http://www.azom.com/materials-news.asp?catid=21 The Latest Crystallography News from AZoM - The A to Z of Materials en Copyright 2001-2008, AZoM.com Pty Ltd AZoM.com is pleased to announce the launch of the AZoM.com 'App' for the Apple iPhone Available for free download by searching for "AZoM" or "Materials" through the iTunes App Store. The phone and ... http://www.azom.com/news.asp?newsID=19727 For high-precision spectroscopy and structural studies of molecules, short light flashes with lowest possible wavelength, i.e., high photon energy, are required. Currently, x-ray flashes of some attos... http://www.azom.com/news.asp?newsID=19206 Groundbreaking work by scientists from Switzerland, Finland and Germany has lead to a new world record in X-ray microscopy. For the first time ever, features below 10 nanometres (nm) in width were res... http://www.azom.com/news.asp?newsID=19128 Stanford researchers have developed a method of stacking and purifying crystal layers that may pave the way for three-dimensional microchips. The scientists added tiny germanium crystals in the shap... http://www.azom.com/news.asp?newsID=18727 An international team of researchers has modified chlorophyll from an alga so that it resembles the extremely efficient light antennae of bacteria. The team was then able to determine the stru... http://www.azom.com/news.asp?newsID=17858 The analysis of Solid Fat Content (SFC) has traditionally been determined using low resolution (20MHz) NMR spectrometry, which can provide total fat content but not the measurement of the polymorphic ... http://www.azom.com/news.asp?newsID=17835 Bruker AXS, company designs and manufactures analytical X-ray systems for elemental analysis, materials research and structural investigations, today announced the first publications of X-ray crystal ... http://www.azom.com/news.asp?newsID=17484 A unique, non-destructive analysis tool, Duetto is the first portable, combined XRD/XRF instrument for phase/mineral and elemental identification of either delicate materials (such as art work) or ite... http://www.azom.com/news.asp?newsID=17359 Molecules with five-fold symmetry arrange themselves on a surface as a two-dimensional crystal, although theoretically this ought not to be possible. Recently researchers at Empa and the University of... http://www.azom.com/news.asp?newsID=17334 Researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have discovered never-before-seen polymorphic crystalline structures of triacetone-triperoxide (TATP), the easy-to-make but difficult to dete... http://www.azom.com/news.asp?newsID=17234 A recently launched field portable XRF/XRD instrument developed by inXitu Inc. has been awarded the Editors' Choice GRAND GOLD Prize as the most outstanding new product at the 2009 PITTCON conference ... http://www.azom.com/news.asp?newsID=17022 A clever materials science technique that uses a silicon crystal as a sort of nanoscale vise to squeeze another crystal into a more useful shape may launch a new class of electronic devices that remem... http://www.azom.com/news.asp?newsID=16926 An international team of scientists has determined the structure of the chlorophyll molecules in green bacteria that are responsible for harvesting light energy. The team's results one day could be us... http://www.azom.com/news.asp?newsID=16895 Following from technology developed for the NASA Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), inXitu inc., a Silicon Valley based company, has introduced a new benchtop combination X-Ray Diffraction, X-Ray Fluoresc... http://www.azom.com/news.asp?newsID=16631 Gypsum was used as a building material in antiquity and is still widely used as a binder in plaster, drywall, and spackling paste. Known as dihydrate in construction chemistry, gypsum is a water-conta... http://www.azom.com/news.asp?newsID=16491 With the human genome in hand, biochemists have cataloged the 3-D structures of thousands of proteins isolated from living cells. But one important class of proteins -- those stuck in the ... http://www.azom.com/news.asp?newsID=16441 Leading analytical X-ray company PANalytical (Almelo, the Netherlands) will reinforce its reputation for complete solutions at this year’s ACHEMA conference and exhibition (11 - 15 M... http://www.azom.com/news.asp?newsID=16177 Materials containing bimetallic nanoparticles are attractive in vast technological fields because of their unique catalytic, electronic, and magnetic properties. One of the most promising ... http://www.azom.com/news.asp?newsID=16031 An international team of scientists have discovered a transparent form of the element sodium (Na). The team, led by Artem Oganov, Professor of Theoretical Crystallography at Stony Brook Un... http://www.azom.com/news.asp?newsID=16005 What has been impossible has now been shown to be possible – an alloy between two incompatible elements. The findings are being published in this week's edition of Proceedings of the... http://www.azom.com/news.asp?newsID=15834