units in the glasses was established. The modification of phosphate and borophosphate glasses with other oxides e.g. Sb2O3 and transition metal oxides like TiO2 and Nb2O5 is presented. © 2009 IOP Publishing Ltd.