Seminario visiting researcher – Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez. Synchrotron nanoscale characterization techniques for the Earth sciences


The Pair Distribution Function (PDF) technique, classically used to the study of liquids and amorphous materials, has seen a renewal interest due to the ability to collect quickly scattering patterns using 2D detectors at 4th generation synchrotron sources, with enough signal-to-noise ratio to be able to analyse the diffuse scattering coming from the disordered component of a material. This technique will be introduced and several examples in the field of mineral nucleation and growth, and of cement hydration, will be shown.

03/04/2024

3 April 2024 – at 14.00 – aula Lucchesi

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