Skip to content
Licensed Unlicensed Requires Authentication Published by De Gruyter (O) September 25, 2009

Atomic pair distribution function analysis of materials containing crystalline and amorphous phases

  • Thomas Proffen , Katharine L. Page , Sylvia E. McLain , Bjorn Clausen , Timothy W. Darling , James A. TenCate , Seung-Yub Lee and Ersan Ustundag

Abstract

The atomic pair distribution function (PDF) approach has been used to study the local structure of liquids, glasses and disordered crystalline materials. In this paper, we demonstrate the use of the PDF method to investigate systems containing a crystalline and an amorphous structural phase. We present two examples: Bulk metallic glass with crystalline reinforcements and Fontainebleau sandstone, where an unexpected glassy phase was discovered. In this paper we also discuss the refinement methods used in detail.


* Correspondence address: Los Alamos Neutron Science Center, NM 87545 Los Alamos, U.S.A.,

Published Online: 2009-9-25
Published in Print: 2005-12-1

© by Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, München, Germany

Downloaded on 28.3.2024 from https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1524/zkri.2005.220.12.1002/html
Scroll to top button