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ISSN: 2053-2296

Advances in electron diffraction for structural characterization


Edited by Glenn Yap, Eric Reinheimer, Joe Ferrara, Laura Samperisi and Gunther Steinfeld

The use of electron diffraction (ED) as an alternative to traditional X-ray diffraction has gained traction in the last several years especially in the advent of electron beam diffractometers being developed. This collection will highlight recent advances in the technique and attempt to lay groundwork in establishing crystallographically sound standards and best practices for data collection and structural interpretation.

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Exciting developments are unfolding in the realm of chemical crystallography, especially with the profound impact of electron diffraction and the remarkable progress it has witnessed in recent years.

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The crystal structure of the natural fungal product beauveriolide I, isolated from the fungus Cordyceps javanica (Bally) Kepler, B. Shrestha & Spatafora, was subjected to 3D electron diffraction experiment and its absolute structure was determined by dynamical refinement.

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The absolute structure of Berkecoumarin, a natural product from a Berkeley Pit Lake Penicillium sp. is reported from both X-ray and electron diffraction data.

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This topical review highlights recent 3D ED/MicroED developments and serves as proceedings of a symposium and workshop held on November 6–9, 2023, at the National Center for CryoEM Access and Training in New York, New York, USA.

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Halogen, chalcogen, pnictogen and tetrel bonds: structural chemistry and beyond (May 2023)

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Polyoxometalates (November 2018)

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An interesting collection of previously published articles features Coordination polymers, with an introduction by Len Barbour.

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