Effect of Particle Sizes on the Efficiency of Fluorinated Nanodiamond Neutron Reflectors
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Samples
3. Results
3.1. Transmission Electron Microscopy
3.2. X-ray Diffraction
3.3. Small-Angle Neutron Scattering
4. Discussion
4.1. Approximation of the Size Distribution of DNDs Using MDDNS
4.2. Albedo Calculations
5. Conclusions
6. Patents
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Aleksenskii, A.; Bleuel, M.; Bosak, A.; Chumakova, A.; Dideikin, A.; Dubois, M.; Korobkina, E.; Lychagin, E.; Muzychka, A.; Nekhaev, G.; et al. Effect of Particle Sizes on the Efficiency of Fluorinated Nanodiamond Neutron Reflectors. Nanomaterials 2021, 11, 3067. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11113067
Aleksenskii A, Bleuel M, Bosak A, Chumakova A, Dideikin A, Dubois M, Korobkina E, Lychagin E, Muzychka A, Nekhaev G, et al. Effect of Particle Sizes on the Efficiency of Fluorinated Nanodiamond Neutron Reflectors. Nanomaterials. 2021; 11(11):3067. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11113067
Chicago/Turabian StyleAleksenskii, Aleksander, Marcus Bleuel, Alexei Bosak, Alexandra Chumakova, Artur Dideikin, Marc Dubois, Ekaterina Korobkina, Egor Lychagin, Alexei Muzychka, Grigory Nekhaev, and et al. 2021. "Effect of Particle Sizes on the Efficiency of Fluorinated Nanodiamond Neutron Reflectors" Nanomaterials 11, no. 11: 3067. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11113067