Comparative study of the short-range structure of α-V2O5, α-TeO2 and xV2O5-(100 - x)TeO2 glasses using X-ray diffraction, Rietveld analysis and reverse Monte Carlo simulations

Vanadium-tellurite glasses, tetragonal TeO₂ and orthorhombic V₂O₅ crystalline samples were characterized for their atomic structure properties by synchrotron X-ray diffraction, pair distribution function analysis, reverse Monte Carlo simulations (RMC) and Rietveld analysis. The pair correlation function, G(r), of V₂O₅ shows the first peak at 1.61 Å. G(r) of TeO₂ shows three peaks at 1.57, 2.13 and 2.88 Å due to Te-O linkages of three different lengths, whereas the Te-Te atomic pair correlation shows a peak at 3.85 Å. The average coordination number of V with O in crystalline V₂O₅ is 4.39 while that of Te with O in crystalline TeO₂ is 3.71. G(r) of the vanadium tellurite glass shows the first peak at 1.90 Å due to overlapping Te-O and V-O atomic pair correlations. The RMC analysis on diffraction data of glasses found that the V-O coordination number is in the range 5.27-5.59 and the Te-O coordination number is 5.39-5.67. However, it is found that these coordination numbers cannot be clearly defined due to short-range disorder.

A study on the synthesis, longitudinal optical phonon–plasmon coupling and electronic structure of Al doped ZnS nanorods

First principles density functional theory (DFT) calculations were employed to study the structural and electronic properties of pure and Al doped ZnS nanorods.

Local structural studies on Co doped ZnS nanowires by synchrotron X-ray atomic pair distribution function and micro-Raman shift

The atomic structures of nanowires were studied by X-ray atomic pair distribution function analysis and total synchrotron X-ray scattering data. A PDF method was used to describe a wurtzite and zinc-blended mixed phase model.

A study of nanostructured ZnS polymorphs by synchrotron X-ray diffraction and atomic pair distribution function

The combination of SCXRD and atomic PDF is a potential tool for the standardization of atomic scale structures of nanomaterials. This article describes the essential approach and application to ZnS polymorphs.