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Published on: November 11, 2013
Atomic pair distribution function at the Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory: application to the
M E Saleta1, M Eleotério2, A Mesquita3
1Instituto de Física `Gleb Wataghin', Universidade de Campinas (UNICAMP), CEP 13083-859, Campinas (SP), Brazil.
Abstract:
This work reports the setting up of the X-ray diffraction and spectroscopy beamline at the Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory for performing total scattering experiments to be analyzed by atomic pair distribution function (PDF) studies. The results of a PDF refinement for Al2O3 standard are presented and compared with data acquired at a beamline of the Advanced Photon Source, where it is common to perform this type of experiment. A preliminary characterization of the Pb1-xLaxZr0.40Ti0.60O3 ferroelectric system, with x = 0.11, 0.12 and 0.15, is also shown.
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