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The synthesis microstructure and photoluminescent properties of nanoparticles of pristine and Mn2+-activated (Zn,Cd)S were investigated. the nanoparticles were synthesized via a chemical colloidal or solvothermal route. The TEM and SEM imaging, and x-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis were used for the study of the nanoparticles. The average size of the nanoparticles was found to be ca. 5-10 nm in diameter. In the nanocrystalline (Zn,Cd)S:Mn2+ phases, the absorption of (Zn,Cd)S was found to dominate and no absorption due to Mn2+ was observed.
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Transmission electron micrographs of different biological material, cryofixed, freeze-dried and embedded in Spurr's resin, in Epon, or in Lowicryl, are presented. The structure preservation obtained either without or with application of chemical fixatives after drying showed that freeze-dried embedded specimens are particularly well suited for new morphological, immunocytochemical and microanalytical studies aimed at detecting the life-like subcellular distribution of mobile macromolecules and ions. The results also indicate that the removal of cell water by freeze-drying from the areas of best cryofixation is relatively slow. Ultrathin sections of well cryofixed biological material embedded after freeze-drying in Spurr's resin or Epon reveal cellular plasma phases with very fine granularities and well defined membranes in negative contrast. This may be due to the preservation of the original structure of cellular macromolecules with a considerable amount of their hydration water. Sublimation studies with differently hydrated and cryofixed macromolecules are suggested to settle this issue.
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Changes in the microstructure of indium oxide with the mechanochemical treatment have been examined using transmission electron microscopy. Grinding together with alumina powder produced fine particles of the indium oxide with a sub-nanometric size, and the effective surface area markedly increased. The increase of surface promoted the dissolution of indium from the sample soaked in acids, and therefore the yield of the precious element was much pronounced. On the basis of this microstructural change. some incomprehensible phenomena related to this process, e.g. abnormal decrease in diffraction intensity of the indium oxide in powder X-ray diffraction, could be explained reasonably. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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Grain boundary engineering comprises processes by which the relative fractions of so-called special and random grain boundaries in microstructures are manipulated with the objective of improving materials properties such as corrosion, creep resistance, and weldability. One such process also referred to as sequential thermomechanical processing (TMP), consists of moderate strains followed by annealing at relatively high temperatures for short periods of time. These thermomechanical treatments on fcc metals and alloys with low to medium stacking fault energies result in microstructures with high fractions of Sigma3(n) and other special boundaries, as defined by the coincidence site lattice (CSL) model. More importantly, the interconnected networks of random boundaries are significantly modified as a consequence of the processing. The modifications in the grain boundary network have been correlated with post-mortem electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) observations of the deformed and annealed states of the material. The evolution of the microstructure to a high fraction of Sigma3(n) boundaries is correlated with the decomposition or dissociation of immobile boundaries during annealing. This is evidenced by TEM observations of the decomposition of relatively immobile boundaries into two components, one with very low energy and thus immobile, and the other a highly mobile boundary that migrates into neighboring areas of higher strain levels. The formation of low-energy grain boundaries through this mechanism and its effect on boundary network topology is discussed within the context of grain boundary engineering and linked to known microstructural evolution mechanisms. (C) 2002 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.