Ba-3(P1-xMnxO4)(2): Blue/green inorganic materials based on tetrahedral Mn(V)

dc.contributor.author	Laha, S
dc.contributor.author	Sharma, R
dc.contributor.author	Bhat, S V
dc.contributor.author	Reddy, M L P
dc.contributor.author	Gopalakrishnan, J
dc.contributor.author	Natarajan, S
dc.date.accessioned	2014-01-21T11:01:15Z
dc.date.available	2014-01-21T11:01:15Z
dc.date.issued	2011
dc.identifier.citation	Bulletin of Materials Science 34(6):1257-1262;Oct 2011	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0250-4707
dc.identifier.uri	http://ir.niist.res.in:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/1097
dc.description.abstract	We describe a blue/green inorganic material, Ba-3(P1-x-MnxO4)(2) (I) based on tetrahedral MnO43-:3d(2) chromophore. The solid solutions (I) which are sky-blue and turquoise-blue for x <= 0.25 and dark green for x >= 0-50, are readily synthesized in air from commonly available starting materials, stabilizing the MnO43- chromophore in an isostructural phosphate host. We suggest that the covalency/ionicity of P-O/Mn-O bonds in the solid solutions tunes the crystal field strength around Mn(V) such that a blue colour results for materials with small values of x. The material could serve as a nontoxic blue/green inorganic pigment.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Springer	en_US
dc.subject	Ligand field tuning of colour	en_US
dc.subject	Blue/green chromophore	en_US
dc.subject	Tetrahedral manganate(V)	en_US
dc.subject	Barium phosphate/manganate(V)	en_US
dc.subject	Blue/green inorganic material	en_US
dc.title	Ba-3(P1-xMnxO4)(2): Blue/green inorganic materials based on tetrahedral Mn(V)	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US