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Chemistry World February 18, 2014 Alan Dronsfield |
Early days of x-ray crystallography This book by Andre Authier can be enjoyed on two levels.  |
Chemistry World April 23, 2013 Derry Jones |
A history of the electron: JJ and GP Thomson In the absence of full biographies of father and son, this book by Jaume Navarro, provides a short joint history of the electron and the Thomsons (especially JJ), and their interactions, with an emphasis on emerging science in the 1920s and early 1930s.  |
Chemistry World October 1, 2013 Philip Ball |
Crystallography 101 What is perhaps most striking about x-ray crystallography is that in 100 years of existence its significance has only increased.  |
Chemistry World October 31, 2014 |
X marks the structure From single crystals to powders and even proteins, there's a diffractometer for every structure.  |
Chemistry World February 1, 2014 Bibiana Campos Seijo |
How times have changed The editor comments on open access publishing, the International Year of Crystallography, and the Braggs spectrometer.  |
Chemistry World December 20, 2013 Emma Stoye |
Year-long celebration to raise crystallography's profile The International Union of Crystallographers has announced details of the activities planned to mark the International Year of Crystallography in 2014.  |
Chemistry World March 2010 Richard Catlow |
The Royal Institution: two centuries of impact The author, a former director of research at the Royal Institution, tells us why it's important to remember the key role the RI has played throughout the history of science  |
Chemistry World June 2010 |
Column: The crucible Philip Ball welcomes the age of automated chemical crystallography  |
Scientific American January 2009 Mark Wolverton |
Breaking Down Nanostructures by the Atom In nanotechnology, the position of a single atom can make all the difference -- whether a material functions as a semiconductor or an insulator, whether it triggers a vital chemical process or stops it cold.  |
Chemistry World June 9, 2015 Andy Extance |
X-rays capture super-fast nanoscale film By uniting the world's brightest synchrotron x-ray source with photography processes dating from the 19 th century, scientists have tracked photochemically-driven crystal movements in greater detail than ever before.  |
Chemistry World December 17, 2009 Lewis Brindley |
Nanoscale 3D imaging in a single shot The process works by bouncing a single beam of x-rays off an object, then collecting the scattered wave pattern using a curved detector.  |
Chemistry World July 17, 2008 Ruth Tunnell |
Uncovering the Hidden Nanoworld A new type of x-ray microscope allows scientists to peer inside nanodevices without opening them up.  |
Chemistry World July 15, 2014 Richard Cooper |
Phasing in crystallography: a modern perspective Phasing in crystallography has its origins in Carmelo Giacovazzo's monograph Direct phasing in crystallography, but with a broader coverage of the range of modern phasing methods.  |
Chemistry World March 27, 2013 Akshat Rathi |
Molecular cages to end crystallization nightmare X-ray crystallography has shaped modern chemistry. It is a powerful tool for molecular structural analysis. But it suffers from one big drawback: it can only analyze materials that form well-defined crystals. This may now be about to change.  |
Chemistry World February 13, 2015 Andy Extance |
X-ray laser snaps first bond-forming transition state Using data from x-ray lasers scientists have reconstructed the formation of the carbon monoxide oxidation transition state.  |
Chemistry World May 31, 2011 Manisha Lalloo |
Hard x-rays to watch chemical reactions Researchers at the ESRF synchrotron at Grenoble, France, produced hard x-rays to look beneath the surface of materials made of lighter elements  |
Chemistry World August 25, 2011 Fiona McKenzie |
Poking Aspirin with a Sharp Stick Scientists have found a way to go one better than x-ray crystallography to examine pharmaceutical crystals at an even deeper level.  |