Solid state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopic studies of quadrupolar nuclei in inorganic systems and determination of optical parameters in optical waveguides

The general purpose of my research in this thesis is to apply solid state NMR of quadrupole nuclei to characterize and probe the chemical, structural, physical and electronic properties of materials, such as group III-V semiconductors, AlCl$\sb3\cdot$THF complexes, graphite intercalated with AlCl$\sb3$ (and related systems), and the copper-free high T$\sb{\rm c}$ superconductor (Ba$\sb{0.6}$K$\sb{0.4}$BiO$\sb3$), and related systems. Overall, I have tried to use solid-state NMR to give new information about structure in a variet of interesting and important conducting compounds, especially: semiconductors, superconductors, and metallic intercalation compounds (together with additional studies on appropriate "model" compounds).U of I OnlyETDs are only available to UIUC Users without author permissio