Glasses of the system 70TeO(2). 25B(2)O(3). 5SrO doped with CuO up to 20 mo
l% were investigated. Mixed valence states (Cu2+ and Cu+) of copper ions we
re revealed. Depending on CuO concentration, Cu2+ are distributed as isolat
ed ions in axially distorted octahedral symmetric sites, or associated in c
lusters. The magnetic behaviour of the studied glasses was interpreted in t
erms of dipole-dipole interactions. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All righ
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