Synthesis and characterization of two-dimensional Nb4C3 (MXene)

2014 ◽  
Vol 50 (67) ◽  
pp. 9517-9520 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Ghidiu ◽  
M. Naguib ◽  
C. Shi ◽  
O. Mashtalir ◽  
L. M. Pan ◽  
...  

By etching Nb4AlC3 powders in hydrofluoric acid, a phase-pure, highly conductive, Nb4C3 MXene – the second with formula M4X3 – was produced. The latter's structure was investigated using pair distribution function analysis.

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 2234-2254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Troels Lindahl Christiansen ◽  
Susan R. Cooper ◽  
Kirsten M. Ø. Jensen

We review the use of pair distribution function analysis for characterization of atomic structure in nanomaterials.


2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 1627-1633 ◽  
Author(s):  
Koji Ohara ◽  
Satoshi Tominaka ◽  
Hiroki Yamada ◽  
Masakuni Takahashi ◽  
Hiroshi Yamaguchi ◽  
...  

A dedicated apparatus has been developed for studying structural changes in amorphous and disordered crystalline materials substantially in real time. The apparatus, which can be set up on beamlines BL04B2 and BL08W at SPring-8, mainly consists of a large two-dimensional flat-panel detector and high-energy X-rays, enabling total scattering measurements to be carried out for time-resolved pair distribution function (PDF) analysis in the temperature range from room temperature to 873 K at pressures of up to 20 bar. For successful time-resolved analysis, a newly developed program was used that can monitor and process two-dimensional image data simultaneously with the data collection. The use of time-resolved hardware and software is of great importance for obtaining a detailed understanding of the structural changes in disordered materials, as exemplified by the results of commissioned measurements carried out on both beamlines. Benchmark results obtained using amorphous silica and demonstration results for the observation of sulfide glass crystallization upon annealing are introduced.


Nanoscale ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. 5480-5487 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maxwell W. Terban ◽  
Matthew Johnson ◽  
Marco Di Michiel ◽  
Simon J. L. Billinge

Total scattering experiments are used with pair distribution function analysis to study nanoscale structure and morphology in highly disordered samples. We investigate sensitivity for the case of organic nanoparticles in dilute solution.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anuradha Pallipurath ◽  
Francesco Civati ◽  
Jonathan Skelton ◽  
Dean Keeble ◽  
Clare Crowley ◽  
...  

X-ray pair distribution function analysis is used with first-principles molecular dynamics simulations to study the co-operative H<sub>2</sub>O binding, structural dynamics and host-guest interactions in the channel hydrate of diflunisal.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Sapnik ◽  
Duncan Johnstone ◽  
Sean M. Collins ◽  
Giorgio Divitini ◽  
Alice Bumstead ◽  
...  

<p>Defect engineering is a powerful tool that can be used to tailor the properties of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs). Here, we incorporate defects through ball milling to systematically vary the porosity of the giant pore MOF, MIL-100 (Fe). We show that milling leads to the breaking of metal–linker bonds, generating more coordinatively unsaturated metal sites, and ultimately causes amorphisation. Pair distribution function analysis shows the hierarchical local structure is partially</p><p>retained, even in the amorphised material. We find that the solvent toluene stabilises the MIL-100 (Fe) framework against collapse and leads to a substantial rentention of porosity over the non-stabilised material.</p>


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