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Initiation and development of cyclic damage in steel for the energy industry
Horník, Vít ; Mazal, Pavel (referee) ; Věchet, Stanislav (advisor)
The main content of this master's thesis is a determination of the fatigue properties by using non-destructive testing methods – the acoustic emission technique and the X-ray diffraction. The reactor steel, that is named GOST 15Ch2NMFA, is used as a model material and is used to manufacture VVER-1000 reactor pressure vessels. The supplied material was made of two different steel melting, designated as H and S. For the basic measurement of the fatigue properties the stress-cycle asymmetry R = -1 was used. Some of the samples were used for approximate determination of the fatigue strength stress-cycle asymmetry R = 0. During the loading process the resonance frequency of the loading machine and acoustic emission signals were recorded. The changes in microstructure were estimated from the record of acoustic emissions during the whole fatigue life. The change of the microstructure was experimentally observed by X-ray diffraction analysis. The mechanism of the fatigue can be described by the observation of the microstructural processes as well as the relevant bifurcation with sufficient sensitivity. The results of the used methods indicate a decay and re-growth of mosaic blocks during the whole loading process. Therefore, it is important to find a correlation of these two non-destructive methods, or to use other non-destructive testing methods in the future.
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Microstructure and properties of multiferroic complex oxide thin films prepared by pulsed laser deposition method
Machovec, Petr ; Dopita, Milan (advisor)
Title: Microstructure and properties of multiferroic complex oxide thin films prepared by pulsed laser deposition method Author: Petr Machovec Department: Department of Condensed Matter Physics Supervisor: RNDr. Milan Dopita, Ph.D., Department of Condensed Matter Physics Abstract: In the frame of this thesis, structure, microstructure, and real structure of multiferroic epitaxial layers of LuFeO3 were studied by means of X-ray reflectivity and X-ray diffraction. In theoretical part the theory of X-ray scattering on crystalline layers is described. Standard description of X-ray reflectivity on series of rough layers is presented. Moreover, a model of X-ray scattering on mosaic layer is described. For experimental part of the work three samples were prepared by pulsed laser deposition method. First sample on sapphire substrate (Al2O3), second on platinum layer deposited on sapphire substrate and third on yttrium stabilized zirconia substrate. From the X-ray reflectivity curves the parameters such as layer thickness, interface roughness, surface roughness and material density, were determined. By analysing measured reciprocal space maps, lattice parameters and mosaic model parameters, such as mean mosaic block size, mosaic block size distribution, mosaic block misorientation and residual microstrain, were...
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Noninvasive spot analysis of miniatures with portable and laboratory instruments: a methodology for specific use in miniature painting research
Kočí, Eva ; Bezdička, Petr ; Hradil, David ; Garrappa, Silvia ; Hradilová, J. ; Pech, M.
The methodology brings a comprehensive procedure of non-invasive materials analysis of painted miniature artworks, while it is divided into two subsequent parts. In the first part, it describes the use of portable devices for spectroscopic analysis of miniatures, and in the second, it deals with the application of a new methodological procedure for phase/structural materials analysis based on X-ray powder diffraction. The methodology thus includes the following procedures: (i) determination of the elemental composition of the colour layer by the x-ray fluorescence analysis, (ii) identification of binders and other organic compounds using infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), and finally (iii) phase/mineralogical and structural analysis to describe in more detail the pigments used and processes of their degradation. As part of this last step, the limits of Raman spectroscopy (RS) and the advantages of powder X-ray diffraction and micro-diffraction (XRPD and micro-XRPD) are described, which include greater gentleness to the analysed objects. A very complete and above all non-invasive methodological procedure for the analysis of miniatures is thus offered, which uses the complementarity of individual methods and which can be partly applied already in situ (directly in collection institutions) and partly at specialized workplaces.
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Strukturní studie halogenalkandehalogenasy DgaA z \kur{Glaciecola agarilytica} NO2
BERKOVÁ, Ivana
Haloalkane dehalogenases (HLDs) are microbial enzymes that have attracted significant interest because of their ability to catalyze the irreversible hydrolysis of a wide range of halogenated compounds. These enzymes can be used as potential applicants in industrial catalysis, in the bioremediation and the biosensing of environmental pollutants. Novel haloalkane dehalogenase DgaA (EC 3.8.1.5, HLDs) belonging to the superfamily of / hydrolases, was isolated from a psychrophilic and moderately halophilic organism, Glaciecola agarilytica NO2, that was found in marine sediment collected from the East Sea, Korea. Main target of this thesis was the processing of diffraction data from crystals of DgaA proteins and subsequent solving and refinement of structure of studied protein.
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Diffuse x-ray scattering from GaN epitaxial layers
Barchuk, Mykhailo ; Holý, Václav (advisor) ; Caha, Ondřej (referee) ; Pietsch, Ulrich (referee)
Real structure of heteroepitaxial GaN and AlGaN layers is studied by diffuse x-ray scattering. A new developed method based on Monte Carlo simulation enabling to determine densities of threading dislocations in c-plane GaN and stacking faults in a-plane GaN is presented. The results of Monte Carlo simulations are compared with ones obtained by use of other conventional techniques. The advantages and limitations of the new method are discussed in detail. The methods accuracy is estimated as about 15%. We have shown that our method is a reliable tool for threading dislocations and stacking faults densities determination.
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Structure of submicrocrystalline materials studied by X-ray diffraction
Matěj, Zdeněk ; Kužel, Radomír (advisor) ; Lukáš, Petr (referee) ; Čerňanský, Marian (referee)
Structure of submicrocrystalline materials was investigated by X-ray powder diffraction, mainly by modelling of widths and shapes of diffraction profiles. The diffraction method was applied to colloid gold nanoparticles, copper samples deformed by equal channel angular pressing and titanium dioxide nanoparticles prepared by various chemical routes. Dislocations and twin faults were identified in the metallic samples from characteristic broadening of diffraction lines. Densities of lattice defects were estimated from the diffraction data. Possibilities and limits of the diffraction method for characterisation of a crystallite size distribution were tested on the titanium dioxide samples. Crystallites of size in the range 3-25 nm could be well characterised. The problems were encountered only for samples with extremely broad size dispersion. Diffraction methods and a computer program were developed and tested, which can be applied also for the analysis of thin films.
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Crystal and molecular structure study of garnets from selected localities of the České středohoří Mts.
Píšová, Barbora ; Skála, Roman (advisor) ; Laufek, František (referee)
Major and minor element contents of garnets from mantle peridotites and eclogites brought to the surface by volcanic rocks of the České středohoří Mts. were determined by an electron probe microanalyzer. Garnets are homogenous and their chemical composition corresponds to solid solution containing 65-71 % pyrope, other end members significantly present are almandine, uvarovite and grosulare. This method also help to discover polyphase inclusions chemically corresponding to amphiboles (pargasite, cummingtonite, magnesio-hornblende and katophorite). Next to amphiboles following minerals were found in inclusions: omphacite, carbonates, phlogopite, clinochlore, olivine, apatite, spinel group minerals, and sulfidic phases potentially close to pentlandite. Samples were also analyzed by powder X-ray diffraction. Qualitative phase analysis confirmed pyrope homogeneity. The refinement of crystal structure parameters was performed by the Rietveld method. Raman microspectroscopy showed shifts of individual bands in the Raman spectra compared to those of pure pyrope. Position of bands in spectra differs due to the substitution of Ca for Mg at the dodecahedral sites of the structure. Mutual positive correlations among elements Cr, Ca, Mg, Al, Si, Mn, Ti and Na were observed. Correlations were found also between...
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Studium defektů v tenkých kovových vrstvách
Hruška, Petr ; Čížek, Jakub (advisor) ; Bulíř, Jiří (referee)
In the present work Mg films prepared by RF magnetron sputtering were studied. Variable energy positron annihilation spectroscopy (VEPAS) was employed for investigation of defects in the Mg films. VEPAS characterization was combined with scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction in order to determine grain size, phase composition and texture. The effect of different deposition rate and deposition temperature, annealing, various substrates and film thickness on the structure and amount of defects present in the Mg films was examined. Defect studies by VEPAS showed that positrons in studied Mg films are trapped at misfit dislocations and at vacancy-like defects in grain boundaries and their density can be reduced by the deposition at elevated temperature. 1
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Growth of single crystals and their basic characterization.
Hanzlíková, Kateřina ; Pospíšil, Jiří (advisor) ; Matěj, Zdeněk (referee)
Basic methods of single crystals growth have been studied in this bachelor thesis. The preparation of anatase and ruby single crystals has been realized by floating zone method in different compositions of the surrounding atmosphere. Crystallinity of prepared materials has been verified by Laue method. The same method has been used for orientation of the prepared single crystals along the principal crystallographic axes. The tetragonal structure of TiO2 has been proved by powder X-ray diffraction. The floating zone method has been found as a very suitable and effective method to grow anatase single crystals.
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