Uniting Electron Crystallography and Powder Diffraction [Hardcover]

The polycrystalline and nanocrystalline states play an increasingly important role in exploiting the properties of materials, encompassing applications as diverse as pharmaceuticals, catalysts, solar cells and energy storage. A knowledge of the three-dimensional atomic and molecular structure of materials is essential for understanding and controlling their properties, yet traditional single-crystal X-ray diffraction methods lose their power when only polycrystalline and nanocrystalline samples are available. It is here that powder diffraction and single-crystal electron diffraction techniques take over, substantially extending the range of applicability of the crystallographic principles of structure determination.?

This volume, a collection of teaching contributions presented at the Crystallographic Course in Erice in 2011, clearly describes the fundamentals and the state-of-the-art of powder diffraction and electron diffraction methods in materials characterisation, encompassing a diverse range of disciplines and materials stretching from archeometry to zeolites.?? As such, it is a comprehensive and valuable resource for those wishing to gain an understanding of the broad applicability of these two rapidly developing fields.

Preface.- Part 1  Powder Diffraction.- Powder Diffraction: By Decades; W.I.F. David.- Rietveld Refinement; P. W.Stephens.- Structure Solution - an Overview; L. B. McCusker, Ch. Baerlocher.- Inorganic Materials; R. ern?.- Organic Compounds; K. Shankland.- Laboratory X-ray Diffraction; P. Whitfield.- Synchrotron X-Ray Powder Diffraction; F. Gozzo.- Ultra Fast Powder Diffraction; A. Fitch, C. Curfs.- Taking it to Extremes  Powder Diffraction at Elevated Pressures; D. I. A. Millar, C. R. Pulham.-Structure Solution by Charge Flipping; L. Palatinus.- Structure Solution: Global Optimisation Methods; K. Shankland.- Proteins and Powders: Technical Developments; J. P. Wright.- Proteins and Powders: An Overview; IlCÝ