• Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.651-654
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• 1998

The layered basic zinc p-toluenesulfonates has been directly synthesized by the surface modification. The chemical formula of layered basic zinc p-toluenesulfonate is determined by CHNS and TG-DTA. From the X-ray diffraction data and the guest size, the orientation of the p-toluenesulfonate onto the zinc hydroxide layer is determined. The molecular plane of the p-toluenesulfonate lies perpendicular to the zinc hydroxide layers.

• Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.36-41
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• 1998

Intercalation compounds of alkyl sulfonates into layered double hydroxides (LDH) have been directly synthesized. From the X-ray diffraction data and the alkyl sulfonates size, the orientation of the intercalated alkyl sulfonate into the layered double hydroxide was determined. The intercalated alkyl sulfonate is arranged with molecular chain perpendicular to the hydroxide layer with an antiparallel pattern.

• Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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• v.4 no.4
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• pp.405-410
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• 1994

KLN crystals were grown with various melt compositions by $\mu\textrm{m}$-PD method. The composition of KLN crystals was determined by DTA and X-ray diffraction measurements. It can be obtained that KLN micro crystals have a nearly homogeneous composition along the growth axis because of the absence of convection in melt growth interface.

• Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.33-37
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• 2001

Kaolinite was synthesized through th acid treatment of mixture which consisted of psudoboehmite and colloidal silica in hydrothermal reaction at $213^{\circ}C$ under autogeneous vapor pressure. Crystallization process was characterized by X-ray powder diffraction pattern, IR spectra and Hinckley index was calculated. The synthesis in acidic solution promotes the dissolution of the starting materials and leads to crystallization of kaolinite. The rate of crystallization to kaolinite and stacking defect were found to e affected by kind of anion, acidity and starting materials.

• The Korean Journal of Ceramics
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• v.5 no.4
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• pp.341-347
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• 1999

An ambiguity on the correct room temperature structure of $Bi_5Ti_3FeO_{15}$ was resolved using a combined Rietveld refinement of neutron and X-ray diffraction. The structure of this compound has been reported to have a space group of F2mm (adopting 2-fold rotation symmetry along the c-axis) or A21am. However, our diffraction, study reveals that some reflections would violate F-centering and confirm that the belong to $A2_1$am. Out refinement with the space group of $A2_1$am converged at $R_p=6.85%, R_wp=9.23%$ and $\chi^2$=1.66 for an isotropic temperature model with 85 variables. The lattice constants are a=5.4677(1) $\AA$, b=5.4396(1) $\AA$, and c=41.2475(8)$\AA$. In structure, Ti/Fe atoms at the oxygen octahedral sites of the perovskite unit are completely disordered, resulting in that these atoms are transparent in neutron diffraction. The octahedra of the perovskite unit are relatively displaced along the a-axis against the Bi atoms, which contribute as a major component to the spontaneous polarization of $Bi_5Ti_3FeO_{15}$.

• Journal of Integrative Natural Science
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.193-196
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• 2013

Haemoglobin is an interesting physiologically significant protein composed of specific functional prosthetic haem and globin moieties. In recent decades, there has been substantial interest in attempting to understand the structural basis and functional diversity of avian haemoglobins (Hbs). Towards this end, purification, crystallization, preliminary X-ray diffraction and molecular-replacement studies have been carried out on Amaurornis phoenicurus Hb. Crystals were grown by the hanging drop vapor-diffusion method using PEG 2000 and NaCl as precipitants. The crystals belonged to the primitive monoclinic system $P2_1$, with unit-cell parameters $a=65.33{\AA}$, $b=93.14{\AA}$, $c=98.54{\AA}$, ${\beta}=100.48^{\circ}$; a complete data set was collected to a resolution of $2.6{\AA}$. The Matthews coefficient of $2.30{\AA}^3Da^{-1}$ for the crystal indicated the presence of two ${\alpha}_2{\beta}_2$ tetramers in the asymmetric unit.

• BMB Reports
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• v.29 no.1
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• pp.38-44
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• 1996

Taq DNA polymerase from Thermus aquaticus has been shown to be very useful in the polymerase chain reaction method, which is being used for amplifying DNA. Not only does Taq DNA polymerase have high commercial value commercial value for the polymerase chain reaction application, but it is also important in studying DNA replication, because it is apparently an homologue to E. coli DNA polymerase I, which has long been used for DNA replication study (Lawyer et ai., 1993). The crystal structure determination of Taq DNA polymerase was initiated. An X-ray diffraction pattern breaks down a crystal structure into discrete sine waves in a Fourier series. The original shape of a crystal object in terms of electron density may be represented as the sum of those sine waves with varying amplitudes and phases in three dimensions. The molecular replacement method was initially employed to provide phase information for the structure of Taq DNA polymerase. The rotation search using the program MERLOT resulted in a solution peak with 5.4 r.m.s. PC-refinement of the X-PLOR program verified the result and also optimized the orientation angles. Next, the translation search using the X-PLOR program resulted in a unique solution peak with 7.35 r.m.s. In addition, the translation search indicated $P3_121$ to be the true space group out of two possible ones. The phase information from the molecular replacement was useful in the MIR phasing experiment.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.248-251
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• 1995

The crystal structure of Ba46-X, Ba46Al92Si100O384 [a= 25.297(1) Å], has been determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction techniques in the cubic space group Fd&bar{3}at 21(1) ℃. The crystal was prepared by ion exchange in flowing stream of 0.05 M Ba(OH)2 aqueous solution for 5 days. The crystal was then dehydrated at 380 ℃ and 2 × 10-6 Torr for 2 days. The structure was refined to the final error indices R1= 0.051 and Rw= 0.054 with 369 reflections for which I > 3σ(I). In this structure, all Ba2+ ions are located at the three different crystallographic sites: fourteen Ba2+ ions are located at site Ⅰ, the centers of the double six rings, two Ba2+ ions lie at site Ⅰ', in the sodalite cavity opposite double six rings(D6R's) and another thirty Ba2+ ions are located at site Ⅱ in the supercage. Two Ba2+ ions are recessed ca. 0.27 Å into the sodalite cavity from their three O(3) oxygen plane and thirty Ba2+ ions are recessed ca. 1.11 Å into the supercage from their three O(2) oxygen planes, respectively (Ba(1)-O(3) = 2.76(1) Å, O(3)-Ba(1)-O(3) = 180(0)°, Ba(2)-O(3) = 2.45(1) Å, O(3)-Ba(2)-O(3) = 108(1)°, Ba(3)-O(2)=2.65(1) Å, and O(2)-Ba(3)-O(2)=103.9(4)°).

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.34 no.1
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• pp.128-132
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• 2013

L-Arginine semi-oxalate (LASO) single crystal has been grown by solution growth technique at room temperature. The crystal structure and lattice parameters were determined for the grown crystal by single crystal X-ray diffraction studies. Photoluminescence studies confirm the violet fluorescence emission peak at 395 nm. Optical constants like band gap, refractive index, reflectance, extinction coefficient and electric susceptibility were determined from UV-VIS-NIR spectrum. The dielectric constant, dielectric loss and ac conductivity of the compound were calculated at different temperatures and frequencies to analyze the electrical properties. The solid state parameters such as plasma energy, Penn gap, Fermi energy and polarizability were calculated to analyze second harmonic generation (SHG). Nonlinear optical property was discussed to confirm the SHG efficiency of the grown crystal.

• Journal of Ceramic Processing Research
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• v.19 no.5
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• pp.369-371
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• 2018

The uniform and monodisperse bismuth nanospheres were successfully prepared by simple and convenient solvothermal method. The bismuth nitrate was reduced by ethylene glycol at $150-200^{\circ}C$ for 20-30 hrs. The nanospheres were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. The dispersivity of bismuth nanospheres was investigated using optical microscope. The optimum reaction conditions to prepare the uniform bismuth nanospheres with a narrow diameter range was investigated. The results indicate that the monodisperse bismuth nanospheres prepared at $200^{\circ}C$ possess sizes ranging from 100-200 nm. The formation mechanism of the bismuth nanospheres was hypothesized.