Crystal Structure Analysis

• Explains the physics behind diffraction and crystal structure analysis
• Uses minimum of mathematics
• Detailed glossary
• Neutron as well as X-ray diffraction discussed
• Fully illustrated

Readership: Students starting X-ray or neutron diffraction studies; universities and summer schools teaching crystallography, chemistry and biochemistry.

Jenny Pickworth Glusker, Fox Chase Cancer Centre and University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA, and Kenneth N. Trueblood, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

I:CRYSTALS AND DIFFRACTION
1: Introduction
2: Crystals
3: Diffraction
4: Experimental Measurements
II: DIFFRACTION PATTERNS AND THEIR ANALYSIS
5: The Diffraction Pattern Obtained
6: The Phase Problem
7: Symmetry and Space Groups
8: The Derivation of Trial Structures: I. Analytical Methods of Direct Phase Determination
9: The Derivation of Trial Structures: II. Patterson, Heavy Atom, and Isomorphous Replacement Methods
10: Anomalous Dispersion and Absolute Configuration
III: STRUCTURE REFINEMENT AND STRUCTURAL INFORMATION
11: Refinement of the Trial Structure
12: Structural Parameters: Analysis of Results
13: Micro- and Noncrystalline Structures
14: Outline of a Crystal Structure Determination