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. 2016 Aug 10;6:31400. doi: 10.1038/srep31400

Table 2. Average crystalline domain size, lattice parameter, unit volume, number of unit cells, number of domains, B factor, lattice distortion, and domain surface area in hcp Ru NPs obtained using the Rietveld refinement method.

Sample 1 2 3 4
Crystalline domain size (nm) 1.01 1.25 1.27 1.30
a (Å) 3.9113 ± 0.0045 3.8743 ± 0.0029 3.8670 ± 0.0029 3.8706 ± 0.0032
Unit volume (Å3) 59.8357 58.1527 57.8273 57.9858
Number of unit cells 8.90 17.79 18.53 19.93
Number of domains (×1016) 22.03 11.02 10.58 9.84
B factor (Å2) 0.62 ± 0.17 0.77 ± 0.14 0.80 ± 0.14 0.87 ± 0.15
Lattice distortion at (111) plane 0.0374 0.0370 0.0373 0.0357
Domain surface area (×1017 nm2) 7.059 5.411 5.362 5.224