[PDF][PDF] EXAFS and XANES analysis of oxides at the nanoscale

A Kuzmin, J Chaboy - IUCrJ, 2014 - journals.iucr.org
Worldwide research activity at the nanoscale is triggering the appearance of new, and
frequently surprising, materials properties in which the increasing importance of surface and …

Bridging structural inhomogeneity to functionality: pair distribution function methods for functional materials development

H Zhu, Y Huang, J Ren, B Zhang, Y Ke… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The correlation between structure and function lies at the heart of materials science and
engineering. Especially, modern functional materials usually contain inhomogeneities at an …

Structure and properties of densified silica glass: characterizing the order within disorder

Y Onodera, S Kohara, PS Salmon, A Hirata… - NPG Asia …, 2020 - nature.com
The broken symmetry in the atomic-scale ordering of glassy versus crystalline solids leads to
a daunting challenge to provide suitable metrics for describing the order within disorder …

Atomic-scale disproportionation in amorphous silicon monoxide

A Hirata, S Kohara, T Asada, M Arao, C Yogi… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Solid silicon monoxide is an amorphous material which has been commercialized for many
functional applications. However, the amorphous structure of silicon monoxide is a long …

From local structure to nanosecond recrystallization dynamics in AgInSbTe phase-change materials

T Matsunaga, J Akola, S Kohara, T Honma… - Nature materials, 2011 - nature.com
Phase-change optical memories are based on the astonishingly rapid nanosecond-scale
crystallization of nanosized amorphous 'marks' in a polycrystalline layer. Models of …

Origin of the mixed alkali effect in silicate glass

Y Onodera, Y Takimoto, H Hijiya, T Taniguchi… - NPG Asia …, 2019 - nature.com
Silicate glasses have evolved from basic structural materials to enabling materials for
advanced applications. In this article, we unravel the origin of the mixed alkali effect for alkali …

Structure of alumina glass

H Hashimoto, Y Onodera, S Tahara, S Kohara… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The fabrication of novel oxide glass is a challenging topic in glass science. Alumina (Al2O3)
glass cannot be fabricated by a conventional melt–quenching method, since Al2O3 is not a …

Structural and electronic features of binary Li2SP2S5 glasses

K Ohara, A Mitsui, M Mori, Y Onodera, S Shiotani… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
The atomic and electronic structures of binary Li2S-P2S5 glasses used as solid electrolytes
are modeled by a combination of density functional theory (DFT) and reverse Monte Carlo …

Understanding diffraction patterns of glassy, liquid and amorphous materials via persistent homology analyses

Y Onodera, S Kohara, S Tahara, A Masuno… - Journal of the Ceramic …, 2019 - jstage.jst.go.jp
The absence of translational symmetry, and the very much present complexity in the
structure of glassy, liquid, and amorphous materials make glass science a challenging field …

Local order in amorphous and

P Jóvári, I Kaban, J Steiner, B Beuneu, A Schöps… - Physical Review B …, 2008 - APS
The structure of amorphous Ge 2 Sb 2 Te 5 and Ge Sb 2 Te 4 phase-change alloys was
investigated by high energy x-ray diffraction, extended x-ray-absorption fine structure, and …