Method · XRD
X-ray diffraction in the Netherlands
Crystalline phase, structure, texture, and strain by X-ray diffraction. What it answers, what it cannot establish on its own, what a laboratory will ask, and how many Dutch facilities publish it.
What it answers
- Which crystalline phases are present in a powder, a bulk material or a film?
- Is a film crystalline or amorphous, and does it have a preferred orientation?
- Did heat treatment change the phase, crystallite size or residual strain?
What it cannot establish alone
Before you contact a laboratory
What a laboratory will ask.
A laboratory can say whether it can help only when these are known. Unknowns are fine; say so.
A question a laboratory can answer
A 300 nm titanium oxide film on glass should be anatase after annealing at 450 °C. We want to confirm the phase on two annealed films and one as-deposited film, with grazing incidence if needed.
Potential Dutch facilities
7 facilities publish XRD capability in Enschede, Amsterdam, Delft, Eindhoven, Nijmegen and Noordwijk.
Leads are based on published capabilities; current suitability and availability must be confirmed with the laboratory.
Describe your sample and question. The first answer is free and needs no account; laboratory names are shown in a free workspace.