We have measured the high-angle x-ray diffraction from crystalline Pb-amorphous Ge multilayers. The experimental data in conjunction with a model calculation for the fluctuation in amorphous-layer thickness show that this fluctuation is larger than about 5%. A smaller thickness variation implies the existence of high-angle peaks which have not been observed in any amorphous-crystalline multilay...

MgB2 wires, tapes and bulk samples produced within the EU-funded HIPERMAG project have been studied by a combination of X-ray diffraction and electron microscopy. The reaction layers forming at the interface between the ceramic core and Fe or Ni sheaths can be studied with both methods. The complementary techniques enable to study both the microstructure and the formation kinetics of the interf...

The crystallographic structural parameters were analyzed using X’Pert-MPD XRD a laboratory X-ray source having BraggBrentano parafocusing optics. The line profile characteristics was obtained using ProFit -software based on Pseudo-Voigt profile function and is applicable for the study of interplaner spacing d, crystallite size Dhkl, percent crystallinity %C, macromolecular orientation and other...

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Sources for Further Reading: 1. Azaroff, L.V., Introduction to Solids, McGraw-Hill, 1960. 2. Wert, C.A., and Thomson, R.M., Physics of Solids, McGraw-Hill, 1970. 3. Nuffield, E.W., X-Ray Diffraction Methods, Wiley, 1966. 4. Cullity, B.D., Elements of X-Ray Diffraction, Addison-Wesley, 1960. * * *...

Cyclometalation of [Cp*IrCl(2)](2) with ketimine ligands generated very active catalysts for transfer hydrogenation of imines as well as reductive amination. The synthesis and X-ray diffraction structures of three such complexes are disclosed in this paper. The hydrides of two complexes, key intermediates in hydrogenation, have been isolated and their structures determined by X-ray diffraction ...

The structural and vibrational properties of 5% Y-substituted BiFeO3 under pressure have been investigated using synchrotron x-ray diffraction (SXRD) and Raman scattering measurements. At a pressure below 30.3 GPa, distinct changes in the Raman spectra and SRXD pattern show evidence for one pressure-induced structural transition from the polar rhombohedral R3c phase to the nonpolar orthorhombic...

Iterative algorithms that reconstruct images from far-field x-ray diffraction data are plagued with convergence difficulties. An iterative image reconstruction algorithm is described that ameliorates these convergence difficulties through the use of diffraction data obtained with illumination modulated in both intensity and phase.