Acta Cryst. (2001). A57, 479-481 [ doi:10.1107/S0108767301009734 ] G. N. Ramachandran (1922-2001)N. YathindraOnline 29 August 2001 |
Acta Cryst. (2001). A57, 482-491 [ doi:10.1107/S0108767301005098 ] Analysis of chord-length distributionsC. Burger and W. RulandSynopsis: Closed-form analytical solution for the inversion of the integral equation relating small-angle scattering intensity distributions of two-phase systems to chord-length distributions. Online 29 August 2001 |
Acta Cryst. (2001). A57, 492-506 [ doi:10.1107/S0108767301005165 ] On the arithmetic classification of crystal structuresG. Fadda and G. ZanzottoSynopsis: The arithmetic classification of crystal structures is analyzed in the case of lattices with two or four points in their unit cells. Online 29 August 2001 |
Acta Cryst. (2001). A57, 507-517 [ doi:10.1107/S0108767301006341 ] Diffraction by the ideal paracrystalJ. L. Eads and R. P. MillaneSynopsis: Statistics and diffraction by a general, finite, two-dimensional ideal paracrystal are studied in detail. Characteristics of diffraction patterns, including variation of peak widths, are examined as a function of parameters of the model. Online 29 August 2001 |
Acta Cryst. (2001). A57, 518-525 [ doi:10.1107/S0108767301006778 ] Environmental influence on electron scattering from a moleculeH. Yamashita and A. KideraSynopsis: Electron scattering amplitudes of formic acid, formic acid dimer and the formate anion were evaluated by ab initio molecular-orbital calculations in vacuo and in aqueous solution. A model of site/environment-dependent atomic scattering factors for electron crystallography is proposed. Online 29 August 2001 |
Acta Cryst. (2001). A57, 526-530 [ doi:10.1107/S0108767301006985 ] Applications of dynamical diffraction under locally plane wave conditions: defects in nearly perfect crystals and X-ray refractometryV. Mocella, Y. Epelboin, J. P. Guigay and J. HärtwigSynopsis: Experimental analysis is presented showing interesting applications of the locally plane wave technique to X-ray reflectometry and to the visualization of the strain field around isolated defects. Online 29 August 2001 |
Acta Cryst. (2001). A57, 531-539 [ doi:10.1107/S0108767301007504 ] The Gummelt decagon as a `quasi unit cell'E. A. Lord and S. RanganathanSynopsis: A classification scheme is proposed for those quasiperiodic structures that can be obtained as decorations of a Gummelt covering. The classification is derived from an aperiodic tiling pattern with three tile shapes. Online 29 August 2001 |
Acta Cryst. (2001). A57, 540-547 [ doi:10.1107/S0108767301007632 ] Electron crystallographic image-processing investigation and superstructure determination for (Pb0.5Sr0.3Cu0.2)Sr2(Ca0.6Sr0.4)Cu2OyJ. Liu, F. H. Li, Z. H. Wan, H. F. Fan, X. J. Wu, T. Tamura and K. TanabeSynopsis: An electron crystallographic image-processing technique based on the combination of high-resolution electron microscopy and electron diffraction has been developed to investigate the commensurate structural modulation in the high-Tc superconductor (Pb0.5Sr0.3Cu0.2)Sr2(Ca0.6Sr0.4)Cu2Oy. In the determined projected potential map of resolution about 1.25 Å, the occupational and/or positional modulation has been clearly observed for all atoms, including oxygen. Online 29 August 2001 |
Acta Cryst. (2001). A57, 548-557 [ doi:10.1107/S0108767301007644 ] Theoretical investigation of metastable Al2SiO5 polymorphsA. R. Oganov, G. D. Price and J. P. BrodholtSynopsis: State-of-the-art quantum-mechanical simulations of the Al2SiO5 polymorphs (kyanite, andalusite and sillimanite) predict isosymmetric phase transitions in sillimanite and pressure-induced amorphization in andalusite. Detailed structural analysis suggests the existence of critical bond lengths (e.g. 2.25 Å for Si-O bonds); the nature of the fivefold coordination of silicon, predicted at high pressures, is also discussed. Online 29 August 2001 |
Acta Cryst. (2001). A57, 558-570 [ doi:10.1107/S0108767301007656 ] Sparsity of the normal matrix in the refinement of macromolecules at atomic and subatomic resolutionC. JelschSynopsis: A large number of normal-matrix elements are very small in the least-squares refinement of large structures at very high resolution. The matrix sparsity is illustrated by both theory and practical examples. Online 29 August 2001 |
Acta Cryst. (2001). A57, 571-575 [ doi:10.1107/S0108767301007668 ] On integrating direct methods and isomorphous-replacement techniques: triplet estimation and treatment of errorsC. Giacovazzo, D. Siliqi and L. García-RodríguezSynopsis: The treatment of errors is integrated into the direct-methods approach of isomorphous-replacement techniques. Online 29 August 2001 |
Acta Cryst. (2001). A57, 576-585 [ doi:10.1107/S0108767301007942 ] The structure of a decagonal Al72Ni20Co8 quasicrystalH. Takakura, A. Yamamoto and A. P. TsaiSynopsis: The structure of a decagonal Al Online 29 August 2001 |
Acta Cryst. (2001). A57, 586-603 [ doi:10.1107/S0108767301007322 ] Diffraction of partially coherent X-rays and the crystallographic phase problemA. SzökeSynopsis: This paper proposes a new physical method for the partial solution of the crystallographic phase problem by illuminating the crystal with an X-ray beam of limited coherence. Under certain conditions, the total information from a continuous diffraction pattern, both at Bragg angles and at angles that do not satisfy the Bragg conditions, is sufficient to solve the crystal structure ab initio. Online 29 August 2001 |
Acta Cryst. (2001). A57, 604-613 [ doi:10.1107/S0108767301008881 ] Diffraction line profiles from polydisperse crystalline systemsP. Scardi and M. LeoniSynopsis: Line-broadening effects due to polydisperse crystalline grain systems have been included in a general expression for the intensity scattered by powder samples. In this way, the powder pattern can be simulated or modelled by using analytical expressions not relying on arbitrary profile-shape functions. Online 29 August 2001 |
Acta Cryst. (2001). A57, 614-626 [ doi:10.1107/S0108767301006821 ] Nomenclature of magnetic, incommensurate, composition-changed morphotropic, polytype, transient-structural and quasicrystalline phases undergoing phase transitions. II. Report of an IUCr Working Group on Phase Transition NomenclatureJ.-C. Tolédano, R. S. Berry, P. J. Brown, A. M. Glazer, R. Metselaar, D. Pandey, J. M. Perez-Mato, R. S. Roth and S. C. AbrahamsSynopsis: The six-field notation recommended by the Commission on Crystallographic Nomenclature [Tolédano et al. (1998). Acta Cryst. A54, 1028-1033], for each phase formed in any sequence of structural transitions as the result of a change in temperature and/or pressure, is shown to be quite general and applicable to all transitions in the solid state. Six additional representative classes of phase transition are considered in detail, with illustrative examples provided of the nomenclature applicable to each category. Online 29 August 2001 |
Acta Cryst. (2001). A57, 627 [ doi:10.1107/S0108767301010613 ] Geometrical theory of triple junctions of CSL boundaries. ErratumV. Y. GertsmanSynopsis: Erratum to Acta Cryst. (2001), A57, 369-377. Online 29 August 2001 |
Acta Cryst. (2001). A57, 628 [ doi:10.1107/S0108767301012533 ] Liquid crystalsOnline 29 August 2001 |
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