Abstract
Nuclear incoherent neutron scattering contributions present a challenge in the structural characterization of many classes of materials. This article introduces methods for the correction of nanoparticle, bulk crystalline and amorphous powder neutron scattering data with significant incoherent contributions from hydrogen, and describes the effects the corrections have on the resulting atomic pair distribution function data sets. The approach is presented in the context of the PDFgetN data-reduction program [Peterson, Gutmann, Proffen & Billinge (2000). J. Appl. Cryst. 33, 1192].
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 532-539 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Journal of Applied Crystallography |
Volume | 44 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 2011 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Keywords
- atomic pair distribution functions
- background subtraction
- hydrogen background
- incoherent neutron scattering