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Ambient-temperature high-pressure-induced ferroelectric phase transition in CaMnTi2O6

2017

The ferroelectric to paraelectric phase transition of multiferroic ${\mathrm{CaMnTi}}_{2}{\mathrm{O}}_{6}$ has been investigated at high pressures and ambient temperature by second-harmonic generation (SHG), Raman spectroscopy, and powder and single-crystal x-ray diffraction. We have found that ${\mathrm{CaMnTi}}_{2}{\mathrm{O}}_{6}$ undergoes a pressure-induced structural phase transition ($P{4}_{2}mc\ensuremath{\rightarrow}P{4}_{2}/nmc$) at $\ensuremath{\sim}7\phantom{\rule{0.16em}{0ex}}\mathrm{GPa}$ to the same paraelectric structure found at ambient pressure and ${T}_{c}=630\phantom{\rule{0.16em}{0ex}}\mathrm{K}$. The continuous linear decrease of the SHG intensity that disappears at 7 …

DiffractionBulk modulusPhase transitionMaterials scienceEquation of state (cosmology)02 engineering and technology021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology01 natural sciencesFerroelectricitysymbols.namesakeCrystallography0103 physical sciencessymbolsMultiferroics010306 general physics0210 nano-technologyRaman spectroscopyIntensity (heat transfer)Physical Review B
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Low-Q peak in X-ray patterns of choline-phenylalanine and homophenylalanine: a combined effect of chain and stacking

2016

Abstract In this contribution we report for the first time the X-ray patterns of choline-phenylalanine and choline-homophenylalanine ionic liquids. The presence of a low Q peak in both systems is another evidence that a long alkyl chain is not always needed to establish a nanodomain segregation in the liquid sufficient to be revealed by the diffraction experiment. These new data are compared with the diffraction patterns and the theoretical calculations of other choline-aminoacid ionic liquids recently reported. A significant role might be played by the stacking interactions between aromatic rings.

DiffractionChemical substancePhenylalanineStackingGeneral Physics and AstronomyPhenylalanine02 engineering and technologyIonic liquid010402 general chemistry01 natural sciencesCholinePhysics and Astronomy (all)chemistry.chemical_compoundAminoacidSettore CHIM/02Organic chemistryPhysical and Theoretical ChemistryAlkylcholine-amino acid ionic liquids EDXD; ion pairs; pre-peak; renewable materialschemistry.chemical_classificationSmall-angle X-ray scatteringSAXS; Choline; Phenylalanine; Aminoacids; Ionic liquidsAromaticitySAXS021001 nanoscience & nanotechnologyIonic liquids0104 chemical sciencesCrystallographychemistryIonic liquid0210 nano-technologyAminoacids
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An Ultrahigh CO2-Loaded Silicalite-1 Zeolite: Structural Stability and Physical Properties at High Pressures and Temperatures

2018

[EN] We report the formation of an ultrahigh CO2-loaded pure-SiO2, silicalite-1 structure at high pressure (0.7 GPa) from the interaction of empty zeolite and fluid CO, medium. The CO2-filled structure was characterized in situ by means of synchrotron powder X-ray diffraction. Rietveld refinements and Fourier recycling allowed the location of 16 guest carbon dioxide molecules per unit cell within the straight and sinusoidal channels of the porous framework to be analyzed. The complete filling of pores by CO, molecules favors structural stability under compression, avoiding pressure-induced amorphization below 20 GPa, and significantly reduces the compressibility of the system compared to th…

DiffractionChemistry02 engineering and technology010402 general chemistry021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology01 natural sciencesSynchrotron0104 chemical scienceslaw.inventionInorganic ChemistryChemical engineeringStructural stabilitylawThermalCompressibilityMoleculePhysical and Theoretical Chemistry0210 nano-technologyZeolitePorosity
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Computational chemistry meets experiments for explaining the geometry, electronic structure, and optical properties of Ca10V6O25

2018

In this paper, we present a combined experimental and theoretical study to disclose, for the first time, the structural, electronic, and optical properties of Ca10V6O25 crystals. The microwave-assisted hydrothermal (MAH) method has been employed to synthesize these crystals with different morphologies, within a short reaction time at 120 °C. First-principle quantum mechanical calculations have been performed at the density functional theory level to obtain the geometry and electronic properties of Ca10V6O25 crystal in the fundamental and excited electronic states (singlet and triplet). These results, combined with the measurements of X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Rietveld refinements, confirm…

DiffractionChemistryFILMES FINOSGeometry02 engineering and technologyElectronic structure010402 general chemistry021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology01 natural sciences0104 chemical sciencesInorganic ChemistryCrystalOctahedronLattice (order)TetrahedroncrystalsDensity functional theorySinglet statePhysical and Theoretical Chemistry0210 nano-technology
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Crystal structure analysis of a star-shaped triazine compound: a combination of single-crystal three-dimensional electron diffraction and powder X-ra…

2017

The solid-state structure of star-shaped 2,4,6-tris{(E)-2-[4-(dimethylamino)-phenyl]ethenyl}-1,3,5-triazine is determined from a powder sample by exploiting the respective strengths of single-crystal three-dimensional electron diffraction and powder X-ray diffraction data. The unit-cell parameters were determined from single crystal electron diffraction data. Using this information, the powder X-ray diffraction data were indexed, and the crystal structure was determined from the powder diffraction profile. The compound crystallizes in a noncentrosymmetric space group,P212121. The molecular conformation in the crystal structure was used to calculate the molecular dipole moment of 3.22 Debye,…

DiffractionChemistryMetals and Alloys02 engineering and technologyCrystal structure010402 general chemistry021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology01 natural sciencesAtomic and Molecular Physics and Optics0104 chemical sciencesElectronic Optical and Magnetic MaterialsDipolesymbols.namesakeCrystallographyElectron diffractionX-ray crystallographyMaterials Chemistrysymbols0210 nano-technologySingle crystalPowder diffractionDebyeActa crystallographica Section B, Structural science, crystal engineering and materials
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ATR-FTIR and XRD quantification of solid mixtures using the asymptotic constant ratio (ACR) methods. Application to geological samples of sodium and …

2019

Two asymptotic constant ratio methods applied to the quantification of individual components of solid samples using attenuated total reflectance-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) are described. The methods involve the measurement of the peak current/peak areas of selected signals (diffraction peaks in XRD and absorption bands in ATR-FTIR) relative to the signal of standard added in constant proportion to the sample and the sample enriched with the analyte following the usual standard additions methodology. The proposed method compensates the absorption effects appearing in XRD and the presence of overlapping absorption bands of interferents by me…

DiffractionChemistryPotassiumSodiumAnalytical chemistryInfrared spectroscopychemistry.chemical_element02 engineering and technology010402 general chemistry021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology01 natural sciencesAtomic and Molecular Physics and Optics0104 chemical sciencesAnalytical ChemistryMatrix (chemical analysis)Standard additionFourier transform infrared spectroscopy0210 nano-technologyAbsorption (electromagnetic radiation)InstrumentationSpectroscopySpectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy
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Time multiplexing super-resolved imaging without a priori knowledge of the spatial distribution of the encoding structured illumination

2021

Time multiplexing is a super-resolution technique that sacrifices time to overcome the resolution reduction obtained because of diffraction. There are many super resolution methods based on time multiplexing, but all of them require a priori knowledge of the time changing encoding mask, which is projected on the object and used to encode and decode the high-resolution information. In this paper, we present a time multiplexing technique that does not require the a priori knowledge on the projected encoding mask. First, the theoretical concept of the technique is demonstrated; then, numerical simulations and experimental results are presented.

DiffractionComputer sciencebusiness.industryResolution (electron density)02 engineering and technology021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology01 natural sciencesMultiplexingAtomic and Molecular Physics and Optics010309 opticsReduction (complexity)OpticsEncoding (memory)0103 physical sciencesA priori and a posteriori0210 nano-technologybusinessImage resolutionAlgorithmComputer Science::Information TheoryOptics Express
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Elektrónová a pásová štruktúra CuMnAs študovaná optickou a fotoemissinou spektroskopiou

2017

Tetragonal phase of CuMnAs progressively appears as one of the key materials for antiferromagnetic spintronics due to efficient current-induced spin-orbit torques whose existence can be directly inferred from crystal symmetry. Theoretical understanding of spintronic phenomena in this material, however, relies on the detailed knowledge of electronic structure (band structure and corresponding wave functions) which has so far been tested only to a limited extent. We show that AC permittivity (obtained from ellipsometry) and UV photoelectron spectra agree with density functional calculations. Together with the x-ray diffraction and precession electron diffraction tomography, our analysis confi…

DiffractionCondensed Matter - Materials ScienceMaterials scienceSpintronicsCondensed matter physicsPhotoemission spectroscopyMaterials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)FOS: Physical sciencesspintronics DFT photoemission optical properties CuMnAs02 engineering and technologyCrystal structureElectronic structure021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology01 natural sciences3. Good healthTetragonal crystal systemCondensed Matter::Materials ScienceSpintronika DFT fotoemissia optické vlastnosti CuMnAs0103 physical sciencesPrecession electron diffraction010306 general physics0210 nano-technologyElectronic band structure
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High-Pressure High-Temperature Stability and Thermal Equation of State of Zircon-Type Erbium Vanadate.

2018

Inorganic chemistry 57(21), 14005 - 14012 (2018). doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b01808

DiffractionDYNAMICSEquation of statePhase boundaryThermodynamics02 engineering and technologyzircon010402 general chemistry01 natural sciencesThermal expansionInorganic Chemistrychemistry.chemical_compoundX-RAY-DIFFRACTIONPhase (matter)Physical and Theoretical ChemistryChemistryX-RAY-DIFFRACTION; DYNAMICS021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology5400104 chemical scienceshigh pressureScheeliteX-ray crystallographyddc:5400210 nano-technologyZirconInorganic chemistry
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Third-harmonic light polarization control in magnetically resonant silicon metasurfaces

2021

Nonlinear metasurfaces have become prominent tools for controlling and engineering light at the nanoscale. Usually, the polarization of the total generated third harmonic is studied. However, diffraction orders may present different polarizations. Here, we design an high quality factor silicon metasurface for third harmonic generation and perform back focal plane imaging of the diffraction orders, which present a rich variety of polarization states. Our results demonstrate the possibility of tailoring the polarization of the generated nonlinear diffraction orders paving the way to a higher degree of wavefront control.

DiffractionEBLSiliconthird harmonic wave front control diffraction orders polarizationFOS: Physical scienceschemistry.chemical_elementPhysics::Optics02 engineering and technology01 natural sciences010309 opticsQuality (physics)Optics0103 physical sciencesnonlinear diffractionWavefrontPhysicsbusiness.industryNonlinear opticsSettore ING-INF/02 - Campi Elettromagnetici021001 nanoscience & nanotechnologyPolarization (waves)Atomic and Molecular Physics and OpticsNonlinear systemmetasurfaceCardinal pointchemistry0210 nano-technologybusinessthird harmonicOptics (physics.optics)Physics - Optics
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