This is a review of atomic pair distribution function (PDF) analysis as applied to the study of
molecular materials. The PDF method is a powerful approach to study short-and …

Starting from the late seventies, the progressively increased availability of synchrotron light
sources allowed the execution of experiments requiring a high X-ray flux in a continuous …

Recent experimental observations of the onset of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) mineralization
suggest the emergence of a population of clusters that are stable rather than unstable as …

PDFfit2 is a program as well as a library for real-space refinement of crystal structures. It is
capable of fitting a theoretical three-dimensional (3D) structure to atomic pair distribution …

Metal oxides play a very important role in many areas of chemistry, physics, and materials
science. 1-5 The metal elements are able to form a large diversity of oxide compounds. 6 …

Emerging complex functional materials often have atomic order limited to the nanoscale.
Examples include nanoparticles, species encapsulated in mesoporous hosts, and bulk …

An image-plate (IP) detector coupled with high-energy synchrotron radiation was used for
atomic pair distribution function (PDF) analysis, with high probed momentum transfer …

There is great interest in the discovery of Li/Na-ion cathode materials with capacity
exceeding the limitation of conventional intercalation-based oxide cathodes. One plausible …

The large-voltage hysteresis remains one of the biggest barriers to optimizing Li/Na-ion
cathodes using lattice anionic redox reaction, despite their very high energy density and …

The program PDFFIT is designed for the full profile structural refinement of the atomic pair
distribution function (PDF). In contrast to conventional structure refinement based on Bragg …