D014 Three-dimensional structure of nanophase materials from high-energy X-ray diffraction and atomic pair distribution function analysis

2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 172-172
Author(s):  
V. Petkov
Author(s):  
Milen Gateshki ◽  
Qing Chen ◽  
Lian-Mao Peng ◽  
Peter Chupas ◽  
Valeri Petkov

High-energy X-ray diffraction and atomic Pair Distribution Function analysis are employed to determine the atomic-scale structure of titanate nanotubes. It is found that the nanotube walls are built of layers of Ti–O


2012 ◽  
Vol 26 (18) ◽  
pp. 1250118 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. GHASEMIFARD ◽  
GH. H. KHORRAMI

The three-dimensional atomic-scale structure around Mg , Nb , Ti and Zr atoms in a series ferroelectric material such as PMN, PZT, PMN-PZT and PMN-PT has been studied using X-ray diffraction ( MoK α), Rietveld refinement and the atomic pair distribution function (PDF) technique. The structure and particle size of the powders was determined by X-ray diffraction and TEM observation. The studies show that the materials are disordered at nanometer length distances. The three-dimensional atomic ordering in PMN-based nanopowders may well be described by a cubic structure of the perovskite type, similar to that occurring in the bulk crystals. At the end, the analyzed data show that the sizes of ZrO 6 octahedral are larger than TiO 6 octahedral.


2005 ◽  
Vol 38 (5) ◽  
pp. 772-779 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milen Gateshki ◽  
Valeri Petkov ◽  
Swapan K. Pradhan ◽  
Tom Vogt

The three-dimensional structure of nanocrystalline magnesium ferrite, MgFe2O4, prepared by ball milling, has been determined using synchrotron radiation powder diffraction and employing both Rietveld and atomic pair distribution function (PDF) analysis. The nanocrystalline ferrite exhibits a very limited structural coherence length and a high degree of structural disorder. Nevertheless, the nanoferrite possesses a very well defined local atomic ordering that may be described in terms of a spinel-type structure with Mg2+and Fe3+ions almost randomly distributed over its tetrahedral and octahedral sites. The new structural information helps explain the material's unusual magnetic properties.


1999 ◽  
Vol 590 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Petkov ◽  
S. J. L. Billinge ◽  
J. Heising ◽  
M. G. Kanatzidis ◽  
S. D. Shastri ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTResults of high-energy synchrotron radiation experiments are presented demonstrating the advantages of the high-resolution atomic Pair Distribution Function technique in determining the structure of materials with intrinsic disorder.


2013 ◽  
Vol 15 (22) ◽  
pp. 8480 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaohao Yang ◽  
Ahmad S. Masadeh ◽  
James R. McBride ◽  
Emil S. Božin ◽  
Sandra J. Rosenthal ◽  
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