Boron doped tin oxide nanocrystals with tetragonal symmetry (space group: P42/mnm) were prepared by sol-gel route using three different polyhydroxy alcohols like starch, glycerol and poly vinyl alcohol (PVA). Morphological and structural properties were studied for these samples by using scanning electron microscopy, X-ray powder diffraction, Raman spectroscopy and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. The morphology […]
A simple method, to rationalize anisotropic X-ray line widths of deformed FCC metallic samples is presented. The method is based on normalized Diffraction Elastic Constant ratio (DECR) within the framework of Stokes Wilson approximation and Gaussian microstrain distribution. The observed dispersion in classical Williamson-Hall plot was significantly reduced if DECR based correction was applied to […]
AbstractThe microstructure of nanocrystalline titanium dioxide (TiO2), synthesized by chemical route, is studied from X-ray peak profile analysis and transmission electron microscopy. The broadening of the X-ray diffraction peaks indicates the presence of small crystallites with a significant amount of disorder. The progression of broadening at lower annealing temperatures, suggests the decrease in the strain […]
AbstractZirconia nanoparticles were synthesized by a solution combustion technique. Zirconia nanoparticles were grown inside alumina templates to control the crystal size. The alumina templates were characterized by pores of sizes of approximately 6–8 nm. X-ray diffraction line profile analysis using Williamson–Hall method and Warren and Averbach revealed that the alumina templates were characterized by negligible defect-related […]
Nanocrystalline boron doped tin oxide and boron and silver co-doped SnO2 was successfully prepared by using simple sol-gel method. The structural property of as-prepared nanocrystalline materials was investigated by using X-ray powder diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy. The infrared spectra of the prepared samples showed an incorporation of B […]
