Structure Solution of Glass and Ceramics using High Energy X-ray Diffraction Techniques

Abstract

This article summarizes the possibilities and the application of the high energy X-ray diffraction methods to study the short range structures in the glass and nano-structured ceramic materials based on the recent developments and the instrumental facilities. The difficulties and the inapplicability of the conventional X-ray diffraction techniques to get structuralinformation about the glass and nano-structured materials over the past few decades has been resolved with the development of advanced X-ray based techniques both inhouse and synchrotrons. Some of the examples are discussed with the applicability of the high energy X-ray diffraction techniques to solve the structural problems of glass and nano-structured ceramics materials