Fabrication and Crystallization of ZnO-SLS Glass Derived Willemite Glass-Ceramics as a Potential Material for Optics Applications

Willemite glass-ceramics were successfully derived from conventional melt-quench ZnO-SLS precursor glass by an isothermal heat treatment process. The effect of heat treatment temperatures on the physical properties was investigated by Archimedes principle and linear shrinkage. The generation of will...

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Main Authors: Mohd Hafiz Mohd Zaid, Khamirul Amin Matori, Sidek Hj. Abdul Aziz, Halimah Mohamed Kamari, Wan Mahmood Mat Yunus, Zaidan Abdul Wahab, Nur Farhana Samsudin
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Published: Wiley 2016-01-01
Series:Journal of Spectroscopy
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8084301
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author Mohd Hafiz Mohd Zaid
Khamirul Amin Matori
Sidek Hj. Abdul Aziz
Halimah Mohamed Kamari
Wan Mahmood Mat Yunus
Zaidan Abdul Wahab
Nur Farhana Samsudin
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description Willemite glass-ceramics were successfully derived from conventional melt-quench ZnO-SLS precursor glass by an isothermal heat treatment process. The effect of heat treatment temperatures on the physical properties was investigated by Archimedes principle and linear shrinkage. The generation of willemite crystal phase and morphology with increase in heat treatment temperature was examined by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), and field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) techniques. X-ray diffraction revealed that the metastable β-Zn2SiO4 and thermodynamically stable zinc orthosilicate α-Zn2SiO4 phases can be observed at temperatures above 700°C. The experimental results indicated that the density and shrinkage of the glass-ceramic vary with increasing the sintering temperature. FTIR studies showed that the structure of glass-ceramic consists of SiO2 and ZnO4 units and exhibits the structural evolution of willemite glass-ceramics. The characteristic of strong vibrational bands can be related to the SiO44- tetrahedron corresponding to reference spectra of willemite.
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spelling doaj-art-96e64ebfc33b48f98301b02418012b6c2025-08-20T03:37:30ZengWileyJournal of Spectroscopy2314-49202314-49392016-01-01201610.1155/2016/80843018084301Fabrication and Crystallization of ZnO-SLS Glass Derived Willemite Glass-Ceramics as a Potential Material for Optics ApplicationsMohd Hafiz Mohd Zaid0Khamirul Amin Matori1Sidek Hj. Abdul Aziz2Halimah Mohamed Kamari3Wan Mahmood Mat Yunus4Zaidan Abdul Wahab5Nur Farhana Samsudin6Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), 43400 Serdang, Selangor, MalaysiaDepartment of Physics, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), 43400 Serdang, Selangor, MalaysiaDepartment of Physics, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), 43400 Serdang, Selangor, MalaysiaDepartment of Physics, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), 43400 Serdang, Selangor, MalaysiaDepartment of Physics, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), 43400 Serdang, Selangor, MalaysiaDepartment of Physics, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), 43400 Serdang, Selangor, MalaysiaMaterials Synthesis and Characterization Laboratory, Institute of Advanced Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), 43400 Serdang, Selangor, MalaysiaWillemite glass-ceramics were successfully derived from conventional melt-quench ZnO-SLS precursor glass by an isothermal heat treatment process. The effect of heat treatment temperatures on the physical properties was investigated by Archimedes principle and linear shrinkage. The generation of willemite crystal phase and morphology with increase in heat treatment temperature was examined by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), and field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) techniques. X-ray diffraction revealed that the metastable β-Zn2SiO4 and thermodynamically stable zinc orthosilicate α-Zn2SiO4 phases can be observed at temperatures above 700°C. The experimental results indicated that the density and shrinkage of the glass-ceramic vary with increasing the sintering temperature. FTIR studies showed that the structure of glass-ceramic consists of SiO2 and ZnO4 units and exhibits the structural evolution of willemite glass-ceramics. The characteristic of strong vibrational bands can be related to the SiO44- tetrahedron corresponding to reference spectra of willemite.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8084301
spellingShingle Mohd Hafiz Mohd Zaid
Khamirul Amin Matori
Sidek Hj. Abdul Aziz
Halimah Mohamed Kamari
Wan Mahmood Mat Yunus
Zaidan Abdul Wahab
Nur Farhana Samsudin
Fabrication and Crystallization of ZnO-SLS Glass Derived Willemite Glass-Ceramics as a Potential Material for Optics Applications
Journal of Spectroscopy
title Fabrication and Crystallization of ZnO-SLS Glass Derived Willemite Glass-Ceramics as a Potential Material for Optics Applications
title_full Fabrication and Crystallization of ZnO-SLS Glass Derived Willemite Glass-Ceramics as a Potential Material for Optics Applications
title_fullStr Fabrication and Crystallization of ZnO-SLS Glass Derived Willemite Glass-Ceramics as a Potential Material for Optics Applications
title_full_unstemmed Fabrication and Crystallization of ZnO-SLS Glass Derived Willemite Glass-Ceramics as a Potential Material for Optics Applications
title_short Fabrication and Crystallization of ZnO-SLS Glass Derived Willemite Glass-Ceramics as a Potential Material for Optics Applications
title_sort fabrication and crystallization of zno sls glass derived willemite glass ceramics as a potential material for optics applications
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8084301
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