The AM-4 Family of Layered Titanosilicates: Single-Crystal-to-Single-Crystal Transformation, Synthesis and Ionic Conductivity.

Flexible crystal() structures, which exhibit() single-crystal()-to-single-crystal() (SCSC) transformations(), are attracting attention() in many applied aspects: magnetic() switches, catalysis, ferroelectrics and sorption. Acid treatment() for titanosilicate material() AM-4 and natural() compounds with the same structures led to SCSC transformation() by loss() Na, Li and Zn cations with large structural() changes (20% of the unit()-cell() volume()). The conservation() of crystallinity through complex() transformation() is possible due() to the formation() of a strong hydrogen bonding() system().

Barium-Strontium Titanate/Porous Glass Structures for Microwave Applications.

Based on porous silicate glasses obtained by ion exchange, glass-ceramic materials containing a solid solution of barium-strontium titanate with a dielectric constant of more than 100 at microwaves, were synthesized for the first time. Glass-ceramic structures were studied using X-ray diffraction, secondary electron microscopy, Mössbauer spectroscopy and porometry methods. Electrical characteristics such as permittivity and losses of as-prepared and annealed in oxygen medium samples were also investigated at microwaves.