Frontmatter -- Preface: The History of the European Powder Diffraction Conference -- Editorial Notes -- European Powder Diffraction Conference Award for Young Scientists -- European Powder Diffraction Conference Award for Distinguished Powder Diffractionists -- EPDIC Award for "Distinguished Powder Diffractionists" -- Table of Contents -- The EPDIC Award for Young Scientists Lecture 2008 -- The crystallography of flexibility: Local structure and dynamics in framework materials -- I. METHOD DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION -- I.1 Determination of Crystal Structure -- New approach to the indexing of powder diffraction patterns using topographs -- Two-level genetic algorithm for a full-profile fitting of X-ray powder patterns -- Characterization of proteins by powder diffraction -- Macromolecular powder diffraction: Structure solution via molecular replacement -- Indexing magnetic structures and crystallographic distortions from powder diffraction: Brillouin zone indexing -- I.2 Qualitative and Quantitative Phase Analysis -- State-of-the-art and trends in quantitative phase analysis of geological and raw materials -- The effects of particle statistics on Rietveld analysis of cement -- Structural characterization of a coarse-grained transparent silicon carbide powder by a combination of powder diffraction techniques -- I.3 Analysis of Microstructure and Macrostress -- I.3.1 Residual Stresses -- An experimental approach to the problem of transforming stress distributions from the LAPLACE- into real space -- I.3.2 Line Broadening Analysis -- A practical vision on Line Profile Analysis today and in the years to come -- Debye equation versus Whole Powder Pattern Modelling: Real versus reciprocal space modelling of nanomaterials -- Diffraction contrast factor of dislocations: The case of scheelite CaWO4 -- Thermally induced microstrain broadening in polycrystalline hexagonal zinc -- The hkl dependences of microstrain and of macrostress-induced macrostrain; a comparison for intrinsically extremely anisotropic cementite, Fe3C -- I.4 Texture -- A primer on whole through processing simulation understanding of deformation and annealing textures in low carbon steels -- ECAP of Fe. Experiments and simulations of the in-elbow textures -- Experiments and simulation evaluation in quartz veins textures in the Guamanes shear belt, Córdoba Pampean Ranges, Central Argentina -- I.5 In-situ and Non-ambient Measurements -- On the intensity distribution within Debye-Scherrer rings. What is different in high pressure experiments? Part I: Theory -- On the intensity distribution within Debye-Scherrer rings. What is different in high pressure experiments? Part II: Practical application -- II. INSTRUMENTAL -- Coplanar grazing exit X-ray diffraction on thin polycrystalline films -- Possibilities and limitations of X-ray diffraction using high-energy X-rays on a laboratory system -- Advantages and disadvantages of fast XRPD measurement by using image-plate and rotating anode source -- Diffracted-beam analyzer with multiple single crystals for high resolution parallel-beam X-ray diffraction -- Comparison of two standards for powder X-ray diffractometry -- Synchrotron beamline optics for X-ray powder diffraction under high-pressure conditions at the Siam Photon Laboratory -- Texture research of metals and rocks on the KSN-2 neutron diffractometer -- Modular in-situ reaction chamber design for time resolved diffraction -- III. SOFTWARE -- RETRIEVE - a system for XRPD phase and structure analysis -- Structure determination from powder data: Mogul and CASTEP -- Powder Shake-and-Bake Method -- Large-scale distributed computing for accelerated structure solution -- IV. MATERIALS -- IV.1 Thin Layers -- Time and thickness dependence of crystallization of amorphous magnetron deposited TiO2 thin films -- Formation of nickel hydrides in reactive plasmas -- Interdiffusion and stress development in Ni-Cu thin film diffusion couples -- IV.2 Nanocrystalline and Amorphous Materials -- Nanocrystalline MgO powder materials prepared by sol-gel studied by X-ray diffraction and electron microscopy -- IV.3 Metals and Alloys -- IV.3.1 General -- XRD investigation and thermal properties of [Ir(NH3)6][Co(C2O4)3]•H2O and [Co(NH3)6][Ir(C2O4)3] - precursors for Co0.50Ir0.50 -- Ru - Re, Ru - Os, and Re - Os solid solutions - preparation under mild conditions, powder XRD investigation and phase diagram analysis -- Application of neutron powder diffraction for the study of non-stoichiometric Ni2MnGa based alloys -- IV.3.2 Microstructure, Stress and Texture -- Structural - phase state of maraging alloys -- Rietveld quantitative phase analyses in iron alloys processed by mechanical alloying method -- Effect of texture heterogeneities on the shape memory properties of rolled Fe-Mn-Si SMA -- Texture and structure of grain boundary in Ni-Ti strip produced by twin roll casting technique -- Temperature dependence of microstructure of Al-Ag-Zn alloys -- Synchrotron investigations of non-uniformly shaped shot-peened samples -- IV.4 Minerals and Inorganics -- IV.4.1 Structural Changes, In-situ and Non-Ambient Investigations -- Structures and properties of variously doped Mayenite investigated by neutron and synchrotron powder diffraction -- In situ XRD investigation of Co3O4 reduction -- Thermal instability of the tetragonally distorted structure of copper-iron materials -- Powder diffraction studies of pressure-induced instabilities in orthorhombic LnGaO3 -- Magnesium titanate phases from xerogels by hot stage X-ray powder diffractometry -- In situ synchrotron powder diffraction study of the thermal decomposition of cement-asbestos: Preliminary results -- In-situ XRD investigations of the influence of PDADMAC on ettringite formation in cement systems -- IV.4.2 Determination of Crystal Structure; Structure Refinement -- Structural and spectroscopic properties of BaHfO3: Eu - the issue of the dopant location in the host lattice -- Investigation of stacking disorder in Li2SnO3 -- X-ray diffraction studies of transition metal molybdates -- Molybdates of p-bromoanilinium - synthesis and crystal structure of new catalytic materials -- The Rietveld structure refinement of an exceptionally pure sample of clinoptilolite from Ecuador and its Na-, K-, and Ca-exchanged forms -- Crystal structure of the group of optical materials Ln2MeGe4O12 (Me = Ca, Mn) -- Structural investigation on the (1-x)Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-xPbTiO3 (x=0; 0.21) solid solution using powder diffraction -- IV.4.3 Determination of Magnetic Structure, Magnetic Materials -- Synthesis, structure and magnetic properties of Fe-doped tetragonal Li0.95Mn2.05O4 -- IV.4.4 Microstructure, Phase Analysis -- Simulation of layer-faulting in Nb2Co7 intermetallic compound using DIFFaX+ -- Structure and microstructure of Mg-vermiculite -- Evolution of size and shape of mullite crystallites in triaxial porcelains -- Crystallite size of kaolinites as indicator of different geochemical types of bauxite -- Discrimination of bassanite and anhydrite III dehydrated from gypsum at different temperatures -- High resolution X-ray powder diffraction measurements of the wet rust from the drinking water distribution system -- Reaction sequences in the thermo-chemical treatment of sewage sludge ashes revealed by X-ray powder diffraction - A contribution to the European project SUSAN -- Quantitative analysis of clay materials and thermal treated bricks -- Mineral composition and stone conservation of cultural heritage building materials studied by PXRD -- Anisotropic grain growth of bismuth titanate in molten salt fluxes -- IV.5 Organic Materials -- Nanophase-separated diblock copolymers: Structure investigations on PPMA-b-PMMA using X-ray scattering methods -- Structure and polymorphism of trans mono-unsaturated triacylglycerols -- Author Index
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