Density, chemical, structural and vibrational studies of GexSb65Se35-x system with 0 ≤ x ≤ 20 produce by melt-quench technique were carried out using Archimedes method, Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Raman spectroscopy. All specimens are polycrystalline in nature as confirmed by XRD pattern. The compositional dependence of the XRD and Raman spectra suggests th...

SrF2:Eu,Ce3+ nanophosphors were successfully synthesized by the hydrothermal method during down-shifting investigations for solar cell applications. The phosphors were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning Auger nanoprobe, time of flight-secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy. XRD showed that the cr...

soil samples were collected from seven sites in and around the metropolitan area of mexicocity. the locations were chosen as possible sources of fugitive dusts which contribute to suspended particulate matter in the atmosphere of mexico city. x-ray fluorescence (xrf) was used to determine the concentrations of several major elements (si, k, ca, ti, mn, and fe), as well as of other trace element...

The one-step synthesis and characterization of nanostructured metallic platinum microspheres by a low-pressure flat flame technique is presented here. Field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) analyzed the as-derived powders. Collectively, the results obtained from these analyses confirmed the formation of microsphere...

ZnS nanoparticles of different size have been synthesized using a colloidal particles method. ZnS nanoparticles prepared with capping agent (mercaptoethanol) then were characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and UV-Vis spectroscopy. The particle size of the nanoparticles calculated from the XRD patterns has been found in the range 1.85-2.44nm. Absorption spectra have been obtained using UV-...

Two nano-sized mixed-ligand Cd (II) coordination polymers; [Cd (4,4' -bpy) (C4H4O4)].1/4 H2O (1) and[Cd(bpy)1.5 (NO3)2].3H2O (2) (bpy=bipiridine) were synthesized by a sonochemical method and characterized by elemental analyses, thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA), differential thermal analysis (DTA), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR). The cry...

This paper introducesminiPixD: a new, compact system that utilises transmission X-ray imaging and X-ray diffraction (XRD) to locate and identify materials of interest within an otherwise opaque volume. The system and the embodied techniques have utility in security screening, medical diagnostics, non-destructive testing (NDT) and quality assurance (QA). This paper outlines the design of the sys...

the nanocrystallization of co67fe4cr7si8b14 amorphous ribbons which prepared by planar flow melt spinning process (pfms) was investigated. crystallization of the ribbons was studied by differential thermal analysis (dta), x-ray diffraction (xrd) and transmission electron microscopy (tem). the dta result of amorphous ribbon at heating rate of 10˚c/min showedoccurrence of phase transitions in two...

our aim in this work is the synthesis and study optical and structural properties of gold nanoparticles.gold (iii) chloride trihydratewas taken as metal precursor, ascorbic acid at the presence of an appropriate amount of naoh as reducing agent and polyvinylpyrrolidonek-30 (pvp k-30) as a stabilizing and capping agent. the reaction was performed in high-speed stirring rate at room temperature.s...