Topotaxial Formation of Mg4Nb2O9and MgNb2O6Thin Films on MgO (001) Single Crystals by Vapor-Solid Reaction

2003 ◽  
Vol 86 (6) ◽  
pp. 1049-1051 ◽  
Author(s):  
Duochun Sun ◽  
Stephan Senz ◽  
Dietrich Hesse
2008 ◽  
Vol 179 (13-14) ◽  
pp. 453-457 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.A. Schubert ◽  
S. Senz ◽  
D. Hesse

2005 ◽  
Vol 475-479 ◽  
pp. 1239-1242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhi Peng Xie ◽  
Wei You Yang ◽  
He Zhuo Miao ◽  
Li Gong Zhang ◽  
Li Nan An

A new method to synthesize Si3N4 nanostructures via catalyst-assisted polymeric precursor pyrolysis is present in this article. The as-prepared nanobelts are single crystals with a uniform thickness and width along the entire length, and contain no detectable defects such as dislocations or stacking faults. The thickness and width of Si3N4 nanobelts range from 40 to 60 nm and 600 to 1200 nm, respectively, and the lengths can be up to several millimeters. The growth directions of a-Si3N4 nanobelts are [101] and [100]. A solid-liquid-solid and gas-solid reaction/crystallization is proposed for the growth of S3N4 nonastructures.


2007 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 589-596 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthieu Kauffmann ◽  
Pascal Roussel

Single crystals of the title compounds were prepared by solid–solid reaction using BaBr2 flux at 1373 K. The structures of these two new cobaltites were solved and refined. The two compounds are built from a close-packing of [BaO3] and [BaOBr] layers with stacking sequences (c′chhcc′)3 and (c′chhhcc′)2 for the 18R and 14H structures, respectively, which create Co3O12 trimers or Co4O15 tetramers of face-sharing octahedra connected at their extremities to isolated tetrahedra by corner-sharing. These new materials are strongly related to the 5H-Ba5Co5O14/12H-Ba0.9CoO2.6 and 10H-Ba5Co5ClO13/6H-Ba6Co6ClO16 materials, with the existence of common blocks. In Ba6Co5BrO14 and Ba7Co6BrO17, all the atoms in the vicinity of the [BaOBr] layers are disordered, whereas the rest of the structure is perfectly ordered.


Author(s):  
J. D. C. McConnell

In this paper the formation of a gelatinous hydrate phase from the natural dicalcium silicate minerals larnite and bredigite is described. Detailed study of the gel so formed indicates that the process of hydration is a solid reaction which is effeeted by diffusion. The preferred orientation of the hydrate phase suggests that the hydration is facilitated by a relationship between the structure of the anhydrous silicate and that of the hydrate phase produced.In this investigation the variations in density, mean refractive index, and chemical composition of the natural gels have been determined and the characteristics of the adsorbed water studied by isothermal dehydration and rehydration. In discussing the mechanism of hydration it has been assumed that this obtains at constant volume. This assumption is based on the study of gel pseudomorphs after single crystals of larnite and bredigite in thin section.


Author(s):  
Lucien F. Trueb

A new type of synthetic industrial diamond formed by an explosive shock process has been recently developed by the Du Pont Company. This material consists of a mixture of two basically different forms, as shown in Figure 1: relatively flat and compact aggregates of acicular crystallites, and single crystals in the form of irregular polyhedra with straight edges.Figure 2 is a high magnification micrograph typical for the fibrous aggregates; it shows that they are composed of bundles of crystallites 0.05-0.3 μ long and 0.02 μ. wide. The selected area diffraction diagram (insert in Figure 2) consists of a weak polycrystalline ring pattern and a strong texture pattern with arc reflections. The latter results from crystals having preferred orientation, which shows that in a given particle most fibrils have a similar orientation.


Author(s):  
E. L. Thomas ◽  
S. L. Sass

In polyethylene single crystals pairs of black and white lines spaced 700-3,000Å apart, parallel to the [100] and [010] directions, have been identified as microsector boundaries. A microsector is formed when the plane of chain folding changes over a small distance within a polymer crystal. In order for the different types of folds to accommodate at the boundary between the 2 fold domains, a staggering along the chain direction and a rotation of the chains in the plane of the boundary occurs. The black-white contrast from a microsector boundary can be explained in terms of these chain rotations. We demonstrate that microsectors can terminate within the crystal and interpret the observed terminal strain contrast in terms of a screw dislocation dipole model.


Author(s):  
M.P. Thomas ◽  
A.R. Waugh ◽  
M.J. Southon ◽  
Brian Ralph

It is well known that ion-induced sputtering from numerous multicomponent targets results in marked changes in surface composition (1). Preferential removal of one component results in surface enrichment in the less easily removed species. In this investigation, a time-of-flight atom-probe field-ion microscope A.P. together with X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy XPS have been used to monitor alterations in surface composition of Ni3Al single crystals under argon ion bombardment. The A.P. has been chosen for this investigation because of its ability using field evaporation to depth profile through a sputtered surface without the need for further ion sputtering. Incident ion energy and ion dose have been selected to reflect conditions widely used in surface analytical techniques for cleaning and depth-profiling of samples, typically 3keV and 1018 - 1020 ion m-2.


Author(s):  
N.J. Long ◽  
M.H. Loretto ◽  
C.H. Lloyd

IntroductionThere have been several t.e.m. studies (1,2,3,4) of the dislocation arrangements in the matrix and around the particles in dispersion strengthened single crystals deformed in single slip. Good agreement has been obtained in general between the observed structures and the various theories for the flow stress and work hardening of this class of alloy. There has been though some difficulty in obtaining an accurate picture of these arrangements in the case when the obstacles are large (of the order of several 1000's Å). This is due to both the physical loss of dislocations from the thin foil in its preparation and to rearrangement of the structure on unloading and standing at room temperature under the influence of the very high localised stresses in the vicinity of the particles (2,3).This contribution presents part of a study of the Cu-Cr-SiO2 system where age hardening from the Cu-Cr and dispersion strengthening from Cu-Sio2 is combined.


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