The studies of structural aspects of the cluster formation in silicate glasses doped with cerium and titanium oxides by small-angle neutron scattering

The structural aspects of the formation of Ti-Ce-O nanoclusters in silicate glasses doped with oxides TiO2 and CeO2 have been studied by means of small-angle neutron scattering. It has been obtained that, in such glasses, complex oxide nanoclusters with sizes of 300-380 are formed; their average size increases and the fractal dimension is changed as the concentration of the initial oxides increases. Correlation between the structural characteristics of the nanoclusters and the optical properties of the doped silicate glasses is discussed.