Approximate model for the crystal structure of precipitates in NaF doped with AlF3

1993 ◽  
Vol 49 (6) ◽  
pp. 846-853 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Suzuki

The crystal structure of precipitates in a mixed crystal of NaF and 1 mol% AlF3 has been studied at room temperature using both stationary-crystal and rotating-crystal X-ray photographic methods. It has been found that almost all the reflections can be assigned to a face-centered-cubic (f.c.c.) lattice with unit-cell parameter 7.77 Å. The main feature of the diffraction pattern is that the 311 reflection is very strong while the 222 reflection is practically zero, in contrast to the case of high-form cryolite, i.e. cubic Na3AlF6. These features are explained by assuming an f.c.c. arrangement of AlF6 octahedra that are rotated around the 〈111〉 axes by about 47° from the highest-symmetry orientation. It has also been shown that the F ions in each octahedron make large overlaps with the Al ion at the center of the octahedron. A random distribution of rotation axes is also proposed to conform to the cubic symmetry of the lattice structure of the precipitate.

2012 ◽  
Vol 476-478 ◽  
pp. 1138-1141
Author(s):  
Zhi Qiang Wei ◽  
Qiang Wei ◽  
Li Gang Liu ◽  
Hua Yang ◽  
Xiao Juan Wu

Ag nanoparticles were successfully synthesized by hydrothermal method under the polyol system combined with traces of sodium chloride, Silver nitrate(AgNO3) and polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) acted as the silver source and dispersant respectively. The samples by this process were characterized via X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) adsorption equation, transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and the corresponding selected area electron diffraction (SAED) to determine the chemical composition, particle size, crystal structure and morphology. The experiment results indicate that the crystal structure of the samples is face centered cubic (FCC) structure as same as the bulk materials, The specific surface area is 24 m2/g, the particle size distribution ranging from10 to 50 nm, with an average particle size about 26 nm obtained by TEM and confirmed by XRD and BET results.


2017 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 830-839 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. M. Suturin ◽  
V. V. Fedorov ◽  
A. M. Korovin ◽  
N. S. Sokolov ◽  
A. V. Nashchekin ◽  
...  

The development of growth techniques aimed at the fabrication of nanoscale heterostructures with layers of ferroic 3dmetals on semiconductor substrates is very important for their potential usage in magnetic media recording applications. A structural study is presented of single-crystal nickel island ensembles grown epitaxially on top of CaF2/Si insulator-on-semiconductor heteroepitaxial substrates with (111), (110) and (001) fluorite surface orientations. The CaF2buffer layer in the studied multilayer system prevents the formation of nickel silicide, guides the nucleation of nickel islands and serves as an insulating layer in a potential tunneling spin injection device. The present study, employing both direct-space and reciprocal-space techniques, is a continuation of earlier research on ferromagnetic 3dtransition metals grown epitaxially on non-magnetic and magnetically ordered fluorides. It is demonstrated that arrays of stand-alone faceted nickel islands with a face-centered cubic lattice can be grown controllably on CaF2surfaces of (111), (110) and (001) orientations. The proposed two-stage nickel growth technique employs deposition of a thin seeding layer at low temperature followed by formation of the islands at high temperature. The application of an advanced three-dimensional mapping technique exploiting reflection high-energy electron diffraction (RHEED) has proved that the nickel islands tend to inherit the lattice orientation of the underlying fluorite layer, though they exhibit a certain amount of {111} twinning. As shown by scanning electron microscopy, grazing-incidence X-ray diffraction (GIXD) and grazing-incidence small-angle X-ray scattering (GISAXS), the islands are of similar shape, being faceted with {111} and {100} planes. The results obtained are compared with those from earlier studies of Co/CaF2epitaxial nanoparticles, with special attention paid to the peculiarities related to the differences in lattice structure of the deposited metals: the dual-phase hexagonal close-packed/face-centered cubic lattice structure of cobalt as opposed to the single-phase face-centered cubic lattice structure of nickel.


Molecules ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 552
Author(s):  
Bo Li ◽  
Liqing He ◽  
Jianding Li ◽  
Hai-Wen Li ◽  
Zhouguang Lu ◽  
...  

Here we report a Ti50V50-10 wt.% C alloy with a unique lattice and microstructure for hydrogen storage development. Different from a traditionally synthesized Ti50V50 alloy prepared by a melting method and having a body-centered cubic (BCC) structure, this Ti50V50-C alloy synthesized by a mechanical alloying method is with a face-centered cubic (FCC) structure (space group: Fm-3m No. 225). The crystalline size is 60 nm. This alloy may directly absorb hydrogen near room temperature without any activation process. Mechanisms of the good kinetics from lattice and microstructure aspects were discussed. Findings reported here may indicate a new possibility in the development of future hydrogen storage materials.


2018 ◽  
Vol 748 ◽  
pp. 943-952 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Han ◽  
X. Lu ◽  
Q. Xia ◽  
B. Lei ◽  
Y. Yan ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 1009 ◽  
pp. 69-74
Author(s):  
Ekaterina Borisovna Markova ◽  
Alexander Genrihovich Cherednichenko ◽  
V.V. Kurilkin ◽  
J.M. Serov

The influence of the type of crystal structure of complex gadolinium oxides on their catalytic activity was studied using a wide range of physicochemical methods. It was shown that the synthesized nanocrystalline powders Gd2Zr2O7 form highly symmetric face-centered cubic crystal structures. In the course of catalytic experiments, it was found that the formation of a cubic structure increases the degree of conversion of propane and the shift of cracking temperatures to a lower area. The formation of various defects contributes to the course of the dehydrogenation or degradation reaction due to the different number of catalytic centers.


Author(s):  
Markel Alaña ◽  
Aitziber Lopez-Arancibia ◽  
Ainara Pradera-Mallabiabarrena ◽  
Sergio Ruiz de Galarreta

2008 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 5942-5951 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theodoros Tsoufis ◽  
Aphrodite Tomou ◽  
Dimitrios Gournis ◽  
Alexios P. Douvalis ◽  
Ioannis Panagiotopoulos ◽  
...  

Multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) were used as nanotemplates for the dispersion and stabilization of FePt nanoparticles (NPs). Pre-formed capped FePt NPs were connected to the MWCNTs external surface via covalent binding through organic linkers. Free FePt NPs and MWCNTs-FePt hybrids were annealed in vacuum at 700 °C in order to achieve the L10 ordering of the FePt phase. Both as prepared and annealed samples were characterized and studied using a combination of experimental techniques, such as Raman and Mössbauer spectroscopies, powder X-ray Diffraction (XRD), magnetization and transmittion electron microscopy (TEM) measurements. TEM measurements of the hybrid sample before annealing show that a fine dispersion of NPs along the MWCNTs surface is achieved, while a certain amount of free particles attached to each other in well connected dense assemblies of periodical or non-periodical particle arrangements is also observed. XRD measurements reveal that the FePt phase has the face-centered cubic (fcc) disordered crystal structure in the as prepared samples, which is transformed to the face-centered tetragonal (fct) L10 ordered crystal structure after annealing. An increase in the average particle size is observed after annealing, which is higher for the free NPs sample. Superparamagnetic phenomena due to the small FePt particle size are observed in the Mössbauer spectra of the as prepared samples. Mössbauer and magnetization measurements of the MWCNTs-FePt hybrids sample reveal that the part of the FePt particles attached to the MWCNTs surface shows superparamagnetic phenomena at RT even after the annealing process. The hard magnetic L10 phase characteristics are evident in the magnetization measurements of both samples after annealing, with the coercivity of the hybrid sample over-scaling that of the free NPs sample by a factor of 1.25.


2013 ◽  
Vol 749 ◽  
pp. 192-197
Author(s):  
Xue Min Huang ◽  
Quan Sheng Wang ◽  
Ying Liu ◽  
Xiu Chen Zhao ◽  
Shu Lai Wen

The two kinds of flower-like ultrafine cobalt particles were prepared by reducing cobalt chloride (CoCl2·6H2O) with hydrazine hydrate (N2H4·H2O) under ultrasonic and microwave radiation, in which ethanol-water or ethylene glycol-water mixture was used as solvent. The morphology, crystal structure and magnetic properties of the as-prepared particles were characterized by scanning electron microscope (SEM), x-ray diffraction pattern (XRD) and vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM). The results show that the petals of the flower-like cobalt particles prepared in the ethanol-water system were dendritic, while the petals of the flower-like cobalt particles prepared in the ethylene glycol-water system were sword-like. The crystal structure of cobalt particles prepared in the two kinds of systems both consisted of hexagonal close-packed cubic phase and face-centered cubic phase, but the relative content was different. The saturation magnetization of the cobalt particles with dendritic petals and the cobalt particles with sword-like petals was the same approximately, but their coercivity was greatly different (the difference in value about 7184.14Am-1), which might be attributed to the magnetocrystalline anisotropy and shape anisotropy.


2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 16-24
Author(s):  
Sherin Monichan ◽  
P. Mosae Selvakumar ◽  
Christine Thevamithra ◽  
M. S. A. Muthukumar Nadar ◽  
Jesse Joel

Silver nanoparticles has been used since ages, even till now it is exploited in almost all areas like medicine, textiles, industries, cosmetics, purification, dying and many more. There are many approaches which are used to synthesize silver nanoparticles. However, these approaches are either harmful to the environment or very costly. Therefore, green synthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) using leaves of Filicium decipiens eco-friendly and a very reliable method to procure AgNPs. Characterization of synthesized AgNPs were then done using UV-Vis spectroscopy and fluorescence which confirmed the formation of AgNPs, scanning electron microscope (SEM)confirmed its shape to be round and X-ray diffraction (XRD) determined its crystalline nature as face centered cubic structure. Furthermore, Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) was also done in order to know the average diameter and zeta potential of AgNPs. However, it did not show potential results due to the aggregates formed during the green synthesis of AgNPs. In addition to this, anti-microbial test against bacteria such as gram negative (Escherichia. Coli) and gram positive (Bacillus.spc) were done using well-diffusion method and also its application of antimicrobial activity was tested over fabric to understand its application in textile industries. In both the cases, AgNPs showed more efficiency in gram negative bacteria than gram- positive.


1992 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
N.R. Serebryanaya

AbstractPhase transitions were found with use of an in situX-ray anvil-type of apparatus with a boron annulus at pressures up to 12 GPa. The disordering of vacancies in the In sub-structure, or α→βtransition, was found in In2Te3at p > 1.9 GPa. The next transformation from the β-form into the Bi2Te3type of structure was observed in both sesquitellurides at 2.0 GPa and 5.0 GPa for In2TGe3and Ga2Te3respectively. The In2Te3metastable phase of the Bi2Te3resulted from heating up to 200° C at p > 4.0 GPa, and it remained in a normal condition on release of the pressure. The X-ray powder diffraction data of pressure-induced phases, volume changes and bulk modulus of both sesquitellurides are given. The compressibility anisotropy of the layer pressure-induced phase was observed. The mechanism of the crystal structure transformation from the face-centered cubic structure into the Bi2Te3type is proposed to be due to the displacement of atoms from the space diagonal of the cube [111] into [112]-cubic direction and the rhombohedral distortion of the angle between these directions.


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