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MAGNETISM ELECTRON TRANSPORT MAGNETORESISTIVE LANTHANUM CALCIUM MANGANITE

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Materials Synthesis and Characterization 17<br />

detector rotates (by angle 2θ). Plate-like crystallites can be highly oriented in<br />

such a sample holder. The Guinier method utilizes a different focusing<br />

technique for samples placed in a capillary tube. This is ideal for air sensitive<br />

samples which can be easily sealed in a tube. Needle like crystallites are easily<br />

oriented when placed in a tube.<br />

2.2.2.2.2 Single crystal and films<br />

Single crystals diffract an x-ray beam to produce spots as opposed to line. A<br />

particular spot appears only when the crystal is in a particular orientation.<br />

For this reason, three additional angles are used to orient the crystal. If the<br />

crystal is very large, it will absorb much of the x-ray intensity. Small crystals,<br />

about 0.2mm diameter, are usually used for structure determination since<br />

they absorb little and have a constant volume of sample in the x-ray beam at<br />

all time. The crystal can be rotated and the intensity of each diffraction spot<br />

measured. This usually provides enough data so that the independent data to<br />

free parameters ratio is about 10. Examples of structure determinations using<br />

single crystal x-ray diffraction can be found in [38, 39, 41, 42, 44-48]. If there are<br />

many smaller crystals in the x-ray beam, they can be effectively ignored by<br />

measuring x-ray intensity only at positions where a diffraction peak from the<br />

larger crystal is expected. This technique is used in [38, 39, 45, 46].<br />

Single crystal films also produce diffraction spots as opposed to lines.<br />

However, the intensities are small compared to those from the substrate. It is<br />

usually only possible (and only of interest) to determine filmÕs unit cell size,<br />

orientation and texturing. The difference in cell size of the film compared to<br />

a bulk sample gives an indication of the strain on the film.<br />

2. 2. 2. 3 X-ray Absorption Fine Structure<br />

X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (XAFS) gives essentially the pair<br />

distribution function of atoms around a particular element in the sample.

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