What does decrease in Id/Ig value in raman spectroscopy indicate for carbon based compounds ?

Hello, I have prepared carbon coated metal nanoparticles. In raman specta I found intensity ration of D and G band (Id/Ig) ratio to decrease from 0.91 to 0.95 with increase in heat treatment...

01 February 2017 5,908 6 View

Why the lattice constant decreasing with increasing annealing temperature for silver nanoparticles in range of 20-30 nm ?

Hello, I have synthesized silver nanoparticles using PVA as encapsulating and stabilizing agent. From XRD i could get 25 and 28 nm crystallite size for 400 C and 500 C annealed samples. The...

01 February 2017 7,432 3 View

Is it possible to get red shift in CeO2 absorption peak with increase in 3+ ion dopant concentration ?

Hello, I have obtained Gd doped CeO2 nanoparticles. With UV spectra I could find increase in direct band gap values from 3.6 eV to 3.8 eV. Howerver, I was expecting band gap to decrease with...

09 October 2016 9,960 4 View

What is the reason for getting reverse change in lattice parameter for gadolinium doped CeO2 heat treated at different temperature ?

Hello, I have prepared 3%, 5%, 10% gadolinium doped CeO2 (GDC) and have heat treated it at 400 C, 500 C, and 1200 C. See attached figure for peak shift. I have calculated lattice parameter for all...

09 October 2016 9,860 7 View

What does the FC-ZFC curve indicates ?

Hello, Please look at the below curve and explain what does the hump in FC-ZFC curve indicates. What if there is no hump in it. Regards,

09 October 2016 7,556 3 View

What does the peak at 919 eV in Ce3d xps spectra indicate ?

Hello everyone, Please look at the attached figure corresponding to Ce3d of gadolinium doped CeO2. I got two peaks positioned at 919.4 eV and 916.1 eV. However, for Ce4+ we get only one peak...

09 October 2016 1,813 7 View

Where shall I observe Photoluminescence (PL) peak ?

Hello, If I get UV-vis absorption peat at 340 nm for a semiconductor and if I excite the material with 290 nm wavelength, where shall I expect the PL peak in emission spectrum assuming no other...

08 September 2016 8,451 8 View

Sensitivity factor for Ce 3+ and Ce4+ ?

Hello I want to calculate the amount of Ce3+, Ce4+ and Oxygen concentration in CeO2 sample. I have peak area (after deconvolution) of all. However, I do not know the sensitivity factor which is...

08 September 2016 9,437 8 View

How do i find X,Y,Z position of atoms for La0.6Sr0.4Fe0.8Co0.2O3 ?

Hello, I want to obtain X, Y, Z position of atoms for La0.6Sr0.4Fe0.8Co0.2O3 rhombohedral structure. How can I obtain it ? Can anyone help me for it ? I have data for XRD.

03 April 2016 1,333 4 View

How to make proper surface contact on aluminum metal foam surface for heat exchanger applications ?

Hello, I have rectangular open cell Aluminum metal foam. I want to study its application as an heat exchanger. However, I am unable to make the parallel plate connections on its surface...

02 March 2016 3,515 2 View

error in running a model in Abaqus

Excessive rotation of nodes in node set ErrNodeExcessRotation-Step1

17 August 2021 0 0 View

error in modelling model in Abaqus

Excessive rotation of nodes in node set ErrNodeExcessRotation-Step1

17 August 2021 0 0 View

MGL tools

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How climate change will influences human and animal behavioral change?

The role of climate change influencing the human behavior as well as economics interest

01 June 2021 0 0 View

what is the simplest definition of ion exchange capacity

What this unit identifies for the ion exchange capacity ca. 0.92 meq. g-1. I am a newcomer in the membrane area. I just started. I highly appreciate your help

08 May 2021 0 0 View

what is the simplest definition of ion exchange capacity

What this unit identifies for the ion exchange capacity ca. 0.92 meq. g-1. I am a newcomer in the membrane area. I just started. I highly appreciate your help

08 May 2021 0 0 View

flexibility of polymers chain

effect of double bond on the flexibility of polymers

07 April 2021 0 0 View

i have some problem with chtMultiRegionSimpleFoam

--> FOAM FATAL ERROR: Maximum number of iterations exceeded From function Foam::scalar Foam::species::thermo::T(Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar (Foam::species::thermo::*)(Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar) const, Foam::scalar (Foam::species::thermo::*)(Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar) const, Foam::scalar (Foam::species::thermo::*)(Foam::scalar) const) const [with Thermo = Foam::hConstThermo >; Type = Foam::sensibleEnthalpy; Foam::scalar = double; Foam::species::thermo = Foam::species::thermo >, Foam::sensibleEnthalpy>] in file /home/ubuntu/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-4.1/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/lnInclude/thermoI.H at line 66. FOAM aborting #0 Foam::error::printStack(Foam::Ostream&) at ??:? #1 Foam::error::abort() at ??:? #2 Foam::heRhoThermo >, Foam::sensibleEnthalpy> > > >::calculate() at ??:? #3 Foam::heRhoThermo >, Foam::sensibleEnthalpy> > > >::correct() at ??:? #4 ? at ??:? #5 __libc_start_main in "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6" #6 ? at ??:?

24 March 2021 0 0 View

Formulation of polymer color flakes

I am writing to request some information for making polymer color flakes. I would appreciate the help.

17 March 2021 0 0 View

Can we classify HV and LV lines based on line length?

I have dataset which shows the length of power lines. I need to classify the lines based on the line length. Is there a rule to classify the High voltage (HV) and low voltage (LV) lines based on...

03 March 2021 4,116 4 View