How we can calculate the texture coefficient of poly crystalline thin films using XRD?

I have deposited the polycrystalline thin film of BiFeO3 multiferroic thin film using Pulsed laser deposition. XRD curve depicts the (100), (200) and (110) orientations.

08 September 2017 7,826 4 View

From XRD data how we can calculate the dislocation density in the metal oxide thin films?

I fabricated the TiO2 thin film of 500 nm on glass substrate using dc sputtering method. Now i want to find out the dislocation density in this thin film.

08 September 2017 6,061 5 View

How we can calculate the strain between the thin film and substrate using XRD?

I fabricated the TiO2 thin film of 500 nm on silicon substrate by DC sputtering technique.

08 September 2017 305 3 View

How we can synthesize the the 2D MoS2 thin film (3-6 nm) using PVD method?

Can we used DC/RF sputtering technique for synthesizing such very thin films for gas sensing application?. If not than which physical vapor deposition (PVD) method is most appropriate.

08 September 2017 1,910 6 View

How can I calculate the strain in ZnO thin film deposited on glass substrate using XRD data?

08 September 2017 6,281 3 View

From XRD data how we can calculate the Crystallite size for non spherical shape of thin film material?

Generally we used Scherrer formula for spherical particles.

08 September 2017 7,701 10 View

What is the best method to measure the Surface Energy of the metal oxide thin films?

I have fabricate the 400 nm thick WO3 thin film of on silicon (100) substrate using DC sputtering method. How i can calculate the surface energy of my thin film sample. Please tell me the...

08 September 2017 7,976 5 View

What is the best electrolyte for Co3O4 thin film as super capacitor application?

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From XRD data how I can identify about the crystal structure of the material?

In XRD data of ZnO thin film i observed the two peaks at 34.25 and 62.52 degree. Now how can identify about the crystal structure of ZnO.

07 August 2017 434 4 View

What is the difference between the terms as crystallite size, grain size and partical size?

From XRD data how we can calculate the value of crystallite size, grain size and partical size.

01 January 1970 2,132 4 View

What is the status of bread making and more bakery foods with the use of insect flour/powder?

Insects have been consumed by human diet since prehistoric times. At present, the idea of looking at insects as food has been getting traction worldwide, also in response to increasing food...

03 March 2021 6,223 5 View

12% ledeburitic cold work tool steel, etched for revealing retained austenite, any help for clarifying?

Hello everyone. Given microstructure image belongs to a 12% ledeburitic cold work tool steel (annealed and tempered). The sample was etched with picral (100 mL ethanol and 4 g picric acid). I...

02 March 2021 4,119 3 View

Why Austenite grains in steel show much more twinning than ferrite grains?

It is oftentimes said to be a distinctive metallographic trait that differentiates a fully austenitic and a fully felly ferritic steel without etching that might distinguish between two. Why...

02 March 2021 728 2 View

How to grow E.coli on the low salt LB agar plate with 50 or 100ug/ml of Blasticidin?

Hello, I would like to ask how to grow E.coli which resists 50 or 100ug/ml of Blasticidin. I have tried many methods by using low salt Luria-Bertain(LB) agar plate. However, no colonies grow. Let...

01 March 2021 2,027 2 View

What is the most suitable server for predicting protein structures in bacteria?

I have used the i-Tasser several times, however it has been unavailable for several days. I tried the swiss-model, but the output was not very pleasant due to the model used. Is there any other...

28 February 2021 4,521 3 View

How can we simulate an hyperelastic-viscoelastic behavor with Ansys APDL?

I am working on modeling and simulation of biomecanical material behaviour, I have succeded on simulating skin using anisotropic hyperelastic material, on APDL and in our lab's finite element...

28 February 2021 552 3 View

LEDs on Vis Light photo degradation of MB water sol via N doped TiO2 in a mini flume?

Good day to all, I have no experience with light emitting diodes. I am building a glass mini flume to demonstrate the photo degradation of Methylene Blue in water running over self cleaning...

26 February 2021 4,026 5 View

Can anyone share his experience regards Smoothing in origin?

I am working on TiO2 composite material and the results of XRD have a lot of small/junk peaks and while I apply a smooth filter in Origin then the other characteristics peaks disappear so anyone...

26 February 2021 8,183 3 View

How to replicate the well conditions of a crystal hit with 20%(w/v) isopropanol?

I had a crystal hit in a well with 0.1M HEPEs pH 7.5, 10%(w/v) PEG 4000, and 20%(w/v) isopropanol. Why is isopropanol in w/v here if it's just solvent? How do I recreate this well condition?

25 February 2021 9,761 1 View

How to calculate Z (the number of molecules in a unit cell) for calculating theoretical density?

I am trying to calculate the theoretical density of my ceramics materials. I use the formula below to calculate the theoretical density: Theoretical density = (Molecular weight x No. of molecules...

24 February 2021 3,823 2 View