Effect of high-energy mechanical milling on the FSDP-related XRPD correlations in Se-rich glassy arsenic selenides. (January 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Shpotyuk, Ya; Boussard-Pledel, C.; Bureau, B.; Demchenko, P.; Szlęzak, J.; Cebulski, J.; Bujňáková, Z.; Baláž, P.; Shpotyuk, O.
• Is Part Of: Journal of physics and chemistry of solids. Volume 124(2019)
• Page Start: 318
• Page End: 326
• Publication Date: 2019-01
• Subjects: Glass -- Arsenic selenide -- Mechanical milling -- X-ray powder diffraction -- First sharp diffraction peak; Solids -- Periodicals; Solides -- Périodiques; Solids; Periodicals; 530.41
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jpcs.2018.09.036
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-3697

Abstract

Abstract: The X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD) patterns related to the first sharp diffraction peak (FSDP) are registered for Se-rich Asx Se100-x glasses (5 ≤ x ≤ 40), subjected to high-energy mechanical milling in a dry mode with 500 min −1 rotational speed. The results are treated in terms of structural model assuming broad diffraction halos in the XRPD patterns appeared due to remnants of inter-planar "quasi-crystalline" correlations, disturbed by overlapping with diffuse halos originated from strongest inter-atomic correlations, in part, the nearest-neighbor correlations between cation-like atoms. Milling does not influence the FSDP in a vicinity of glassy Se (x < 20), while causes increase in the FSDP width Δ Q (the reduced correlation length L ) in the glasses with 20 ≤ x < 40, these changes being ascribed to disturbed inter-planar arrangement in covalent-bonded network due to structural defects generated under attrition ball milling. Assuming contribution of the Ehrenfest diffraction from coordination spheres in the detected XRPD patterns, the latter is ascribed to broadening in the distribution of characteristic FSDP-related inter-atomic distances, thus testifying in a favor of more defective structure of milled glass. Highlights: Intermediate-range ordering in Asx Se100-x glasses modified under high-energy milling. FSDP position and width are milling-invariant in Se-rich Asx Se100-x glasses (x < 20). Increased FSDP width in glassy Asx Se100-x (20 ≤ x ≤ 40) due to milling-derived defects.