Investigating the amorphous-crystalline interplay in SiO 2/TiO2 nanocomposites by total scattering methods

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 50, Issue 46, 2011, Pages 10828-10833

  Cernuto, Giuseppe ^a   Galli, Simona ^a   Trudu, Federica ^a,b   Colonna, Gian Maria ^c   Masciocchi, Norberto ^a   Cervellino, Antonio ^d   Guagliardi, Antonietta ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c STAZIONE SPERIMENTALE PER LA SETA   (Italy)

^d PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

nanocomposites; nanotechnology; structure property relationships; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS FRACTION; MICROSTRUCTURAL FEATURES; NANOCRYSTALLINES; QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION; RADIAL DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; SILICA-TITANIA NANOCOMPOSITES; STRUCTURE-PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS; TOTAL SCATTERING;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; MICROSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; SCATTERING; SILICA; SILICON COMPOUNDS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 80855133538     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201104149     Document Type: Article

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