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For comparison purposes they also studied the diffraction pattern of polycrystalline ice Ih at 77 K. We shall discuss these data in detail, drawing heavily on Ref. 27>. It is convenient to begin with the case of poly crystalline ice Ih, and discuss in turn H20(as) deposited at 77 K, H20(as) deposited at 10 K, and the comparison with the neutron diffraction data. 

Figure 7. Neutron diffraction pattern of ball-milling amorphic C60 (—) and poly crystal C60 ( ).

For conducting polymers, neutron diffraction may indeed provide very complementary data, since the dopants tliat are used to make polymers conductive often contain heavy elements. In the case of x-rays, the atomic scattering is proportional to the square of the number of clecfrons (atomic number). Dopants containing heavy atoms will therefore dominate the x-ray pattern, and the infonnation about the structure of the polymer is reduced. In alkali-metal doping of poly-... 

Wasanasuk, K., Tashiro, K., Hanesaka, M. et al. (2011) Crystal structure analysis of poly(L-lactic add) a form based on the dimensional wide-angle synchrotoron X-ray and neutron diffraction measurements. 

Mao, G., J.E. Fischer, F.E. Karasz, and M.J. Winokur. 1993. Non-planarity and ring torsion in poly(p-phenylene vinylene) A neutron diffraction study. J Chem Phys 98 712. 

The combination of motifs and repetition schemes is the second topic of this section. The space group of the lattice is the scheme that acts on motifs placed into the unit cell and generates the crystal stracture. The space group is determined by X-ray diffraction or, less frequently, by electron or neutron diffraction. Typically one to 18 repeating units of a macromolecule exist within one unit cell, but helices with long translational repeats may place many more repeating units into one unit cell. For example, poly(m-methylstyrene)s with a 2 40/11 helix form a four-chain unit cell with... 

Bieze, T. W. N., A. C. Barnes, C. J. M. Huige, J. E. Enderby, and J. C. Leyte. 1994. Distribution of watCT around poly(elhylaie oxide) a neutron diffraction study. J. Phys. Chem. 98 6568-6576. 

Kirste RG, Schelten J, Kruse WA (1972) Determination of radius of gyration of poly(methyl methacrylate) in glass state by neutron-diffraction. Makromol Chem 162 299... 

Neutron structure analyses were successfully carried out on two crystalline polymers, atactic poly(vinyl alcohol) and polyethylene-d4. Neutron structure analysis supports Bunn s model for atactic poly(vinyl alcohol). Three peaks found on the difference synthesis were assigned to the hydrogen atoms to be associated with the intra molecular hydrogen bond in an isotactic sequence of atactic polymer and the intermolecular hydrogen bonds. Neutron diffraction study clarified the detailed crystal structure of polyethylene, in which the azimuthal angle

molecular plane with respect to the b-axis is 45° within the accuracy of the standard deviation 1°. Furthermore, translational and librational motions of the molecule were estimated. The nature of the static disorder in polyethylene was also clarified. 

BOURIDAH A, DALARD F, DEROO D, CHERADAME H, LE NEST J F (1985), Poly(dimethlsilo-xane)-poly(ethylene oxide) based polyurethane networks used as electrolytes in lithium electrochemical solid state batteries . Solid State Ionics, 15,233-240. CHADWICK B M, JONES D w, WILDE H J, YERKESS J (1985), X-ray and neutron diffraction studies of the crystal structures of the dicesium lithium hexacyanometallates of iron(III) and cobalt(III) , J Cryst Spectrosc, 15,133-146. 

Few neutron or electron diffraction studies have been reported, although the neutron structure analysis of substituted poly(benzobisthiazole) and poly(benzobisoxazole) derivatives of 19 and 5 has been reported and the torsion angle between the benzobisthiazole and phenyl rings was shown to be 7.2° larger than that determined from X-ray methods <1999MM4010, 2001MM2012>. 

The recent example of the ab initio structure determination of the polymer electrolyte Poly (ethylene oxide)6 LiAsFe by Bruce et is a notable example of the complex structures that can be determined from powder diffraction on a pulsed neutron source. Polymer electrolytes consist of salts dissolved in solid high molecular weight polymers, and represent a unique class of solid coordination compounds. Their importance lies in their potential in the development of truly all-solid-state rechargeable batteries. The structure of the 6 1 complex is particularly important, as it is a region where the conductivity increases markedly. The structure of the complex is distinct from all known crystal structures of PEO salt complexes (see Figure 7). The Li-i- cations are arranged in rows, with each row located inside a cylindrical surface formed by two PEO chains, with the PEO chains adopting a previously unobserved conformation. Furthermore the anions are located outside the PEO cylinders and are not coordinated with the cations. 

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