Is there any other ways to estimate the crystalite size of because Scherrer's equation to determine the crystallites size is not recommended.??

Is there any other ways to estimate the crystalite size because Scherrer's equation to determine the crystallites size is not recommended. I am looking answer for Single crystalline oriented...

31 December 2017 5,158 3 View

How to calculate the interfacial energy of dielectric substrates??

So my question is related Interfacial enegry calculation.If i have MgO substrate and we deposited Pt thin films on it.. I need to know the MgO surface energy before deposition? is there any...

02 March 2017 5,467 3 View

Why MgO (110) and (111) are not effected by heat treatment??

I Did some heat treatment with MgO substrates with (100), (110), (111). I observe significant changes on MgO (100) surface morphology (atomic steps), but other two substrate remain unchanged....

02 March 2017 4,689 3 View

Why Pt can not be deposited on Si substrate for the application of electrocatalytic applications?

Mostly ceramic substrates (MgO, STO, LaAlO3 etc..) are used to deposit transition Metals (Pt,Ag,Au,Cu) for the electrochemical applications. Why Silicon Substrate can not be used for such...

02 March 2017 7,612 7 View

Why XRD patterns are indicating that Pt (110) and (111) are formed on MgO substrate but AFM shows some inappropriate structures?

Pt films deposited on MgO (110) and (111) were grown , as a result no elongated features and traces on MgO (110) and (111) were observed . Instead it was seen that a disordered 3 dimensional...

31 December 2016 2,094 4 View

How to measure the critical angle in XRR(X-ray reflectometery ) result?

11 December 2016 4,702 3 View

Lattice parameter changes by changing the Concentration during alloy formation, does it effect the Morphology of thin films??

For example in NiFe thin films, if the concentration of Ni is change by wt% 33,40,50,60 in Fe .. what are the possible factors that changes the surface morphology (topography) of the thin film for...

10 November 2016 2,908 7 View

By Increasing the substrate temperature (Rt to 600c) we observe increase in the Peak Area graph from XRD 2theta analysis, What does that mean?

The intensity of the Graph is increasing with respect to temperature. If i plot a graph with respect to Area of that peak and temperature I observe also increase in area. what does that mean? If...

10 November 2016 7,479 11 View

How can we estimate about the deposition rate of material of PLD deposited thin films??

10 November 2016 1,804 5 View

How to determine the ionization probability of the Point defects from a Coulombic potential as function of applied electric field?

please ans

10 November 2016 8,194 2 View

Physics: Why do we describe light by referring to its wavelength, but microwaves and radar pulses by referring to their frequency?

In physics, the description of the properties of light generally refers to its wavelength (nm), while in the range of microwaves and radio waves we refer to the frequency of a signal (e.g. kHz or...

03 March 2021 1,682 3 View

I need to image mesoporous silica nanoparticles that are in ~100 nm size and do high resolution TEM to look at mesopores. what grids should I use?

Need to image mesoporous silica nanoparticles using the TEM. Also, need high resolution TEM images to see the mesoporous structure. Kindly suggest what kind of grids to use. Thanks, Shatadru

02 March 2021 1,787 2 View

What pH condition required to coat APTES on silica coated Fe3O4?

It's a hydrolysis reaction, which may produce by either acid or base-catalyzed reaction. so can anybody help me with this, which condition is suitable for this reaction?

26 February 2021 1,760 8 View

My silica gel column dried can I somehoe save the trapped matter?

I tried to separate my substance from a protein in a sillica gel column. By mistake, it dried and cracked. Can I save the trapped substance? Can I repack it ,or at least elute all of the trapped...

22 February 2021 1,789 3 View

How to resolve Gaussian error termination " Error termination via Lnk1e in F:\G16W\l103.exe" for TS(QST3)?

When I run the job for TS(QST3) in gaseous phase, it was completed without any error. But when I add water in CPCM model it terminated with an error: Inconsistency: ModMin= 2 Eigenvalue=...

21 February 2021 3,198 2 View

Amorphous silica XRD peak at around 10 degree?

21 February 2021 3,417 5 View

How to calculate the Atomic Polar Tensor using DFT ?

Dear friends, I am a beginner at DFT calculation. I have done a structure optimization using DFT- B3LYP/6-31G*, Nevertheless, I don't know How to calculate the Atomic Polar Tensor (APT) in...

17 February 2021 9,082 3 View

Access to supercomputer resources in India?

Hello everyone, I want to perform some gaussian calculations and want to use Materials studio for my research work. Can anyone guide me how to get access to supercomputer resources in India for...

15 February 2021 8,264 3 View

Reaction condition to convert NH2 to COOH?

I need to couple Dopamine by NH2 end to silica nanoparticles coated by PEG-NH2, but first i need to convert the PEG-NH2 to COOH by using succinic anhydrous ... can you suggest a reaction condition ?

13 February 2021 2,768 4 View

Extraction of DNA from insect samples conserved in silica gel?

Hi everybody, can anybody suggest how to extract DNA from insect samples conserved in silica gel (in my case, mosquitoes)? Does anybody know a commericial kit which does that or a particular...

10 February 2021 3,392 4 View