Understanding diffraction and dispersion is key to optical science, influencing technologies like spectroscopy, fiber optics, ...

A study led by University of Oxford and Brookhaven National Laboratory researchers has uncovered how exposure to hydrogen ...

Scientists have, for the first time, successfully studied liquid carbon in the lab by combining a powerful high-performance ...

The intermediate range order of covalent glasses has been extensively studied in terms of the first sharp diffraction peak (FSDP), but the direct observation of the atomic density fluctuations that ...

Scientists have observed “bending” atoms using a crystal grating—an experiment once believed impossible at the high energies required. The authors of a new, non-peer reviewed study detail how the a ...

Using ultrahigh-intensity x-ray beams can cause the intensity of diffraction patterns from samples to drop Figure 1: An x-ray diffraction pattern obtained from a sample of Martian soil. X-ray ...

X-ray diffraction (XRD) is a technique in which the diffraction of X-rays by a sample of interest is analyzed. When used as a basic technique (X-ray powder diffraction), it can determine the ...