Low index surfaces are in most cases stable even after adsorption, whereas vicinal surfaces may be only stable without or even with adsorbates. Since these phenomena are rather frequently reported, some carefully studied examples are discussed here, to show the importance of the effect and...

X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns with broad background are commonly found in the characterization of materials with a certain degree of amorphicity, so the sharp intensity peaks associated with material phases are not well defined. This work used rescaled range (denoted by R/S) analysis, a...

The phase transitions of [N(C3H7)4]2Cd2Cl6 have been evidenced by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and the different phases have been studied by Raman scattering on single crystals, in the frequency range 50–3900 cm−1 for temperatures ranging between 294 and 451 K. On heating, two...