The heating effect of microwaves was accidentally discovered in 1945 by Percy LeBaron
Spencer, an American engineer and inventor, at the Raytheon Co. While working on radar …

Valuable information about the local environment of the aluminum nucleus can be obtained
through 27 Al Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) parameters like the isotropic chemical …

1.1. Interest of Inorganic Metal Fluorides Inorganic metal fluorides and oxide-fluorides have
significant importance in the development of many new technologies, and are impacting …

High surface aluminium fluoride, HS-AlF3, and aluminium chlorofluoride, ACF,(AlClxF3− x,
x= 0.05… 0.3) are amorphous solids with an extraordinary high Lewis acidity, which play an …

This perspective article focuses on nanoscopic metal fluorides and hydroxide fluorides
prepared via a recently explored fluorolytic sol–gel synthesis approach. Metal fluoride …

Aluminium batteries constitute a safe and sustainable high‐energy‐density electrochemical
energy‐storage solution. Viable Al‐ion batteries require suitable electrode materials that can …

This review article focuses on the mechanism of the non-aqueous fluorolytic sol gel-
synthesis of nanoscopic metal fluorides and hydroxide fluorides. Based on MAS-NMR, XRD …

Poor water resistance of Mn 4+ doped fluoride red phosphors limit their practical
applications in optical devices. Reduction graphene oxide (rGO) is well known as a …

In this paper, we describe the use of self-fluorinating conditions for the thermal treatment of
Sr 1− x− y− z Yb x Er y (NH 4) z F 2+ x+ y− z precursor for the preparation of high-efficiency …

Microwave-assisted synthesis allows stabilizing Fe-based fluoride compounds with
hexagonal tungsten bronze (HTB) network. The determination of the chemical composition …