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Investigating the Amorphous–Crystalline Interplay in SiO 2 /TiO 2 Nanocomposites by Total Scattering Methods
Author(s) -
Cernuto Giuseppe,
Galli Simona,
Trudu Federica,
Colonna Gian Maria,
Masciocchi Norberto,
Cervellino Antonio,
Guagliardi Antonietta
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201104149
Subject(s) - amorphous solid , nanocrystalline material , scattering , nanocomposite , materials science , reciprocal lattice , amorphous silica , radial distribution function , pair distribution function , chemical engineering , chemical physics , optics , crystallography , nanotechnology , physics , chemistry , molecular dynamics , computational chemistry , diffraction , engineering , quantum mechanics
Come together! A combined real‐ and reciprocal‐space total scattering approach was realized by applying Debye and radial distribution functions to nanocrystalline and amorphous fractions within the same experimental pattern. The method allows for the quantitative description of microstructural features induced by the amorphous–crystalline interplay in silica–titania nanocomposites (see picture).