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dc.contributor.authorBaloochiyan, Abolfazl
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-21T07:17:20Z
dc.date.available2022-06-21T07:17:20Z
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10679/7743
dc.identifier.urihttps://tez.yok.gov.tr
dc.identifier.urihttps://discover.ozyegin.edu.tr/iii/encore/record/C__Rb4969433?lang=eng&ivts=YO4EPNe%2FDjTwXEskuRjxjQ%3D%3D&casts=4A%2FPiPMdCK6R1djlodfCcQ%3D%3D
dc.descriptionThesis (M.A.)--Özyeğin University, Graduate School of Sciences and Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, December 2021.
dc.description.abstractPair Distribution Function analysis is a local characterization method gaining momentum recently. Conventional X-ray diffraction and Rietveld methods have proven not to be accurate in the case of analysis of diffraction data from nanocrystalline powders. In this thesis, we evaluate the accuracy of this alternative technique, which is based on a refinement algorithm in real space, and because of being in real space, the properties obtained from this method are more intuitive. Structural parameters like particle size, neighbor atomic distances, etc. are obtained by directly calculating the distances and area of each peak or distance. Large surface to volume atom ratio is stated to be the reason that makes it hard for conventional X-ray diffractive methods to characterize nanocrystals. Because conventional methods have a fundamental assumption about the materials and that is large crystalline domains in the scattering material. Unfortunately, nanocrystalline powders do not satisfy this assumption. Surface atoms, because of lack of neighbor atoms around them, have a small coordination number, as a result, they do not fulfill crystallinity. However, Pair Distribution Function can obtain the structure of the materials, regardless of their crystallinity. It is claimed that amorphous materials can also be analyzed in this method. The probability of finding two atoms at a special distance from each other, is the basic point of view. This method is being used in different areas of study including drug delivery, materials characterization, fracture mechanics, condensed matter physics, etc. and recently it has been gaining momentum, especially where the conventional diffractive characterization methods cannot have an exact answer for structural properties. Although being a fairly developed algorithm, Pair Distribution Method still needs work to become perfect. For instance, the strain of the particles still cannot be calculated directly in this method, and Diffpy-Complex Modeling Infrastructure is intricate for the ones who are not familiar with object-oriented programming. In this research, we are looking at different approaches towards obtaining the necessary parameters from Pair Distribution Function fitting, goodness of the fits, and validity of the results. The systematic analysis of our work consists of five different nanocrystalline sizes and five different wavelengths, for both ideal nanocrystalline materials and energy minimized nanocrystals in 0 K temperature. The results of Pair Distribution Function show as the nanocrystalline size decreases the amount of crystallinity for the energy-minimized nanocrystals decrease. As the nanocrystals decrease in their size, the obtained values of lattice parameter decrease in comparison with the nominal lattice parameters. Atomic Displacement Parameters for the energy-minimized nanocrystals show a higher value for the smallest nanocrystalline sizes. Also, the predicted nanocrystalline size from this method gives slightly smaller size values which are attributed to the prediction of the peak attenuation. The lowest wavelength X-ray has the highest energy. For the highest energy wavelength, the Pair Distribution Function fit results of the particle size shows the size of the minimized particles is slightly less than the size of the ideal counterparts.en_US
dc.description.abstractÇift Dağılımı Fonksiyonu (Pair Distribution Function) analizi, son yıllarda kullanımı artan bir lokal içyapı inceleme metodudur. Son yıllardaki literatür, nanokristal tozların içyapı analizlerinin X ışını kırınımı verisiyle yapılmasında geleneksel kırınım teorisinin geçersizliğini göstermiştir. Bu tezde, geleneksel kırınım teorisinin yetersizliği üzerine geliştirilen Çift Dağılımı Fonksiyonunun nanokristal tozların içyapı analizlerinde kullanımının doğruluğu ve analizin hata payları incelenmiştir. Bunun yanısıra, Çift Dağılımı Fonksiyonu analizinde kullanılan fonksiyonların ölçülen veya simüle edilen kırınım verisine uyumluluk limitleri, bu limitlerin fiziksel geçerliliğine odaklanılmıştır. Bu tezde sunulan sistematik çalışma, 5 farklı yarıçapta simüle edilen altın nanoküreciklerinden oluşmuş monodisperse tozların, 5 farklı dalgaboyunda X-ışını kullanılarak 0 Kelvin sıcaklıkta beklenen en düşük enerji atom konfigürasyonları ve ideal bir kristal yapıya ait atom konfigürasyonlarından elde edilen 2 çeşit modeli üzerine yapılan kırınım verisi analizlerini içerir. Çift Dağılımı Fonksiyonu analizi, nanoküreciklerin yarıçapları azaldıkça minimum enerji atom konfigürasyonlarının ideal kristal yapıya ait konfigürasyonlardan giderek uzaklaştığını x ışını kırınımı verisi üzerinden göstermiştir. Nanoküreciklerin yarıçapları azaldıkça kafes (lattice) sabiti de giderek azalmış, X ışını kırınımı verisinden elde edilen atom yerdeğiştirme sabiti (atomic displacement parameter) artmıştır. Kırınım verisinin analizinden elde edilen kristal boyutu gerçek boyuta göre küçüktür. 5 farklı X ışını dalgaboyu analizi, Çift Dağılımı Fonksiyonu metodunun X-ışını kırınımından elde ettiği kristal boyutunun dalgaboyu küçüldükçe gerçek boyuta yakınsadığını göstermiştir.
dc.language.isoengen_US
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dc.titleInvestigation of pair distribution function method on structural analysis of x-ray diffraction data from nanocrystalline powdersen_US
dc.title.alternativeNanokristallerin yapısal analizinde X ışını kırınımı verisinin çift dağılım fonksiyonu (Pair Distribution Function) methodu ile incelenmesi
dc.typeMaster's thesisen_US
dc.contributor.advisorKaymaksüt, Hande Öztürk
dc.contributor.committeeMemberKaymaksüt, Hande Öztürk
dc.contributor.committeeMemberFındıkçı, İlknur Eruçar
dc.contributor.committeeMemberŞenses, E.
dc.publicationstatusUnpublisheden_US
dc.contributor.departmentÖzyeğin University
dc.contributor.ozugradstudentBaloochiyan, Abolfazl
dc.contributor.authorMale1
dc.relation.publicationcategoryThesis - Institutional Graduate Student


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