Powder Diffraction Journal

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Powder Diffraction – Vol. 23 Number 2 – June 2008

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EDITORIAL

Ting C. Huang
Special issue on selected articles from the proceedings of the 2007 Denver X-ray Conference (73)

STARDUST CHARACTERIZATION

Frans J. M. Rietmeijer
Understanding the comet Wild 2 mineralogy in samples from the Stardust mission (74)

Sean Brennan, Katharina Luening, Konstantin Ignatyev, Piero Pianetta, Hope A. Ishii, and John P. Bradley
Analytical methods for discriminating stardust in aerogel capture media (81)

NEW DIFFRACTION DATA

Anthony C. Rizzie, Thomas R. Watkins, and E. Andrew Payzant
Elaboration on the hexagonal grid and spiral trace schemes for pole figure data collection (87)

Masahisa Wada, Yoshiharu Nishiyama, Henri Chanzy, Trevor Forsyth, and Paul Langan
The structure of celluloses (92)

E. A. Laitila and D. E. Mikkola
Employing X-ray scattering to characterize materials with grain sizes in the nano-regime (96)

Takeyoshi Taguchi, Christian Brönnimann, and Eric F. Eikenberry
Next generation X-ray detectors for in-house XRD (101)

Conal E. Murray, S. M. Polvino, I. C. Noyan, B. Lai, and Z. Cai
Real-space strain mapping of SOI features using microbeam X-ray diffraction (106)

J. Kikuma, T. Nayuki, T. Ishikawa, S. Matsuno, and G. Asano
In situ structural analysis of BPDA-PPD polyimide thin film using two-dimensional grazing incidence X-ray diffraction (109)

Gerald Stubbs, Amy Kendall, Michele McDonald, Wen Bian, Timothy Bowles, Sarah Baumgarten, Ian McCullough, Jian Shi, Phoebe Stewart, Esther Bullitt, David Gore, and Said Ghabrial
Flexible filamentous virus structures from fiber diffraction (113)

Brent M. Wilson and Matthew G. Dick
Development of a predictive life tool for tapered roller bearings using measured residual stress and retained austenite data (118)

Mark A. Rodriguez, Timothy J. Boyle, Pin Yang, and Damon L. Harris
A beryllium dome specimen holder for XRD analysis of air sensitive materials (121)

Tamás Ungár
Dislocation model of strain anisotropy (125)

S. T. Misture
Effects of hydrogen on the interactions of fuel cell sealing glasses with interconnect alloys (133)

J. Sariel, I. Dahan, and Y. Gelbstein
Rhombohedral-cubic phase transition characterization of (Pb,Ge)Te using high-temperature XRD (137)

John Faber and Justin Blanton
Full pattern comparison of experimental and calculated powder patterns using the Integral Index method in PDF-4+ (141)

X-RAY FLUORESCENCE

Shinsuke Kunimura and Jun Kawai
Handy waveguide TXRF spectrometer for nanogram sensitivity (146)

B. Chyba, M. Mantler, and M. Reiter
Monte Carlo simulation of projections in computed tomography (150)

INTERNATIONAL REPORTS

The 7th Pharmaceutical Powder X-ray Diffraction Symposium Orlando, Florida USA – Fangling Needham, Photos by Timothy Fawcett International Centre for Diffraction Data (154)

2008 ICDD Spring Meetings—10–14 March 2008 (155)

Calendar of Meetings (163)

Short Courses & Workshops (164)

DENVER X-RAY CONFERENCE

D. Flaherty – 2008 Denver X-ray Conference (166)

Cumulative Author Index (192)

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Powder Diffraction – Supplement Vol. 23 Number 2 – June 2008

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Editorial

Ting C. Huang
Special issue on papers from the Latin American conference on applications of powder diffraction (S1)

Eduardo Granado
Highlights from the Latin American conference on applications of powder diffraction (S2)

TECHNICAL ARTICLES

Armel Le Bail
Frontiers between crystal structure prediction and determination by powder diffractometry (S5)

Márcio de Sousa Góes, José Arana Varela, Carlos de Oliveira Paiva-Santos, Biljana D. Stojanovic, and André Vitor Chaves de Andrade
Rietveld analysis of mechanically activated BaCO₃–TiO₂ system (S13)

H. P. S. Corrêa, C. O. Paiva-Santos, L. F. Setz, L. G. Martinez, S. R. H. Mello-Castanho, and M. T. D. Orlando
Crystal structure refinement of Co-doped lanthanum chromites (S18)

L. G. Martinez, J. L. Rossi, H. P. S. Corrêa, C. A. C. Passos, and M. T. D. Orlando
Study on the crystal structure of the high T_c superconductor (Hg,Re)–1223 (S23)

Gisele A. Castro, Lucas A. M. Ferreira, Rodrigo L. Oréfice, and Vicente T. L. Buono
Characterization of a new solid lipid nanoparticle formulation containing retinoic acid for topical treatment of acne (S30)

D. A. A. Santos, A. D. P. Rocha, and M. A. Macêdo
Rietveld refinement of transition metal doped ZnO (S36)

Andréa Vidal Ferreira, Ariete Righi, Fernando Gabriel Silva Araújo, Denise Crocce Romano Espinosa, and Jorge Alberto Soares Tenório
Applications of the Rietveld method to quantify the crystalline phases of Portland cement clinker doped with nickel and chromium (S42)

I. O. Fábregas, D. G. Lamas, L. M. Acuña, N. E. Walsöe de Reca, A. F. Craievich, M. C. A. Fantini, and R. J. Prado
Crystal structure and local order of nanocrystalline zirconia-based solid solutions (S46)

C. M. R. Remédios and J. M. Sasaki
Formation studies of NiO by X-ray powder diffraction (S56)

M. T. D. Orlando, L. Kuplich, D. O. de Souza, H. Belich, J. B. Depianti, C. G. P. Orlando, E. F. Medeiros, P. C. M. da Cruz, L. G. Martinez, H. P. S. Corrêa, and R. Ortiz
Study of calcium oxalate monohydrate of kidney stones by X-ray diffraction (S59)

Daniela Russo Leite, Márcio de Sousa Góes, Paulo Roberto Bueno, José Arana Varela, Carlos de Oliveira Paiva-Santos, and Mario Cilense
Aspects of solid state formation and properties of Sn_0.9Ti_0.1O₂ system doped with
CoO and Nb₂O₅ (S65)

L. M. Acuña, R. O. Fuentes, D. G. Lamas, I. O. Fábregas, N. E. Walsöe de Reca, and A. F. Craievich
High-temperature X-ray powder diffraction study of the tetragonal-cubic phase transition in nanocrystalline, compositionally homogeneous ZrO₂–CeO₂ solid solutions (S70)

A. T. Adorno, R. A. G. Silva, and V. H. S. Utuni – Pearlitic reaction in Cu-10wt%Al alloy with Ag additions (S75)

A. E. Bianchi, L. Montenegro, R. Viña, and G. Punte
Microstructure anisotropy in CuO powders (S81)

Paula M. Abdala, Diego G. Lamas, Mária E. Fernández de Rapp, Noemí E. Walsöe de Reca, Aldo F. Craievich, and Márcia C. A. Fantini
Synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction study of the tetragonal-cubic phase transition in nanostructured ZrO₂-Sc₂O₃ solid solutions (S87)

M. E. L. Sabino, D. M.Oliveira, V. D. Falcão, A. C. Bernardes-Silva, and J. R. T. Branco
Structural analysis of ZnO thin films obtained by d.c. sputtering and electron beam evaporation (S91)

G. Juárez-Díaz, H. Solache-Carranco, G. Romero-Paredes R., R. Peña-Sierra, J. Martínez-Juárez, R. Galeazzi, A. Esparza-García, M. Briseño-García, and J. A. Henao
X-ray diffraction and photoluminescence studies of zinc oxide films grown on silicon substrates by dc reactive magnetron sputtering (S94)

Cumulative Author Index (S98)

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Powder Diffraction – Vol. 23 Number 3 – September 2008

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TECHNICAL ARTICLES

Roxana Bugoi, Bogdan Constantinescu, Emmanuel Pantos, and Dragomir Popovici
Investigation of Neolithic ceramic pigments using synchrotron radiation X-ray diffraction (195)

Yinxiao Du, Haixing Hou, and Fanguang Zeng
Effects of organic additives and temperature on the structures and morphologies of calcium carbonate crystals in the presence of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (200)

Thomas Borrmann, James H. Johnston, Andrew J. McFarlane, Kenneth J. D. MacKenzie, and Akihiko Nukui
Structural elucidation of synthetic calcium silicates (204)

Zhao-hui Pu, Chuan-zheng Yang, Pei Qin, Yu-wan Lou, and Li-fang Cheng
X-ray diffraction characterization of the microstructure of close-packed hexagonal nanomaterials (213)

Lingmin Zeng, Yeqing Chen, Wei He, and Liangqin Nong
Nonlinear thermal expansion in Li₂NiMn₃O₈ (224)

W. Ben Aribia, M. Loukil, A. Kabadou, and A. Ben Salah
X-ray powder diffraction study of Sn_0.59Ti_0.41Te₃O₈ (228)

Abderrahim Aatiq, Rachid Bakri, and Aaron Richard Sakulich
Preparation and crystal structure of Sb^V_1.50In^III_0.50(PO₄)₃ and (Sb^V_0.50In^III_0.50)P₂O₇ (232)

L. Khemakhem, A. Kabadou, A. Ben Salah, and N. Abdelmoula
X-ray powder diffraction and dielectric study of BaTi_1−x(Zn_1/3Nb_2/3)_xO₃ (x=0.025 and 0.9) (241)

NEW DIFFRACTION DATA

Wilson A. Crichton and Harald Müller
Brochantite-2M₂ from Pierre Plate Mine, Vizille (246)

B. Grushko and S. Balanetskyy
X-ray powder diffraction data for Al_73.5Ni_18.5Re₈ orthorhombic phase (251)

M. Alizadeh, K. Ahmadi, A. Maghsudipour, and F. Moztarzadeh
Powder X-ray diffraction data of new bismuth yttrium gadolinium oxides (255)

Mark A. Rodriguez, Robert M. Ferrizz, Clark S. Snow, and James F. Browning
X-ray powder diffraction data for ErH_2−xD_x (259)

RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

V. B. Nalbandyan
Nonexistence of NdMMgMn₂O₆ (M=Li, Na, K, Cs) compounds (265)

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

D. R. Hummer, P. J. Heaney, and J. E. Post
Corrections to “Thermal expansion of anatase and rutile between 300 and 575 K using synchrotron powder X-ray diffraction” [Powder Diffr. 22, 352–357 (2007)] (267)

INTERNATIONAL REPORTS

American Crystallographic Association Annual Meeting (268)

British Crystallographic Association Spring Meeting Industrial Group Highlightsark Farnworth (269)

The International Summer School on “Structure Determination from Powder Diffraction Data”(272)

Calendar of Meetings (273)

Short Courses & Workshops (275)

Cumulative Author Index (276)

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Powder Diffraction – Vol. 23 Number 4 – December 2008

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EDITORIAL

Allen Huang and Ting C. Huang
We say farewell to our assistant editor (285)

TECHNICAL ARTICLES

Norberto Masciocchi, Luigi Garlaschelli, and Giulia Peli
Synthesis and X-ray powder diffraction characterization of tetra- and hexa-imidazole complexes of magnesium (II) (286)

P. S. Whitfield, Y. Le Page, A. Abouimrane, and I. J. Davidson
Ab initio structure determination of the low-temperature phase of succinonitrile from laboratory X-ray powder diffraction data—Coping with potential poor powder quality using DFT ab initio methods (292)

Luis Reinaudi, Ezequiel P. M. Leiva, and Raúl E. Carbonio
Improvement in determining the crystal structure of inorganic compounds using powder diffraction data (300)

Nickolay A. Tumanov, Elena V. Boldyreva, and Hans Ahsbahs
Structure solution and refinement from powder or single-crystal diffraction data? Pros and cons: An example of the high-pressure β’-polymorph of glycine(307)

J. K. Liang, L. N. Ji, G. M. Cai, J. B. Li, J. Luo, J. Y. Zhang, Y. H. Liu, G. H. Rao, and X. L. Chen
Crystal structure and thermal properties of compound K₂Zn₃(P₂O₇)₂ (317)

Alessandro F. Gualtieri, Magdalena Lassinantti Gualtieri, and Carlo Meneghini
In situ high-temperature synchrotron powder diffraction study of the thermal decomposition of cement-asbestos (323)

Yu Guo, Wenxia Yuan, Bo Song, and Yanping Xu
Chemical reactions in the Co–Si–C system (329)

Yaxin Sun and Dongli Yu
Phase evolution of MgB₂ prepared under high pressure (334)

NEW DIFFRACTION DATA

E. Olszewska, S. Pikus, and B. Tarasiuk
New powder diffraction data of some derivatives of N-alkyl (aryl)2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetamide—New potential pesticides (338)

Selma Gutierrez Antonio, Fernanda Ribeiro Benini, Fabio Furlan Ferreira, Paulo César Pires Rosa, and Carlos de Oliveira Paiva-Santos
Synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction data of atorvastatin (350)

B. Grushko and D. Pavlyuchkov
X-ray powder diffraction data for ω and C₂ phases of Al–Cu–Ir (356)

O. Zaikina, D. Pavlyuchkov, V. Khorujaya, and T. Velikanova
X-ray powder diffraction data for new ternary phases in the Al–Ti–Pt system (360)

INTERNATIONAL REPORTS

The 57th Annual Denver X-ray Conference DXC and The 8th International Conference on Residual Stresses (363)

The 2008 Materials Science & Technology MS&T08 Conference & Exhibition (366)

Calendar of Meetings (367)

Short Courses & Workshops (368)

Index to Volume (23)

PACS® Headings Used in the Present Index (370)

Subject Index to Volume 23 (371)

Author Index to Volume 23 (379)