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Powder Diffraction

Powder Diffraction is a crystallographic technique within X-ray diffraction that analyzes the diffraction patterns produced by a finely ground polycrystalline sample to determine the atomic structure of materials, distinguished by its use of randomly oriented microcrystals yielding concentric Debye-Scherrer rings instead of discrete single-crystal spots.

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Powder X-ray DiffractionPxrd

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Recent advances in magnetic structure determination by neutron powder diffraction

J. Rodrı́guez-Carvajal · Physica B Condensed Matter · 1993 · 15.4K citations

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<i>Mercury</i>: visualization and analysis of crystal structures

Clare F. Macrae, Paul R. Edgington, Patrick McCabe et al. · Journal of Applied Crystallography · 2006 · 7.1K citations

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<i>SIRPOW</i>.92 – a program for automatic solution of crystal structures by direct methods optimized for powder data

Angela Altomare, G. Cascarano, Carmelo Giacovazzo et al. · Journal of Applied Crystallography · 1994 · 6.9K citations

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<i>VESTA</i>: a three-dimensional visualization system for electronic and structural analysis

Koichi Momma, Fujio Izumi · Journal of Applied Crystallography · 2008 · 6.6K citations

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<i>GSAS-II</i>: the genesis of a modern open-source all purpose crystallography software package

Brian H. Toby, R. B. Von Dreele · Journal of Applied Crystallography · 2013 · 5.9K citations

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  1. AK
    Anthony K. Cheetham

    University of California, Santa Barbara, United States

    61 publications · 4.1K citations

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  2. JA
    J. A. Alonso

    Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, Spain

    86 publications · 4.2K citations

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  3. MÁ
    Miguel Á. G. Aranda

    Universidad de Málaga, Spain

    48 publications · 3.6K citations

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  4. RE
    Robert E. Dinnebier

    Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Germany

    100 publications · 4.5K citations

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  5. WI
    William I. F. David

    Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, United Kingdom

    59 publications · 3.6K citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    98 h-index

    2.9K publications

    220.5K citations

  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    85 h-index

    1.4K publications

    105.2K citations

  3. Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

    Didcot, United Kingdom

    68 h-index

    550 publications

    32.9K citations

  4. National Institute of Standards and Technology

    Gaithersburg, United States

    62 h-index

    594 publications

    36.8K citations

  5. Argonne National Laboratory

    Lemont, United States

    62 h-index

    536 publications

    58.8K citations

  6. European Synchrotron Radiation Facility

    Grenoble, France

    58 h-index

    528 publications

    47.4K citations

  7. Institut Laue-Langevin

    Grenoble, France

    58 h-index

    441 publications

    38.6K citations

  8. Brookhaven National Laboratory

    Upton, United States

    55 h-index

    464 publications

    42.6K citations

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  1. Chemistry of Materials

    683 publications · 50K citations

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  2. Journal of the American Chemical Society

    JACS · 313 publications · 41K citations

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  3. Journal of Applied Crystallography

    570 publications · 90.6K citations

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  4. Inorganic Chemistry

    699 publications · 35.3K citations

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  5. Journal of Materials Chemistry

    458 publications · 23.9K citations

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