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<title>Properties and structure of lanthanum phosphate glasses</title>
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Materials EngineeringMaterials ScienceGlass-ceramicOptical MaterialsEngineeringIsolated La-polyhedraGlass TransitionOptical PropertiesGlass MaterialFunctional GlassCrystalsLanthanum Phosphate GlassesLa-coordination EnvironmentChemistrySpectral TrendsCrystallographyAmorphous Materials
Glasses were prepared from the system xLa<SUB>2</SUB>O<SUB>3</SUB>(DOT)(1-x)P<SUB>2</SUB>O<SUB>5</SUB>, where 0.00 <EQ x <EQ 0.30 (mole fraction), and densities, refractive indices and glass transition temperatures were determined. Inflections in the property/composition trends were observed at x approximately 0.15 La<SUB>2</SUB>O<SUB>3</SUB>. Raman spectra indicate that the phosphate network evolves from a cross- linked ultraphosphate to chain-like metaphosphate with increasing x. The property and spectral trends are interpreted with respect to the La-coordination environment, which appears to change from isolated La-polyhedra to a La-O-La subnetwork when x >= 0.15.