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- Muthu, D. V S, et al.
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Pressure-induced phase transitions in α-ZrMo2O8
- 2002
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In: Physical Review B (Condensed Matter). - 0163-1829. ; 65:6, s. 641011-641015
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- We report high-pressure Raman, infrared (IR), and optical-absorption spectra of α-ZrMo2O8 (trigonal) up to 38 GPa at room temperature. The spectroscopic studies are consistent with diffraction results that show that α-ZrMo2O8 transforms into δ-ZrMo2O8 (monoclinic) at about 1 GPa and the δ phase converts to the ε phase (triclinic) at about 2.0 GPa. Optical-absorption measurements give an estimate of the band gap of about 0.6 eV at the lowest pressure. Band-gap changes with pressure are confirmed with visual observations. ZrMo2O8 changes from transparent at 5 GPa to yellow at 10 GPa, red at 18 GPa, and at about 30 GPa it becomes opaque.
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- Petruska, E. A., et al.
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High-pressure Raman and infrared spectroscopic studies of ZrP2O7
- 2010
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In: Solid State Communications. - : Elsevier BV. - 0038-1098 .- 1879-2766. ; 150:06-maj, s. 235-239
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- High-pressure Raman and mid-infrared spectroscopic studies were carried out on ZrP2O7 to 23.2 and 13 GPa respectively. In the pressure range 0.7-4.3 GPa the lattice mode at 248 cm(-1) disappears, new modes appear around 380 and 1111 cm(-1) and the strong symmetric stretching mode at 476 cm(-1) softens, possibly indicating a subtle phase transition. Above 8 GPa all the modes broaden, and all of the Raman modes disappear beyond 18 GPa. On decompression from the highest pressure, 23.2, to 0 GPa all of the modes reappear but with larger full width at half maximum. Lattice dynamics of the high temperature phase of ZrP2O7 were studied using first principles method and compared with experimental values.
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- Hemamala, U. L. C., et al.
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High-pressure Raman and infrared study of ZrV2O7
- 2007
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In: Solid State Communications. - : Elsevier BV. - 0038-1098 .- 1879-2766. ; 141:12, s. 680-684
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The room-temperature Raman and infrared spectra of zirconium vanadate (ZrV2O7) were observed up to pressures of 12 GPa and 5.7 GPa, respectively. The frequencies of the optically active modes at ambient pressure were calculated using direct methods and compared with experimental values. Average mode Gruneisen parameters were calculated for the Raman and infrared active modes. Changes in the spectra under pressure indicate a phase transition at similar to 1.6 GPa, which is consistent with the previously observed a (cubic) to (pseudo-tetragonal) phase transition, and changes in the spectra at similar to 4 GPa are consistent with an irreversible transformation to an amorphous structure.
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- Alvarez, Beatriz, et al.
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An Exopolysaccharide-Deficient Mutant of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG Efficiently Displays a Protective Llama Antibody Fragment against Rotavirus on Its Surface
- 2015
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In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. - 0099-2240 .- 1098-5336. ; 81:17, s. 5784-5793
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Rotavirus is the leading cause of infantile diarrhea in developing countries, where it causes a high number of deaths among infants. Two vaccines are available, being highly effective in developed countries although markedly less efficient in developing countries. As a complementary treatment to the vaccines, a Lactobacillus strain producing an anti-rotavirus antibody fragment in the gastrointestinal tract could potentially be used. In order to develop such an alternative therapy, the effectiveness of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG to produce and display a VHH antibody fragment (referred to as anti-rotavirus protein 1 [ARP1]) on the surface was investigated. L. rhamnosus GG is one of the best-characterized probiotic bacteria and has intrinsic antirotavirus activity. Among four L. rhamnosus GG strains [GG (CMC), GG (ATCC 53103), GG (NCC 3003), and GG (UT)] originating from different sources, only GG (UT) was able to display ARP1 on the bacterial surface. The genomic analysis of strain GG (UT) showed that the genes welE and welF of the EPS cluster are inactivated, which causes a defect in exopolysaccharide (EPS) production, allowing efficient display of ARP1 on its surface. Finally, GG (UT) seemed to confer a level of protection against rotavirus-induced diarrhea similar to that of wild-type GG (NCC 3003) in a mouse pup model, indicating that the EPS may not be involved in the intrinsic antirotavirus activity. Most important, GG (EM233), a derivative of GG (UT) producing ARP1, was significantly more protective than the control strain L. casei BL23.
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- Krogh Andersen, A.M., et al.
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Ab Initio Structure Determination and Rietveld Refinement of a High-Temperature Phase of Zirconium Hydrogen Phosphate and a New Polymorph of Zirconium Pyrophosphate from In-Situ Temperature-Resolved Powder Diffraction Data.
- 2000
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In: Acta Crystallographica Section B. - : Wiley. - 0108-7681. ; 56:4, s. 618-625
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The collected in situ temperature-resolved synchrotron powder data revealed that the transformation of the recently reported three-dimensional τ-Zr(HPO4)2 to cubic ZrP2O7 goes through two intermediate phases. The first intermediate phase, ρ-Zr(HPO4)2, is formed in a reversible phase transition at 598 K, which involves both rearrangement and disordering of the hydrogen phosphate groups of τ-Zr(HPO4)2. At 688 K condensation of the hydrogen phosphate groups leads to the formation of the second intermediate, a new polymorph of zirconium pyrophosphate (β-ZrP2O7). Heating above 973 K results in the gradual transformation of β-ZrP2O7 to cubic zirconium pyrophosphate (α-ZrP2O7). The crystal structures of the two intermediate phases were solved from the in situ powder diffraction data using direct methods and refined using the Rietveld method. Both phases are orthorhombic, space group Pnnm and Z = 2. The lattice parameters for the two phases are: ρ-Zr(HPO4)2: a = 8.1935 (2), b = 7.7090 (2), c = 5.4080 (1) Å; β-ZrP2O7: a = 8.3127 (5), b = 6.6389 (4), c = 5.3407 (3) Å. The formation mechanism for the new zirconium pyrophosphate polymorph, β-ZrP2O7, is discussed in relation to structurally restricted soft chemistry
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- Krogh Andersen, A.M., et al.
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Determination of the Formation Regions of Titanium Phosphates. Determination of the Crystal Structure of β-Titanium Phosphate, Ti(PO4)(H2PO4), from Neutron Powder Data.
- 1998
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In: Journal of solid state chemistry. - : Elsevier. - 1095-726X .- 0022-4596. ; 140:2, s. 266-271
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The formation region of the various types of layered titanium hydrogen phosphate hydrates was investigated. The materials were prepared by hydrothermal methods, treating amorphous titanium phosphate with phosphoric acid (8 to 16M) in the temperature range 175 to 250°C. The materials obtained were:α-Ti(HPO4)2·H2O,γ-Ti(PO4)(H2PO4)·2H2O, and its anhydrous formβ-Ti(PO4)(H2PO4). The structure ofβ-Ti(PO4)(H2PO4) has been determined by Rietveld powder refinement of high resolution neutron diffraction data. The structure is refined in the monoclinic space groupP21/n(No. 14). The unit cell parameters are:a=18.9503(4) Å,b=6.3127(1) Å,c=5.1391(1) Å,β=105.366(2)°;Z=4. The final agreement factors were:Rp=2.9% andRwp=3.8%. The structure ofβ-Ti(PO4)(H2PO4) is built from TiO6octahedra linked together by tertiary phosphate (PO4) and dihydrogen phosphate ((OH)2PO2) tetrahedra. The layers are held together by hydrogen bonds.
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- Krogh Andersen, A.M., et al.
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High-pressure properties of TiP2O7, ZrP2O7 and ZrV2O7
- 2001
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In: Journal of Applied Crystallography. - : Wiley. - 0021-8898. ; 34:1, s. 7-12
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- High-pressure synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction studies of TiP2O7, ZrP2O7 and ZrV2O7 have been performed. The ZrV2O7 structure undergoes a reversible transition at 1.38–1.58 GPa from cubic α- to pseudo-tetragonal β-ZrV2O7 that displays an orthorhombic 2 × 3 × 3 supercell. At pressures above 4 GPa, ZrV2O7 becomes irreversibly X-ray amorphous. No such transformations are observed for TiP2O7 and ZrP2O7, which compress smoothly up to the highest investigated pressures (40.3 and 20.5 GPa, respectively). These differences in high-pressure properties are discussed in terms of the negative thermal expansion of ZrV2O7. The bulk moduli at ambient pressure (B0) for TiP2O7, ZrP2O7, α-ZrV2O7 and β-ZrV2O7 were estimated to be 42 (3), 39 (1), 17.0 (7) and 20.8 (10) GPa, respectively.
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- Krogh Andersen, A.M., et al.
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High-Pressure Structures of α- and δ-ZrMo2O8
- 2001
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In: Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural science. - : Wiley. - 0108-7681. ; 57:1, s. 20-26
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- In situ high-pressure synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction studies of trigonal α-ZrMo2O8, zirconium molybdate, have been performed from ambient conditions to 1.9 GPa, over the α–δ phase transition at 1.06–1.11 GPa. The monoclinic structure of δ-ZrMo2O8, stable between 1.1 and 2.5 GPa at 298 K, has been solved by direct methods and refined using the Rietveld method. Significant distortions of the ZrO6 and MoO4 polyhedral elements are observed for δ-ZrMo2O8, as compared to the ambient conditions of the α-phase, while the packing of anions becomes more symmetric at high pressure.
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