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Martinez-Casado R, Dasmahapatra A, Sgroi MF, Romero-Muñiz C, Herper HC, Vekilova OY, Ferrari AM, Pullini D, Desmarais J, Maschio L. The CeFe 11Ti permanent magnet: a closer look at the microstructure of the compound. J Phys Condens Matter 2019; 31:505505. [PMID: 31476747 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ab4096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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High-performance permanent magnets (PM) are compounds with outstanding intrinsic magnetic properties. Most PMs are obtained from a favorable combination of rare earth metals (RE = Nd, Pr, Ce) with transition metals (TM = Fe, Co). Amongst them, CeFe11Ti claims considerable attention due to its large Curie temperature, saturation magnetization, and significant magnetocrystalline anisotropic energy. CeFe11Ti has several potential applications, in particular, in the development of electric motors for future automatic electrification. In this work, we shed some light on the mictrostructure of this compound by performing periodic hybrid-exchange density functional theory (DFT) calculations. We use a combined approach of atom-centered local orbitals, plane waves and full-potential linear muffin-tin orbital (LMTO) for our computations. The electronic configuration of the atoms involved in different steps of formation of the crystal structure of CeFe11Ti gives an explanation on the effect of Ce and Ti on its magnetic properties. While Ti stabilizes the structure, atomic orbitals of Ce hybridizes with Fe atomic orbitals to a significant extent and alters the electronic bands. Our calculations confirm a valence of 3+ for Ce, which has been deemed crucial to obtain a large magnetocrystalline anisotropy. In addition, we analyze several spin configurations, with the ferromagnetic configuration being most stable. We compare and contrast our data to those available and provide an insight for further development of optimized high-performance PMs. Moreover, we compute the Magnetocrystalline Anisotropy of this compound by means of two approaches: the Force Theorem and a full-potential LMTO method.
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- R Martinez-Casado
- Department of Materials Physics, Faculty of Physical Sciences, University Complutense Madrid, 28040, Madrid, Spain. University of Torino, Dipartimento di Chimica, via P. Giuria 5, I-10125 Turin, Italy
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Lekin K, Leitch AA, Assoud A, Yong W, Desmarais J, Tse JS, Desgreniers S, Secco RA, Oakley RT. Benzoquinone-Bridged Heterocyclic Zwitterions as Building Blocks for Molecular Semiconductors and Metals. Inorg Chem 2018; 57:4757-4770. [PMID: 29620356 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b00485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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In pursuit of closed-shell building blocks for single-component organic semiconductors and metals, we have prepared benzoquino-bis-1,2,3-thiaselenazole QS, a heterocyclic selenium-based zwitterion with a small gap (λmax = 729 nm) between its highest occupied and lowest unoccupied molecular orbitals. In the solid state, QS exists in two crystalline phases and one nanocrystalline phase. The structures of the crystalline phases (space groups R3 c and P21/ c) have been determined by high-resolution powder X-ray diffraction methods at ambient and elevated pressures (0-15 GPa), and their crystal packing patterns have been compared with that of the related all-sulfur zwitterion benzoquino-bis-1,2,3-dithiazole QT (space group Cmc21). Structural differences between the S- and Se-based materials are interpreted in terms of local intermolecular S/Se···N'/O' secondary bonding interactions, the strength of which varies with the nature of the chalcogen (S vs Se). While the perfectly two-dimensional "brick-wall" packing pattern associated with the Cmc21 phase of QT is not found for QS, all three phases of QS are nonetheless small band gap semiconductors, with σRT ranging from 10-5 S cm-1 for the P21/ c phase to 10-3 S cm-1 for the R3 c phase. The bandwidths of the valence and conduction bands increase with applied pressure, leading to an increase in conductivity and a decrease in thermal activation energy Eact. For the R3 c phase, band gap closure to yield an organic molecular metal with a σRT of ∼102 S cm-1 occurs at 6 GPa. Band gaps estimated from density functional theory band structure calculations on the ambient- and high-pressure crystal structures of QT and QS correlate well with those obtained experimentally.
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- Kristina Lekin
- Department of Chemistry , University of Waterloo , Waterloo , Ontario N2L 3G1 , Canada
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Waterloo , Waterloo , Ontario N2L 3G1 , Canada
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Waterloo , Waterloo , Ontario N2L 3G1 , Canada
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- Department of Earth Sciences , University of Western Ontario , London , Ontario N6A 5B7 , Canada
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- Department of Physics , University of Saskatchewan , Saskatoon , Saskatchewan S7N 5E2 , Canada
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- Department of Physics , University of Saskatchewan , Saskatoon , Saskatchewan S7N 5E2 , Canada
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- Department of Physics , University of Ottawa , Ottawa , Ontario K1N 6N5 , Canada
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- Department of Earth Sciences , University of Western Ontario , London , Ontario N6A 5B7 , Canada
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Waterloo , Waterloo , Ontario N2L 3G1 , Canada
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Lin J, Sun W, Desmarais J, Chen N, Feng R, Zhang P, Li D, Lieu A, Tse JS, Pan Y. Uptake and speciation of uranium in synthetic gypsum (CaSO 4•2H 2O): Applications to radioactive mine tailings. J Environ Radioact 2018; 181:8-17. [PMID: 29096153 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2017.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2017] [Revised: 10/09/2017] [Accepted: 10/15/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Phosphogypsum formed from the production of phosphoric acid represents by far the biggest accumulation of gypsum-rich wastes in the world and commonly contains elevated radionuclides, including uranium, as well as other heavy metals and metalloids. Therefore, billions-of-tons of phosphogypsum stockpiled worldwide not only possess serious environmental problems but also represent a potential uranium resource. Gypsum is also a major solid constituent in many other types of radioactive mine tailings, which stems from the common usage of sulfuric acid in extraction processes. Therefore, management and remediation of radioactive mine tailings as well as future beneficiation of uranium from phosphogysum all require detailed knowledge about the nature and behavior of uranium in gypsum. However, little is known about the uptake mechanism or speciation of uranium in gypsum. In this study, synthesis experiments suggest an apparent pH control on the uptake of uranium in gypsum at ambient conditions: increase in U from 16 μg/g at pH = 6.5 to 339 μg/g at pH = 9.5. Uranium L3-edge synchrotron X-ray absorption spectroscopic analyses of synthetic gypsum show that uranyl (UO2)2+ at the Ca site is the dominant species. The EXAFS fitting results also indicate that uranyl in synthetic gypsum occurs most likely as carbonate complexes and yields an average U-O distance ∼0.25 Å shorter than the average Ca-O distance, signifying a marked local structural distortion. Applications to phosphogypsum from the New Wales phosphoric acid plant (Florida, USA) and uranium mine tailings from the Key Lake mill (Saskatchewan, Canada) show that gypsum is an important carrier of uranium over a wide range of pH and controls the fate of this radionuclide in mine tailings. Also, development of new technologies for recovering U from phosphogypsum in the future must consider lattice-bound uranyl in gypsum.
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- Jinru Lin
- Department of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada
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- Department of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada
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- Department of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada
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- Department of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada; Canadian Light Source, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X4, Canada
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- Canadian Light Source, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X4, Canada
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- Florida Industrial and Phosphate Research Institute, Bartow, FL 33830, USA
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- Environmental Sciences and Biotechnology, Savannah River National Laboratory, Aiken, SC 29808, USA
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- Department of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada; Cameco Corporation, 2121 11th St W., Saskatoon, SK S7M 1J3, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada
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- Department of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada.
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Perreault M, Katerelos TE, Sabourin S, Leichner P, Desmarais J. Information as a distinct dimension for satisfaction assessment of outpatient psychiatric services. Int J Health Care Qual Assur Inc Leadersh Health Serv 2001; 14:111-20. [PMID: 11436746 DOI: 10.1108/09526860110391586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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The purpose of this study is to verify whether information on services would appear as a distinct dimension of satisfaction in a multidimensional scale. Data collection was performed in two phases: 263 patients received the original version of the questionnaire and 200 received an adapted version of the scale. The findings suggest that not only is it important to consider information as a distinct dimension of satisfaction but it is equally important to examine three categories, consisting of satisfaction with information on; patients' problems/illness; distinct treatment components such as medication and psychotherapy; and patients' treatment progress.
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Perreault M, Paquin G, Kennedy S, Desmarais J, Tardif H. Patients' perspective on their relatives' involvement in treatment during a short-term psychiatric hospitalization. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 1999; 34:157-65. [PMID: 10327842 DOI: 10.1007/s001270050128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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With the growing interest in the patient's perspective regarding mental health services, several instruments have been developed for this area of research. However, despite the availability of multidimensional questionnaires, the dimensions evaluated have rarely addressed the issue of the involvement of relatives in treatment. The present study aimed at documenting the preferences and level of satisfaction of 92 patients hospitalized in short-term psychiatric units regarding the involvement of their relatives in treatment. Data was collected using an open-ended question and two standardized scales developed for the purposes of this study. The results demonstrated that the majority of patients preferred that their relatives be involved in many aspects of their treatment. In fact, a relatively high rate of dissatisfaction of 35.6% was observed among patients concerning the lack of notification of their relatives about changes in their treatment. In the context of deinstitutionalization, where relatives are invited to play an increasing role in the community reintegration of the patient, these findings highlight the pertinence of addressing the patient's perspective with regard to treatment planning with relatives.
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- M Perreault
- Adult Services, Douglas Hospital, Verdun, Québec, Canada
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