Dear Varadarian,
I didn't look at your attachments, but have you considered that there
might be some Cd-Ca in the second shell? I didn't see what value of
x you had in Cd(1-x)CaxO, but if the oxides form a solid solution one
might naively expect the second shell to have (1-x) Cd and x Ca
coordination. Ca and Cd scatter photoelectrons differently enough
to be distinguishable in the EXAFS. It might be that there is extra
disorder too, say if the typical Cd-Ca distance was different from the
typical Cd-Cd distance.
Cheers,
--Matt
On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 7:29 AM, Varadarajan Sridharan
Greetings to all
I am a beginner to EXAFS.
Recently I had carried out Cd K-edge EXAFS measurements on Cd1-xCaxO solid solution. The end members CdO and CaO belong to same crystal structure Fm-3m.
I had analysed the spectrum with Atthena and fitted with Arthemis. I am attaching the Athena project file (***.prj) and that of Arthemis project file (***.apr) for your reference.
Athena:
As per the crystal structure of CdO, the first nearest neighbour is at 2.345 A corresponding to Cd-O1 inter atomic distance and 2nn distance is 3.3.16 A corresponding to Cd-Cd1 inter atomic distance. Though I am able get the first peak in chi(R) plot at expected position, I am having some problems for the second peak. The second peak has features; main one and a shoulder. The main peak itself appears at lower R compared to expected one. Intensity of the shoulder increases with Ca substitution at the expense of main peak itself.
Can any one comment on this?
My predicament: If I associate, based on the structure of second peak, bimodal distribution for the Cd-Cd1 interatomic distance, the difference of 0.4 A is 11%. This value gives me an uneasy feeling. Is it possible to accommodate this difference within the setting of F m-3m?
OR
It is due the multi scattering is the problem?
Arthemis:
For CdO: The k^3 weighted chi fitting, I agree is far from satisfaction. Std of delR is a bothering point. I had included 20 paths. Even for the CdO with F m-3m, the calculated second peak has a shoulder at lower R. I could see a small contribution from path 4. But I am not sure if that is all.
How to float the individual GDS parameter for each and every path? What can be done to improve the fitting?
Thanking you all in advance
Varadarajan Sridharan
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Condensed matter Physics Division
Materials Science division
Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research
Kalpakkam 603 102
India
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