Exact solutions to diffraction problems in wave optics are scarce though strongly demanded for accurate knowledge of electromagnetic fields the immediate vicinity scatterers. Here, we obtain and analyze an exact analytical solution plane-wave at a lateral junction two-dimensional (2D) conductors with dissimilar surface conductivities. We find that near possesses dipolelike radiative component 2...

Oxide nanoparticles can exhibit unique physical and chemical properties due to their limited size and a high density of corner or edge surface sites. In this study, MgO nanoparticle was synthesized using Mg(CH3COO)2 and hexamethylenetetramine as starting materials. The structure and optical properties of these particles are investigated by using X-ray diffraction (XRD), sc...

We report the growth by ion exchange synthesis of ZnS nanoparticles in MCM-41 matrices using Zn (CH3COO)2 and Na2S starting sources. The final product (ZnS/MCM-41) was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), infrared spectrometry (IR) and UV-vis spectroscopy. Its crystalline st...

Electron energy loss spectra in conjunction with near-edge fine structures of purely stoichiometric niobium monoxide (NbO) and niobium pentoxide (Nb2O5) reference materials were recorded. The structures of the niobium oxide reference materials were checked by selected area electron diffraction to ensure a proper assignment of the fine structures. NbO and Nb2O5 show clearly different energy loss...

The relaxor ferroelectric K(0.5)Bi(0.5)TiO(3) has been synthesised in a solid-solution series with K(0.5)Bi(0.5)ZrO(3), as K(0.5)Bi(0.5)Ti1-xZrxO(3). High-resolution synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction and X-ray absorption near edge structure spectroscopy were used to characterise the long-range average and local structural behaviour. Rietveld refinements against diffraction data show that a p...

This paper concerns the frequency domain problem of diffraction of a plane wave incident on an infinite right-angled wedge on which impedance (absorbing) boundary conditions are imposed. It is demonstrated that the exact Sommerfeld-Malyuzhinets contour integral solution for the diffracted field can be transformed to a line integral over a physical variable along the diffracting edge. This integ...

The problem of the diffraction of a dipole field by a perfectly conducting half plane or wedge has attracted considerable attention and the literature dates back over half a century. One of the earliest investigations was that of Bromwich (1915) who sought to deduce the solution from a Hertz vector made up of the known solution for the corresponding scalar problem, but it was later realized tha...