Crystallite Size Estimation of Nanopowders - Application Note

Polycrystalline materials contain imperfections affecting the intensity, shape and position of Bragg peaks: this departure from ideal structure, known as microstructure, can profoundly influence their properties. Nanocrystalline materials are characterized by a magnified “non ideal structure” on purpose, in order to get new tailored functional properties. Nowadays, interest in nanocrystalline materials keeps growing enormously. Catalysts, nanoceramics, and nanocrystalline heat-resisting alloys are produced on an industrial scale and are widely used in the different fields of science and technology.