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Everything about X-ray diffraction
Elastic interaction of x-rays with electrons
X-ray diffraction is a generic term for phenomena associated with changes in the direction of X-ray beams due to interactions with the electrons around atoms. It occurs due to elastic scattering, when there is no change in the energy of the waves. The resulting map of the directions of the X-rays far from the sample is called a diffraction pattern. It is different from X-ray crystallography which exploits X-ray diffraction to determine the arrangement of atoms in materials, and also has other components such as ways to map from experimental diffraction measurements to the positions of atoms. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: X-ray diffractionA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: X-ray Diffraction Techniques for Mineral Characterization: A Review for Engineers of the Fundamentals, Applications, and Research DirectionsInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Standard x-ray diffraction powder patternsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: An Empirical Method for Estimating the Degree of Crystallinity of Native Cellulose Using the X-Ray DiffractometerCited 7,960 times
- Go sideways: Ewald's sphereA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Bragg planeA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
An Empirical Method for Estimating the Degree of Crystallinity of Native Cellulose Using the X-Ray Diffractometer
Tables of bond lengths determined by X-ray and neutron diffraction. Part 1. Bond lengths in organic compounds
Crystal Structure and Hydrogen-Bonding System in Cellulose Iβ from Synchrotron X-ray and Neutron Fiber Diffraction
Ab-initio structure determination of LiSbWO6 by X-ray powder diffraction
🆕 Influential since 2022
X-ray Diffraction Techniques for Mineral Characterization: A Review for Engineers of the Fundamentals, Applications, and Research Directions
The use of X-ray diffraction peak profile analysis to determine the structural parameters of cobalt ferrite nanoparticles using Debye-Scherrer, Williamson-Hall, Halder-Wagner and Size-strain plot: Different precipitating agent approach
Fast growth of single-crystal covalent organic frameworks for laboratory x-ray diffraction
Chemical crystallography by serial femtosecond X-ray diffraction
X-ray diffraction under grazing incidence conditions
đź“š Books worth reading
- 📕Standard x-ray diffraction powder patternsMarlene C. Morris · 1976
X-Rays in theory and experimentsArthur Holly Compton, Samuel K. Allison · 1935
A treasury of the theatreJohn Gassner · 1950- 📕Standard X-ray diffraction powder patternsUnited States. National Bureau of Standards. · 1953
Advances in X-Ray AnalysisWilliam M. Mueller · 1775- 📕The interpretation of X-ray diffraction photographsN. F. M. Henry · 1951
Two-dimensional X-ray DiffractionBob B. He · 2009
Structure determination by X-ray crystallographyM. F. C. Ladd · 1977
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