Published Online: 08 January 2010
AIP Conference Proceedings 1202, 185 (2010); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3295595
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  • aDepartment of Physics, Andalas University, Padang, West Sumatera, Indonesia
  • bNeutron Scattering Laboratory, National Nuclear Energy Agency of Indonesia (BATAN), Kawasan Puspiptek Serpong, Tangerang, Indonesia
  • cMaterials Technology Group, Industrial Technology Division, Agensi Nuklear Malaysia (ANM), Selangor, Malaysia
  • dDepartment of Physics, Faculty of Science, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Johor, Malaysia
The fractal structure of silica aerogels containing titanium has been investigated by means of small angle scattering (SAS) technique, i.e. small angle neutron scattering (SANS). The SANS experiments were conducted using a 36 meter SANS BATAN spectrometer (SMARTer) in Serpong, Indonesia in the range of momentum transfer q, 0.006<q(Å−1)<0.3. The ‘power‐law’ for a fractal object scattering pattern I(q)∼q−D observed from the all measured samples. The Fourier transform of a pair correlation model function was implemented in analyzing the structure factor from the ‘power‐law’ scattering profiles. The results are showing that the silica aerogels containing titanium has a mass fractal where its dimension Dm is larger than pure silica aerogels. The mass fractal dimension of silica aerogels containing titanium is relatively constant between 2.2 to 2.4 with the increase of acid concentrations during a sol‐gel process while the surface fractal disappeared.