The primary goal of this review is to present a clear chemical perspective of borates in order
to stimulate and facilitate the discovery of new borate-based optical materials. These …

Advances in the generation of coherent lasers at wavelengths below 200 nm as well as the
associated equipment and technologies have greatly spurred the development of nonlinear …

The generation of deep-ultraviolet (UV) coherent light from nonlinear optical (NLO) materials
[1–4] as one of the most promising resource, has become a topic of intensive study because …

A novel barium zinc borate contains π-conjugated [B3O6] 3–anions and [B6O12] 6–anion
with edge-sharing BO4 tetrahedra, Ba6Zn6 (B3O6) 6 (B6O12), has been successfully …

Crystalline borates have received great attention due to their various structures and wide
applications. For a long time, the corner-sharing B–O unit is considered a basic rule in …

Analysis of an atom s coordination and the linkage of polyhedra is of vital importance for
understanding crystal structures,[1] especially considering our general inability to forecast …

Non‐metal nitrides are an exciting field of chemistry, featuring a significant number of
compounds that can possess outstanding material properties. These properties mainly rely …

A comparative review is presented of a range of physical and chemical properties of borate
and silicate glasses. Most attempts to explain the difference between the properties of these …

The polarization modulation of deep‐UV light is an important process that incorporates
functionality to selectively respond to light‐mater interaction. Typically, optical anisotropy is …

Polar materials are critical for a variety of functional properties including ferroelectricity,
pyroelectricity, and nonlinear optical behavior. Vital to developing new polar materials is an …