<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Strontium formate dihydrate single crystals have been grown by the slow solvent evaporation method and subjected to 8 MeV electron beam (EB) irradiation at different doses, viz. 1 kGy, 10 kGy, 50 kGy and 100 kGy. The irradiated crystals have been studied by various techniques such as FT-IR, Raman, and UV-Vis-NIR spectral analyses, powder, and high resolution X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetric analysis (TG/DTA) and second harmonic generation (SHG) measurements. The morphological features of the non-irradiated and irradiated crystals were analyzed by SEM and optical microscopy studies. It has been noticed that the SHG efficiency increases while the crystalline perfection and thermal stability of the irradiated crystals decrease with the increase of EB irradiation dose. The results indicate a significant overall tuning of physical properties of strontium formate dihydrate crystals due to irradiation.</abstract>

Strontium formate dihydrate single crystals have been grown by the slow solvent evaporation method and subjected to 8 MeV electron beam (EB) irradiation at different doses, viz. 1 kGy, 10 kGy, 50 kGy and 100 kGy. The irradiated crystals have been studied by various techniques such as FT-IR, Raman, and UV-Vis-NIR spectral analyses, powder, and high resolution X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetric analysis (TG/DTA) and second harmonic generation (SHG) measurements. The morphological features of the non-irradiated and irradiated crystals were analyzed by SEM and optical microscopy studies. It has been noticed that the SHG efficiency increases while the crystalline perfection and thermal stability of the irradiated crystals decrease with the increase of EB irradiation dose. The results indicate a significant overall tuning of physical properties of strontium formate dihydrate crystals due to irradiation.

Structural, optical, morphological and SHG studies on 8 MeV electron beam irradiated Sr(HCOO)2·2H2O crystal

PSN College of Engineering and Technology

Materials Science-Poland

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Structural, optical, morphological and SHG studies on 8 MeV electron beam irradiated Sr(HCOO)·2HO crystal

Strontium formate dihydrate single crystals have been grown by the slow solvent evaporation method and subjected to 8 MeV electron beam (EB) irradiation at...

Structural, optical, morphological and SHG studies on 8 MeV electron beam irradiated Sr(HCOO)₂·2H₂O crystal

Published Online: Oct 06, 2020

Page range: 236 - 247

Received: May 07, 2017

Accepted: Apr 23, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/msp-2020-0040

Keywords
electron beam irradiation, crystal growth, spectral analysis, X-ray diffraction, physico-chemical properties, nonlinear optical materials

© 2020 S. Muthupoongodi et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Structural, optical, morphological and SHG studies on 8 MeV electron beam irradiated Sr(HCOO)2·2H2O crystal

Published Online: Oct 06, 2020

Page range: 236 - 247

Received: May 07, 2017

Accepted: Apr 23, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/msp-2020-0040

Keywordselectron beam irradiation, crystal growth, spectral analysis, X-ray diffraction, physico-chemical properties, nonlinear optical materials

© 2020 S. Muthupoongodi et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Structural, optical, morphological and SHG studies on 8 MeV electron beam irradiated Sr(HCOO)₂·2H₂O crystal

Keywords
electron beam irradiation, crystal growth, spectral analysis, X-ray diffraction, physico-chemical properties, nonlinear optical materials