Matthew L. Nisbet

TL;DR: Property measurements show that polar α- and β-Ba2[VO2F2(IO3)2]IO3 possess excellent NLO properties, including the large SHG responses, wide visible and mid-IR transparent region, and high thermal stability (up to 470 °C).

TL;DR: A human-interpretable decision tree shows that phase selection is driven primarily by the bpy:Cu molar ratio for reactions containing Zr or Hf, and predicts that formation of the Ti-NCS compound requires that the amount of HF present be decreased to raise the pH, which is verified experimentally.

TL;DR: The MoO2F3- chain has a very unusual and complex chain structure; a single chain contains alternating zigzag and helical sections that alternate in chirality along the chain, and thus the chains exhibit periodic tendril perversion.

TL;DR: Single crystals of two new metal tellurates Bi MTeO6 with a honeycomb layered structure were obtained by the molten flux method and characterized and exhibits a powder second harmonic generation (SHG) response of ∼0.2 times that of potassium dihydrogen phosphate (KDP) and an absorption edge of 355 nm.

TL;DR: Insight is provided into understanding the relationship between crystal structure and SHG efficiency in [B5O10]-based compounds and discovering other borate-based DUV materials.