Herein, the first F-containing iodate-phosphate, namely Ba2Ga2F6(IO3)(PO4), was prepared via a hydrothermal reaction, in which HPF6 (70 wt% solution in water) was used as the source of both fluoride and phosphate anions for the first time.
Ga(IO3)3 was successfully obtained with balanced performance between band gap and second harmonic generation response.
Two new vanadium oxyfluoride–iodate birefringent materials, Sr[VO2F(IO3)2] and Sr3F2(VO2F4)(IO3), have been successfully synthesized. These two compounds exhibit high birefringences with values of 0.250 and 0.406 at 550 nm, respectively.
A new acentric iodate, NaMoO3(IO3)(H2O), was obtained by introducing a water molecule into a centrosymmetric matrix, which induced the reorientation of Λ-shaped [MoO4(IO3)2] units and a strong nonlinear effect.
Hydrous ZrO2 materials showed high potential for the selective adsorption of IO3− in the presence of competing anions. The main adsorption mechanism was found to be ion-exchange and efficient regeneration was demonstrated with dilute acid.