Search results for "Crystallite"
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Determination of single crystal elastic constants in textured polycrystalline materials: inverse approach coupling x-ray diffraction and self consist…
2004
La diffraction des rayons X couplee a l'utilisation d'un modele polycristallin (modele auto-coherent) est utilisee pour determiner les constantes d'elasticite monocristallines d'un materiau polycristallin texture. En effet, la connaissance du tenseur de rigidite elastique cijkl d'un solide est fondamentale pour les etudes s'attachant a la comprehension des proprietes mecaniques de la matiere (approches theoriques ou experimentales). Si, d'autres techniques permettent de determiner le tenseur d'elasticite d'un materiau (ultrasons par exemple), elles necessitent souvent l'utilisation d'un monocristal. Ceci n'est pas toujours realisable, en particulier pour des alliages de concentrations varia…
Systematical, experimental investigations on LiMgZ (Z= P, As, Sb) wide band gap semiconductors
2011
This work reports on the experimental investigation of the wide band gap compounds LiMgZ (Z = P, As, Sb), which are promising candidates for opto-electronics and anode materials for Lithium batteries. The compounds crystallize in the cubic (C1_b) MgAgAs structure (space group F-43m). The polycrystalline samples were synthesized by solid state reaction methods. X-ray and neutron diffraction measurements show a homogeneous, single-phased samples. The electronic properties were studied using the direct current (DC) method. Additionally UV-VIS diffuse reflectance spectra were recorded in order to investigate the band gap nature. The measurements show that all compounds exhibit semiconducting be…
Positron Annihilation in Polycrystalline Metals Deformed by Uniaxial Tension
2005
Angular distributions of the positron annihilation quanta were measured for polycrystalline samples deformed by uniaxial tension up to difierent deformation degrees. The S parameter as a function of the W parameter was determined. The data obtained for samples elongated up to difierent elongation degrees indicate that in the proportionality and limited proportionality regions the changes in the physical properties of samples are governed mainly by generation of vacancies and formation and kinetics of transformations of vacancy clusters occurring flrst of all on the grains of monocrystallites. In the region of plastic deformations the dominant defects are dislocations and vacancies and their…
Correlation between ball milling conditions and planar effects on Cu-nanostructured powders
2002
It is most often proposed that the process of ball milling introduces a variety of defects (vacancies, dislocations, grain boundaries, stacking faults,...) which raise the free energy of the system making it possible to produce metastable phases. But there are very few investigations that deal with the characterization and quantification of the defects produced in milled powders. XRD is really a valuable technique for a characterization in terms of size and morphology of crystallites and imperfections. In this paper, a new line profile analysis method is proposed in order to take into account the dependence of the crystallite size, of the residual strains as well as of the planar defects, o…
The study of correlation between microstructure of ferrites and their complex permeability spectra
2013
Theoretical model for complex permeability of polycrystalline ferrite (based on effects arising from realities of typical microstructure of sample) is correlated with experimental data. In the case of NiZn-ferrites there is observed a close agreement with the model and the data; for samples of MnZn-ferrites this agreement is only for small-sized cores; for bigger ones the dimensional effects (dimensional resonance) appear and the model cease to be valid.
Rotating quantum liquids crystallize
2006
Small crystallites form when finite quantal systems are set highly rotating. This crystallization is independent of the statistics of the particles, and occurs for both trapped bosons and fermions. The spin degree of freedom does not change the tendency for localization. In a highly rotating state, the strongly correlated bosonic and fermionic systems approach to that of classical particles.
Raman scattering study of the anharmonic effects in CeO2−ynanocrystals
2007
We have studied the temperature dependence of the F2g Raman mode phonon frequency and broadening in CeO2−y nanocrystals. The phonon softening and phonon linewidth are calculated using a model which takes into account the three-and four-phonon anharmonic processes. A detailed comparison of the experimental data with theoretical calculations revealed the predominance of four-phonon anharmonic processes in the temperature dependence of the phonon energy and broadening of the nanocrystals. On the other hand, three-phonon processes dominate the temperature behavior of phonons in polycrystalline samples. The anti-Stokes/Stokes peak intensity ratio was also investigated and found to be smaller for…
Influence of growth parameters and melt convection on the solid-liquid interface during RF-floating zone crystal growth of intermetallic compounds
2001
Abstract The influence of growth parameters and melt convection on the solid–liquid interface of the intermetallic compound Ni3Si grown by the RF-floating zone technique was investigated experimentally as well as numerically. Numerical simulations showed that the heat transfer is strongly influenced by the electromagnetically driven and Marangoni convections whereas both the buoyancy and feed rotation have a negligible effect. It was found experimentally that the inductor design, the rod diameter and the length of the molten zone influence the solid–liquid interface shape significantly. The electromagnetically driven convection increases dramatically with increasing zone length due to the r…
Influence Of The Electrical Parameters On The Fabrication Of Copper Nanowires Into Anodic Alumina Templates
2009
Abstract Metallic copper nanowires have been grown into the pores of alumina membranes by electrodeposition from an aqueous solution containing CuSO 4 . and H 3 BO 3 at pH 3. In order to study the influence of the electrical parameters on growth and structure of nanowires, different deposition potentials (both in the region where hydrogen evolution reaction is allowed or not) and voltage perturbation modes (constant potential or unipolar pulsed depositions) were applied. In all cases, pure polycrystalline Cu nanowires were fabricated into template pores, having lengths increasing with the total deposition time. These nanowires were self-standing, because they retain their vertical orientati…
Template electrosynthesis of aligned Cu2O nanowires
2008
Abstract Large arrays of aligned copper oxide nanowires were produced by electrodeposition, using anodic alumina membranes as template. We have studied the effect of two fundamental parameters involved in fabrication process: potential perturbation and bath composition. Performing electrodeposition from a copper acetate/sodium acetate bath (pH 6.5), we found that chemical composition of nanowires varied in dependence on the shape of the applied potential perturbation: pure copper oxide nanowires were produced by pulsed potential, whilst continuous electrodeposition resulted in a co-deposition of Cu and Cu 2 O. In a copper lactate bath, buffered at pH 10, the shape of perturbation did not in…