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Investigation of silica - PVA xerogel microstructure evolution during thermal treatment by SANS experiment

Ionescu, Claudia and Savii, Cecilia and Balasoiu, Maria and Almásy, László (2004) Investigation of silica - PVA xerogel microstructure evolution during thermal treatment by SANS experiment. ACTA PERIODICA TECHNOLOGICA, 35. pp. 95-101. ISSN 1450-7188

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Abstract

The purpose of the study was to investigate the appearance of certain microstructures developing in the SiO2/PVA nanocomposite xerogels at different temperatures by small-angle neutron scattering (SANS). The samples were prepared by the alcoxide route of the sol-gel method. The SANS measurements were performed over a q (scattering vector) range from 0.05 to 3.7 nm-1, providing structural information at length scales (2π/q) between approximately 1 and 100 nm. The measured small-angle scattering intensities of silica and silica/PVA samples aged at 60°C and heat-treated at different temperatures, are presented in log-log plots. It is shown that both the molecular mass of organic and the temperature of thermal treatment have strong influence on transition tendency from mass fractal toward surface fractal structures.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Q Science / természettudomány > QC Physics / fizika
Q Science / természettudomány > QC Physics / fizika > QC02 Optics / fénytan
Q Science / természettudomány > QC Physics / fizika > QC06 Physics of condensed matter / szilárdtestfizika
SWORD Depositor: MTMT SWORD
Depositing User: MTMT SWORD
Date Deposited: 07 Jun 2013 07:09
Last Modified: 07 Jun 2013 07:40
URI: http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/5507

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