IUCrJ (Sep 2014)

Contemporary X-ray electron-density studies using synchrotron radiation

  • Mads R. V. Jørgensen,
  • Venkatesha R. Hathwar,
  • Niels Bindzus,
  • Nanna Wahlberg,
  • Yu-Sheng Chen,
  • Jacob Overgaard,
  • Bo B. Iversen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1107/S2052252514018570
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1, no. 5
pp. 267 – 280

Abstract

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Synchrotron radiation has many compelling advantages over conventional radiation sources in the measurement of accurate Bragg diffraction data. The variable photon energy and much higher flux may help to minimize critical systematic effects such as absorption, extinction and anomalous scattering. Based on a survey of selected published results from the last decade, the benefits of using synchrotron radiation in the determination of X-ray electron densities are discussed, and possible future directions of this field are examined.

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