Acta Crystallographica Section A

Foundations of Crystallography

Volume 64, Part 2 (March 2008)



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[Cover illustration] Cover illustration: An octagonal mosaic from the Kasbah de Telouet, High Atlas, Morocco, based on a modified quasilattice. The underlying quasilattice can best be seen in the blue-and-black portions of the pattern where the `standing' lozenges define bars of unit width and the diagonally positioned lozenges define bars with a width equal to [square root]2. Four orientations of the bar scheme, 45° apart, and phason shifts (alternation of bars in the sequence) are present. Picture taken by Emil Makovicky during the 24th European Crystallographic Meeting 2007.

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Acta Cryst. (2008). A64, 273-279  [ doi:10.1107/S0108767307050684 ]

Reconstruction of an object from its symmetry-averaged diffraction pattern

V. Elser and R. P. Millane

Synopsis: An object can be reconstructed from its diffraction pattern incoherently averaged with respect to a discrete group of symmetries under conditions on the shape of the object and the order of the group.

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Acta Cryst. (2008). A64, 280-283  [ doi:10.1107/S0108767307054086 ]

Higher-dimensional point groups in superspace crystallography

A. Janner

Synopsis: The (n,d)-dimensional superspace crystallography is extended to include n-dimensional crystallographic point groups and not only those isomorphic to finite subgroups of the orthogonal group O(d), with d the physical dimension.

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Acta Cryst. (2008). A64, 284-294  [ doi:10.1107/S010876730705862X ]

Solving the crystal structures of zeolites using electron diffraction data. I. The use of potential-density histograms

C. J. Gilmore, W. Dong and D. L. Dorset

Synopsis: The maximum-entropy method for solving zeolite structures from electron diffraction data is supplemented with potential-density histograms.

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Acta Cryst. (2008). A64, 295-302  [ doi:10.1107/S0108767307058631 ]

Solving the crystal structures of zeolites using electron diffraction data. II. Density-building functions

C. J. Gilmore, W. Dong and D. L. Dorset

Synopsis: The maximum-entropy method for solving structures from electron diffraction data is modified to use potential density-building functions and used successfully to solve eight zeolite and related structures.

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Acta Cryst. (2008). A64, 303-315  [ doi:10.1107/S0108767307067621 ]

Crystallography without crystals. I. The common-line method for assembling a three-dimensional diffraction volume from single-particle scattering

V. L. Shneerson, A. Ourmazd and D. K. Saldin

Synopsis: The capabilities and limitations are demonstrated and discussed of a common-line method of assembling a three-dimensional oversampled diffraction data volume suitable for structure solution from diffraction patterns of randomly oriented protein molecules obtained with a fourth-generation X-ray source. The method requires a detected photon count of 10 per pulse/pixel, about three orders of magnitude greater than anticipated for a 500 kDa protein.

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Acta Cryst. (2008). A64, 316-320  [ doi:10.1107/S0108767307068262 ]

Ferroic classifications extended to ferrotoroidic crystals

D. B. Litvin

Synopsis: Ferromagnetic, ferroelectric and ferroelastic classifications of multiferroic crystals are extended to include ferrotoroidic crystals.

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Acta Cryst. (2008). A64, 321-325  [ doi:10.1107/S010876730800247X ]

Precise determination of anomalous scattering factors of Ge by using X-ray resonant scattering

M. Yoshizawa, S. Zhou, R. Negishi, T. Fukamachi and T. Kawamura

Synopsis: A method for the determination of the anomalous scattering factor very near an absorption edge is proposed based on the fact that phase change of the real part of the atomic scattering factor is large and affects the peak position of the rocking curve. As an example, the anomalous scattering factor of Ge is determined with accuracy better than 1%.

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Acta Cryst. (2008). A64, 326-336  [ doi:10.1107/S0108767308004303 ]

Minimally resolution biased electron-density maps

A. Altomare, C. Cuocci, C. Giacovazzo, G. S. Kamel, A. Moliterni and R. Rizzi

Synopsis: Algorithms for calculating minimally resolution biased electron-density maps are described.

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short communications


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Acta Cryst. (2008). A64, 337-340  [ doi:10.1107/S0108767307050817 ]

A note on Bragg-case Pendellösung and dispersion surface

A. Authier

Synopsis: Bragg-case Pendellösung involves wavefields belonging to the same branch of the dispersion surface if the dispersion surface is considered in an infinite medium but wavefields belonging to different branches if the actual dispersion surface is considered in the semi-infinite medium where they are generated by the incident wave.

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Acta Cryst. (2008). A64, 341-344  [ doi:10.1107/S0108767307067372 ]

Why phase errors affect the electron function more than amplitude errors

E. Lattman and D. DeRosier

Synopsis: Images generated using the phases from structure A and the amplitudes from structure B look recognizably like A. This paper quantifies that similarity by calculating statistics such as the correlation coefficient between the true and phase-swapped structures.

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Acta Cryst. (2008). A64, 345-347  [ doi:10.1107/S0108767307056115 ]

Magnetic group maximal subgroups of index [less-than or equal to]4

D. B. Litvin

Synopsis: The maximal subgroups of index [less-than or equal to]4 of the one-, two- and three-dimensional magnetic space groups and the two- and three-dimensional magnetic subperiodic groups are tabulated.

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book reviews


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Acta Cryst. (2008). A64, 348  [ doi:10.1107/S0108767308002419 ]

Theories and techniques of crystal structure determination

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Acta Cryst. (2008). A64, 349-351  [ doi:10.1107/S0108767308002407 ]

J. D. Bernal. The sage of science

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Acta Cryst. (2008). A64, 352  [ doi:10.1107/S0108767308002572 ]

Ewald Prize Award

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Acta Cryst. (2008). A64, 353-358  [ doi:10.1107/S0108767308001396 ]

Notes for authors 2008

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