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dc.contributor.authorGuo, Degi.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-07-09T18:42:58Z
dc.date.available2009-07-09T18:42:58Z
dc.date.issued1988-07-09T18:42:58Z
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10464/2062
dc.description.abstractSilicon carbide, which has many polytypic modifications of a very simple and very symmetric structure, is an excellent model system for exploring, the relationship between chemical shift, long-range dipolar shielding, and crystal structure in network solids. A simple McConnell equation treatment of bond anisotropy effects in a poly type predicts chemical shifts for silicon and carbon sites which agree well with the experiment, provided that contributions from bonds up to 100 A are included in the calculation. The calculated chemical shifts depend on three factors: the layer stacking sequence, electrical centre of gravity, and the spacings between silicon and carbon layers. The assignment of peaks to lattice sites is proved possible for three polytypes (6H, 15R, and 3C). The fact that the calculated chemical shifts are very sensitive to layer spacings provides us a potential way to detennine and refine a crystal structure. In this work, the layer spacings of 6H SiC have been calculated and are within X-ray standard deviations. Under this premise, the layer spacings of 15R have been detennined. 29Si and 13C single crystal nmr studies of 6H SiC polytype indicate that all silicons and carbons are magnetically anisotropic. The relationship between a magnetic shielding tensor component and layer spacings has been derived. The comparisons between experimental and semi-empirical chemical shielding tensor components indicate that the paramagnetic shielding of silicon should be included in the single crystal chemical shift calculation.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherBrock Universityen_US
dc.subjectSilicon carbide.en_US
dc.subjectNuclear magnetic resonance.en_US
dc.subjectDiffraction.en_US
dc.subjectSolid state chemistry.en_US
dc.titleSolid state NMR chemical shifts as an alternative to diffraction data in the determination of SIC polytypic structuresen_US
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen
dc.degree.nameM.Sc. Chemistryen_US
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Chemistryen_US
dc.degree.disciplineFaculty of Mathematics and Scienceen_US
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