(1-x)MnWO₄/xCuS (x= 0.05, 0.1, 0.15) samples were formed employing coprecipitation and solid-state reaction techniques. XRD and Raman results confirmed the integration of Cu ions into the MnWO₄ lattice. The structural refinement, utilizing the Rietveld method, indicated a slight increase in the cell parameter (a), while the parameters (b) and (c) diminished upon increasing (x). The crystallite size is slightly decreased along [h00] and [00l] directions but unchanged along [0k0], meanwhile, the microstrain along the [00l] direction is obviously increased, but unchanged along [h00] and [0k0] directions. The WO₆ octahedrons exhibit a reduced volume and increased distortion in comparison to Mn octahedra, while the volume of the Mn octahedrons increased. The absorption was enhanced for the wavelengths > 400 nm for all composed samples. The obtained direct optical band gap energies for (1-x)MnWO₄/xCuS are 2.85, 2.75, 2.73 and 2.71 eV for x= 0.05, 0.1, 0.15, respectively. Upon composing MnWO₄ with CuS, the photoluminescence intensity greatly reduced, upgrading the functionality of MnWO₄ as a photocatalyst. At 15 keV, the linear LAC and mass MAC attenuation coefficient parameters for (1-x)MnWO₄/xCuS (x=0, 0.95, 0.1, 0.15) are (675.633, 676.584, 614.263, 260.120) cm^-1 and (93.837, 93.193, 84.376, 35.584) cm²/g, respectively. (1-x)MnWO₄/xCuS samples diminished their shielding characteristics as the CuS content surpassed 5%. The sample containing 15% CuS established the highest fast neutron removal cross section (FNRCS) value among all samples.

العنوان

Physica B: Condensed Matter

الناشر

Elsevier

بلد الناشر

المملكة المتحدة

Indexing

Thomson Reuters

معامل التأثير

2,8

نوع المنشور

Both (Printed and Online)

المجلد

735

السنة

2026

الصفحات

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