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Real-Space Distributions from Small-Angle Scattering Data: Structure Interference Method versus Indirect Transformation Method

A novel method for analysing inverse scattering problems with respect to the formation of real-space distributions is compared with the Indirect Transformation Method.

Reliability of the Simplified Integral-Breadth Methods in Diffraction Line-Broadening Analysis

Systematic differences of coherent domain size and lattice strain among different integral-breadth methods are discussed.

Computerized Linear Coordinate Nets in Crystallography

A new kind of coordinate net, the linear coordinate net, is presented and plotted by computer for quick and direct indexing of Laue patterns and determination of crystal orientation.

Small-Angle X-ray and Neutron Scattering of Polydisperse Systems: Determination of the Scattering-Particle-Size Distribution

A new recurrence numerical corrector method to calculate scattering-particle-size distributions for SAXS and SANS experiments is presented.

An X-ray Powder Diffraction Study of Sr₂LnTaCu₂O₈, Ln = Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd

X-ray powder diffraction characterization of the series Sr₂LnTaCu₂O₈, Ln = Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd has been performed. The crystal structure of Sr₂SmTaCu₂O₈ has been refined from the laboratory X-ray powder data.

Structures and Phase Transitions of Na₂SO₄

Na₂SO₄ has been reinvestigated by differential scanning calorimetry and by X-ray powder diffraction. The structure of phase II has been determined.

Joint Texture Refinement

Structure refinement of strongly textured samples using a texture correction based on empirical functions and intensities measured at sample inclinations is described.

Extraction of the Missing Low-Q Data from Small-Angle Scattering Data

A method for the recovery of low-Q scatter intensity data, which also demonstrates that unwanted features in the distance distribution function provide clues to errors in the scatter intensity function, is presented.

Time-of-Flight Neutron Double Bragg Reflection at Small Scattering Angle. A New Tool for Structural Investigations of Materials

The subgrain structure of single crystals of Pb, Cu and Al at room temperature and its evolution under mechanical loading have been investigated nondestructively by a novel technique of combining the neutron time-of-flight method with the detailed analysis of double Bragg reflections at small scattering angle.

RSCU-SOS – a rapid searching and centering utility routine for single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies at simultaneous high pressures and temperatures

This paper presents a computer routine to conduct rapid searching and centering of diffraction peaks in 2θ, ω and φ space. It is essential software for dealing with the orientation-shifting problem in high-P-T diamond-anvil-cell single-crystal diffraction studies.