Silica aerogels’ nanostructure studied using small angle neutron scattering technique

Small angle neutron scattering (SANS) technique has been widely employed in probing the microstructure of amorphous materials in the nanometer range. In aerogels system, the size range of 1 – 100 nm is of particular interest since the structural units, such as the pores and particles, often fall in...

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Main Authors:	Noorddin Ibrahim, Tan, Chier Fang
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Language:	English
Published:	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2010
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7331/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7331/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7331/1/01_Md_Yeaminhossain.pdf

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spelling	ukm-73312016-12-14T06:43:46Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7331/ Silica aerogels’ nanostructure studied using small angle neutron scattering technique Noorddin Ibrahim, Tan, Chier Fang Small angle neutron scattering (SANS) technique has been widely employed in probing the microstructure of amorphous materials in the nanometer range. In aerogels system, the size range of 1 – 100 nm is of particular interest since the structural units, such as the pores and particles, often fall in this range. In a typical scattering experiment, scattered neutron intensity is measured as a function of the scattering angle. Various plots of intensity I(Q) and scattering vector, Q, can provide information about fractal dimensions, and particle and cluster sizes. In this study, SANS facilities, at Nuklear Malaysia (NM) and Badan Tenaga Atom Nasional(BATAN), Indonesia were used to analyse particle and cluster size of silica aerogels and titanium containing silica aerogels. Results from NM showed that silica aerogels have surface fractal dimension while titanium containing silica aerogels have mass fractal dimension. On the other hand, results from BATAN showed that both silica aerogels and titanium containing silica aerogels have mass fractal dimension. The particle size for silica aerogels and titanium containing silica aerogels samples obtained by NM were 11.18 ± 0.03 and 9.19 ± 0.06 nm, respectively while the respective values obtained from BATAN measurements were 11.78 ± 0.06 and 10.57 ± 0.07 nm. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2010-04 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7331/1/01_Md_Yeaminhossain.pdf Noorddin Ibrahim, and Tan, Chier Fang (2010) Silica aerogels’ nanostructure studied using small angle neutron scattering technique. Sains Malaysiana, 39 (2). pp. 275-280. ISSN 0126-6039 http://www.ukm.my/jsm/english_journals/vol39num2_2010/contentsVol39num2_2010.html
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description	Small angle neutron scattering (SANS) technique has been widely employed in probing the microstructure of amorphous materials in the nanometer range. In aerogels system, the size range of 1 – 100 nm is of particular interest since the structural units, such as the pores and particles, often fall in this range. In a typical scattering experiment, scattered neutron intensity is measured as a function of the scattering angle. Various plots of intensity I(Q) and scattering vector, Q, can provide information about fractal dimensions, and particle and cluster sizes. In this study, SANS facilities, at Nuklear Malaysia (NM) and Badan Tenaga Atom Nasional(BATAN), Indonesia were used to analyse particle and cluster size of silica aerogels and titanium containing silica aerogels. Results from NM showed that silica aerogels have surface fractal dimension while titanium containing silica aerogels have mass fractal dimension. On the other hand, results from BATAN showed that both silica aerogels and titanium containing silica aerogels have mass fractal dimension. The particle size for silica aerogels and titanium containing silica aerogels samples obtained by NM were 11.18 ± 0.03 and 9.19 ± 0.06 nm, respectively while the respective values obtained from BATAN measurements were 11.78 ± 0.06 and 10.57 ± 0.07 nm.
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author	Noorddin Ibrahim, Tan, Chier Fang
spellingShingle	Noorddin Ibrahim, Tan, Chier Fang Silica aerogels’ nanostructure studied using small angle neutron scattering technique
author_facet	Noorddin Ibrahim, Tan, Chier Fang
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title	Silica aerogels’ nanostructure studied using small angle neutron scattering technique
title_short	Silica aerogels’ nanostructure studied using small angle neutron scattering technique
title_full	Silica aerogels’ nanostructure studied using small angle neutron scattering technique
title_fullStr	Silica aerogels’ nanostructure studied using small angle neutron scattering technique
title_full_unstemmed	Silica aerogels’ nanostructure studied using small angle neutron scattering technique
title_sort	silica aerogels’ nanostructure studied using small angle neutron scattering technique
publisher	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2010
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7331/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7331/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7331/1/01_Md_Yeaminhossain.pdf
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Silica aerogels’ nanostructure studied using small angle neutron scattering technique

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