Development of Cation-Dependent Layer to Layer Intermolecular Correlations in 5-Bilayer Arachidic Acid Multilayers

1990 ◽  
Vol 208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert F. Fischetti ◽  
Songtao Xu ◽  
J. Kent Blasie
Keyword(s):  
Ph Value ◽  
Function Analysis ◽  
Arachidic Acid ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Correlation Lengths ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Patterson Function ◽  
Glass Substrates ◽  
Diffraction Patterns

ABSTRACTWe have recorded two-dimensional X-ray diffraction patterns from fivebilayer Langmuir-Blodgett multilayer films. The films were deposited on alkylated glass substrates from monolayers of arachidic acid which were spread on barium or cadmium cation containing subphases: the pH was systematically varied from 4 to 9. The diffraction patterns were recorded using doubly-focusing X-ray optics and a two-dimensional position sensitive detector.Generalized Patterson function analysis of the meridional X-ray diffraction I (qxy = 0, qz), which arises from the profile structure of the multilayer, indicated that the bilayer to bilayer correlations improved with increasing pH value (i.e., with incorporation of divalent metal cations into the film). Experimentally determined electron density profiles have previously shown that the average in-plane density of the down-stroke monolayers was greater than that of the the up-stroke monolayers, in agreement with the observed transfer ratios.We observed Bragg rods at several qxy-values only for multilayers for which the subphase was of intermediate to high pH. The intensity and degree of sampling of the Bragg rods along qz increased with increasing pH value. At the highest pH values, the in-plane intermolecular correlation lengths were ∼600 Å and the bilayer to bilayer intermolecular correlation lengths were ∼165 Å or ∼2 1/2 bilayers. This indicates that for the fatty-acid salts the monolayers of low average in-plane density are “patched” with separated domains which have been deposited epitaxially on the underlying monolayers of high average inplane density.

Preparation of Ni-Coated SiC Ceramic Composite Powder by Electroless Plating

2011 ◽  
Vol 117-119 ◽  
pp. 77-80
Author(s):  
Huai Yao ◽  
Guang Lin Zhu ◽  
Yong Zhi Wang
Keyword(s):  
Electroless Plating ◽  
Ph Value ◽  
Nickel Chloride ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Basic Solution ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Deep Blue ◽  
Reaction Theory ◽  
Diffraction Patterns

As a surface technology, electroless plating is applied to almost every industry branch. To improve the wettability of SiC powder and metal, the surface of SiC powders was plated with a Ni plating in the basic solution according to the reaction theory of electroless plating. The main salting was nickel chloride, and the reducing agent was hydrazine hydrate. The plating velocity, phase transformation and microstructurewere investigated using XRD and SEM. The results show that the SiC powders had no increasing weight and no reaction can occur when the pH below 8.5. when the pH value was between 10 and 11, the weight gain of powders closed to the theoretical value, the Ni peaks in X-ray diffraction patterns of powders was relatively strong, the SiC coating surface was composed of granular, cellular and globe-like Ni, the substrate was covered of Ni plating completely. When the pH value was above 11, the gas production was becoming more pronounced and the reaction speed increasing with the increased of the pH value, the time from deep blue to colorless of solution started to drop off, the Ni(OH)2peaks in X-ray diffraction patterns of powders have already begun to emerged and a small amount of nickel films was generated.

Electrochemical Deposition and Characterization of Cd-Fe-Se Thin Films

2009 ◽  
Vol 68 ◽  
pp. 69-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Thanikaikarasan ◽  
T. Mahalingam ◽  
K. Sundaram ◽  
Tae Kyu Kim ◽  
Yong Deak Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Hexagonal Structure ◽  
X Rays ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Iron Selenide ◽  
Glass Substrates ◽  
Diffraction Patterns ◽  
Cadmium Iron Selenide ◽  
Deposited Films

Cadmium iron selenide (Cd-Fe-Se) thin films were deposited onto tin oxide (SnO2) coated conducting glass substrates from an aqueous electrolytic bath containing CdSO4, FeSO4 and SeO2 by potentiostatic electrodeposition. The deposition potentials of Cadmium (Cd), Iron (Fe), Selenium (Se) and Cadmium-Iron-Selenide (Cd-Fe-Se) were determined from linear cathodic polarization curves. The deposited films were characterized by x-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM), energy dispersive analysis by x-rays (EDX) and optical absorption techniques, respectively. X-ray diffraction patterns shows that the deposited films are found to be hexagonal structure with preferential orientation along (100) plane. The effect of FeSO4 concentration on structural, morphological, compositional and optical properties of the films are studied and discussed in detail.

Characterization of Nano-Biphasic Calcium Phosphates Synthesized under Microwave Curing

2008 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 67-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wafa I. Abdel-Fattah ◽  
Fikry M. Reicha ◽  
Tarek A. Elkhooly
Keyword(s):  
Ph Value ◽  
Calcium Phosphates ◽  
Chemical Precipitation ◽  
Calcium Deficiency ◽  
Molar Ratio ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Microwave Curing ◽  
Tcp Phase ◽  
Diffraction Patterns

Two biphasic BCP ceramic samples were synthesized by chemical precipitation and microwave curing of calcium deficient hydroxyapatite CDHA under the same pH value and temperature but varied in their initial Ca/P molar ratio. Precipitates were characterization after thermogravimetric analysis, fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, atomic absorption spectroscopy and TEM. Hydroxyapatite (HA) contents were measured for the two biphasic calcium phosphate (BCP) ceramics by sintering the calcium-deficient apatites (CDHA). The results reveal two condensation mechanisms of HPO42- affecting the Ca/P molar ratio after calcination. The X-ray diffraction patterns of BCP powders show the in situ formation of -TCP in the BCP powder. The amount of -TCP phase increases as the initial Ca/P molar ratio decreases due to more calcium deficiency in CDHA structure. The influence of HPO42- incorporation on increasing -TCP phase content after calcination is evaluated. TEM micrographs proved the effect of microwave curing during the preparation process on reducing of particle size to nanoscale range and the destruction of CDHA to finer HA and -TCP particles upon calcination.

Exfoliated single molecular layers of Mn0.8PS3 and Cd0.8PS3

2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 1107-1112 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.F. Frindt ◽  
D. Yang ◽  
P. Westreich
Keyword(s):  
Ion Exchange ◽  
Structure Factor ◽  
Single Layer ◽  
Layered Compounds ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Vacancy Ordering ◽  
Diffraction Patterns ◽  
Molecular Layers

The layered compounds MnPS3 and CdPS3 were exfoliated to form single molecular layers of Mn0.8PS3 and Cd0.8PS3 in suspension in water by ion exchange. The x-ray diffraction patterns of the two single-layer suspensions showed profound differences in some of the Bragg peaks, and we demonstrated that the differences are not due to the quality or size of the single layers, but are caused by structure factor modulations of the Warren tail for two-dimensional systems. We also demonstrated that the Cd or Mn vacancies generated in the exfoliation process are not ordered at long range, in contrast to an earlier report of vacancy ordering on intercalated MnPS3.

scholarly journals Removing multiple outliers and single-crystal artefacts from X-ray diffraction computed tomography data

2015 ◽  
Vol 48 (6) ◽  
pp. 1943-1955 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonios Vamvakeros ◽  
Simon D. M. Jacques ◽  
Marco Di Michiel ◽  
Vesna Middelkoop ◽  
Christopher K. Egan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Computed Tomography ◽  
Single Crystal ◽  
Tomographic Reconstruction ◽  
Projection Data ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Diffraction Patterns ◽  
Tomography Data

This paper reports a simple but effective filtering approach to deal with single-crystal artefacts in X-ray diffraction computed tomography (XRD-CT). In XRD-CT, large crystallites can produce spots on top of the powder diffraction rings, which, after azimuthal integration and tomographic reconstruction, lead to line/streak artefacts in the tomograms. In the simple approach presented here, the polar transform is taken of collected two-dimensional diffraction patterns followed by directional median/mean filtering prior to integration. Reconstruction of one-dimensional diffraction projection data sets treated in such a way leads to a very significant improvement in reconstructed image quality for systems that exhibit powder spottiness arising from large crystallites. This approach is not computationally heavy which is an important consideration with big data sets such as is the case with XRD-CT. The method should have application to two-dimensional X-ray diffraction data in general where such spottiness arises.

scholarly journals Effect of Aqueous Solution Molarity on the Structural and Electrical Properties of Spray Pyrolysed Lead Sulfide (PbS) Thin Films

2015 ◽  
Vol 57 ◽  
pp. 122-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Ghaffar Faraj
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Grain Size ◽  
Lead Sulfide ◽  
Chemical Spray Pyrolysis ◽  
Face Centered Cubic ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Glass Substrates ◽  
Diffraction Patterns ◽  
Scherrer Formula

Lead sulfide (PbS) thin films of different molarities (0.05 M, 0.075 M and 0.1 M) were prepared on glass substrates at 325 °C by chemical spray pyrolysis (CSP) technique. X-ray diffraction patterns confirm the proper phase formation of the PbS. The X-ray diffraction patterns’ results reveal that the all of PbS films have a face centered cubic structure with preferential reflection of (200) plane. The crystallite grain size was calculated using Scherrer formula and it is found that the 0.1M has maximum crystallite grain size (37.4 nm). Depending on the molarity, Hall measurement showed that the electrical resistivity and mobility at room temperature varied in the range 6.3x103Ω.cm to 2.1x103Ω.cm and 4.79cm2/V.S to 24.3 cm2/V.S.

Electrosynthesis and Studies on CdZnSe Thin Films

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-42
Author(s):  
T. Mahalingam ◽  
V. Dhanasekaran ◽  
S. Rajendran ◽  
R. Chandramohan ◽  
Luis Ixtlilco ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Optical Band Gap ◽  
Ph Value ◽  
Bath Temperature ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Optical Studies ◽  
Sem Images ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Predominant Orientation ◽  
Diffraction Patterns

Electrodeposited CdZnSe thin films have been prepared at various bath temperatures. The thickness of the films was estimated between 850 nm and 1500 nm by stylus method. The X-ray diffraction patterns revealed that the polycrystalline nature with cubic structure of CdZnSe alloy thin films. Microstructural properties such as, crystallite size, dislocation density, microstrain and number of crystallites per unit area were calculated using predominant orientation of the films. SEM images revealed that the surface morphology could be tailored suitably by adjusting the pH value during deposition. The surface roughness of the film was estimated using topographical studies. Optical properties of the film were analyzed from absorption and transmittance studies. Optical band gap of the films increased from 1.67 to 1.72 eV with the increase of bath temperature from 30 to 90℃. The optical constants (refractive index (n) and extinction coefficient (k)) of CdZnSe thin films were evaluated using optical studies.

Reliability of Orientational Order Parameters Determined from Two-dimensional X-ray Diffraction Patterns: A Simulation Study

ChemPhysChem ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (11) ◽  
pp. 1568-1572 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Jenz ◽  
Stefan Jagiella ◽  
Matthew A. Glaser ◽  
Frank Giesselmann
Keyword(s):  
Simulation Study ◽  
Orientational Order ◽  
Order Parameters ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Diffraction Patterns

CRAFS: a model to analyze two-dimensional X-ray diffraction patterns of plant cellulose

2013 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 1196-1210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafael P. Oliveira ◽  
Carlos Driemeier
Keyword(s):  
Fine Structure ◽  
Higher Plants ◽  
Rietveld Method ◽  
Renewable Resource ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Peak Broadening ◽  
Cellulose Iβ ◽  
Diffraction Patterns

Cellulose from higher plants is a vast renewable resource organized as crystals. Analysis of these crystals by X-ray diffraction poses very specific challenges, including ubiquitous crystallite texture and substantial overlapping of diffraction peaks. In this article, a tailor-made model named Cellulose Rietveld Analysis for Fine Structure (CRAFS) is developed to analyze two-dimensional X-ray diffraction patterns from raw and processed plant cellulose. One-dimensional powder diffractograms are analyzable as a particular case. The CRAFS model considers cellulose Iβ crystal structure, fibrillar crystal shape, paracrystalline peak broadening, pseudo-Voigt peak profiles, harmonic crystallite orientation distribution function and diffraction in fiber geometry. Formulated on the basis of the Rietveld method, CRAFS is presently written in the MATLAB computing language. A set of meaningful coefficients are output from each analyzed pattern. To exemplify model applicability, representative samples are analyzed, bringing some general insights and evidencing the model's potential for systematic parameterization of the fine structure of raw and processed plant celluloses.

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