We present a slab-line waveguide whose geometry is optimized for wide-angle x-ray diffraction (XRD) experiments on protein crystals during irradiation with intense microwave fields. Characterization of the waveguide transmission and reflectivity (using time-domain reflectometry) and of the electric field distribution inside the waveguide (using finite-difference time-domain calculations) shows ...

The morphology and structure of 2,2':6',2″-ternaphthalene (NNN) deposited on muscovite mica(001) substrates was investigated by scanning force microscopy (SFM) and specular X-ray diffraction measurements. Consistently, both methods reveal the coexistence of needle-like structures with a {111} contact plane and {001} orientated island-like crystallites, which are built up by almost upright stand...

During last decade, nanotechnology has gained a significant relevance in many areas of basic research and applied science. One of the great challenges in the field of nanotechnology is preparation of nanoparticles and nanostructures where new, not ordinary materials are used. In the present study, we observed self organizing structures prepared by the gas deposition method in N2 atmosphere. Gla...

We present a transmission electron microscopy ~TEM!/Rutherford backscattering spectrometry ~RBS!/x-ray-diffraction ~XRD! study of Au evaporated on crystalline organic thin films of diindenoperylene ~DIP!. Cross-sectional TEM shows that the preparation conditions of the Au film ~evaporation rate and substrate temperature! strongly determine the interfacial morphology. In situ XRD during annealin...

The corrosion inhibition of mild steel in 0.5 M H2SO4 solution has been investigated using electrochemical methods, X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscope (SEM). The adsorption and inhibition action of acid corrosion of mild steel using cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTABr) and different halides (NaCl, NaBr and NaI) has shown synergetic effect. The results showed that the pro...

The Knoevenagel condensation of aromatic aldehydes with barbituric acid, dimedone and malononitrile occurred in the presence of BF3/nano-γ-Al2O3 at room temperature in ethanol. This catalyst is characterized by powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) and energy-disper...

The present research attempt consists in the development of mesoporous hydroxyapatite using inexpensive ingredients using cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) as template through a chemical-based hydrothermal method. Wide angle X-ray diffraction (XRD) reveals the formation of pure single-phased hydroxyapatite particles. Fourier transform infrared absorption spectroscopy (FTIR) and electron dif...