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Experimental method in X-ray diffraction
Powder diffraction is a scientific technique using X-ray, neutron, or electron diffraction on powder or microcrystalline samples for structural characterization of materials. An instrument dedicated to performing such powder measurements is called a powder diffractometer. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Powder diffractionA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: PDF-5+: a comprehensive Powder Diffraction File™ for materials characterizationInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Standard x-ray diffraction powder patternsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Recent advances in magnetic structure determination by neutron powder diffractionCited 15,359 times
- Go sideways: DiffractometerA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Neutron diffractionA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Recent advances in magnetic structure determination by neutron powder diffraction
Line profiles of neutron powder-diffraction peaks for structure refinement
Idealized powder diffraction patterns for cellulose polymorphs
Three-Dimensional Visualization in Powder Diffraction
Ab-initio structure determination of LiSbWO6 by X-ray powder diffraction
LAZY PULVERIX , a computer program, for calculating X-ray and neutron diffraction powder patterns
WinPLOTR: A Windows Tool for Powder Diffraction Pattern Analysis
Unit-cell refinement from powder diffraction scans
🆕 Influential since 2022
PDF-5+: a comprehensive Powder Diffraction File™ for materials characterization
ID22 – the high-resolution powder-diffraction beamline at ESRF
End‐to‐End Crystal Structure Prediction from Powder X‐Ray Diffraction
Powder diffraction crystal structure determination using generative models
pdCIFplotter : visualizing powder diffraction data in pdCIF format
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕Standard x-ray diffraction powder patternsMarlene C. Morris · 1976
- 📕Standard x-ray diffraction powder patternsHoward E. Swanson · 1953
EPDIC 3European Powder Diffraction Conference (3rd 1993 Vienna, Austria) · 1993
Applications of neutron powder diffractionErich H. Kisi · 2008
Powder DiffractionGeorg Will · 2005
EPDIC 6European Powder Diffraction Conference (6th 1998 Budapest, Hungary) · 2000
EPDIC VEuropean Powder Diffraction Conference (5th 1997 Parma, Italy) · 1998- 📕European powder diffraction, EPDIC IVEuropean Powder Diffraction Conference (4th 1995 Chester, England) · 1996
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