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AUTHOR
Sandra Helena Pulcinelli
New insights for materials science characterisation using different complementary techniques combined with X-ray absorption Spectroscopy
The combination of x-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) with UV-Vis and Raman spectroscopies or with Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) has been recently carried out on the D44 beamline of DCI-LURE. The different set-ups used to perform such combinations are described and examples of combined investigations belonging to different field of materials science (coordination chemistry, sol-gel and catalysis) are presented.
Study on the initial stages of water corrosion of fluorozirconate glasses
Abstract The surface corrosion process associated with the hydrolysis of fluorozirconate glass, ZBLAN (53ZrF 4 , 20BaF 2 , 20NaF, 4LaF 2 , 3AlF 3 ) was investigated using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), grazing-incidence small angle X-ray scattering (GISAXS), X-ray reflectivity (XRR) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). After a short exposure period (25 min) of the glass surface to deionized water the XPS data indicate an increase of the oxygen content accompanied by a decrease of fluorine concentration. The analysis of the chemical bonding structure identified the predominant surface reaction products as zirconium hydroxyfluoride and oxyfluoride species. The second most abundant…
Spectroscopic studies and crystal structure of bis(N-2-pyridinylcarbonyl-2-pyridinecarboximidato) manganese(II) monohydrate: Zero-field splitting param
Abstract The X-ray crystal structure of bis(N-2-pyridinylcarbonyl-2-pyridinecarboximidato)manganese(II) monohydrate, Mn(BPCA)2·H2O, has been determine
Densification of MnDoped Tin Oxide Films by Conventional Heating and Microwave Heating Treatment
Mn(II) doped SnO2 thin films used for shielding fluoride glasses against corrosion were investigated by x-ray absorption spectroscopy (EXAFS and XANE)S at the Sn and Mn K-edges. The effect of firing treatment on the densification of the films was studied. It has been evidenced a partial change of Mn valence from 2.3 to 2.6 upon heating which is attributed to a change of ratios of two Mn sites: grafted divalent Mn ions at the surface of SnO2 nanocrystallites and trivalent Mn ions embedded into a substitutional solid solution with Sn.