Bridging Structural Inhomogeneity to Functionality: Pair Distribution Function Methods for Functional Materials Development

A High‐Performance Li–Mn–O Li‐rich Cathode Material with Rhombohedral Symmetry via Intralayer Li/Mn Disordering

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Pair Distribution Function from Electron Diffraction in Cryogenic Electron Microscopy: Revealing Glassy Water Structure

(2020) João Batista Souza Junior et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

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(2020) Shengjue Deng et al.   Nature Communications

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(2020) Valeri Petkov et al.   Physical Review Materials

Strong Second Harmonic Generation in a Tungsten Bronze Oxide by Enhancing Local Structural Distortion

(2020) Kun Lin et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Morphing Mncore@Ptshell nanoparticles: Effects of core structure on the ORR performance of Pt shell

(2020) Md. Abdul Matin et al.   APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL

Population inversion X-ray laser oscillator

(2020) Aliaksei Halavanau et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Fast operando X-ray pair distribution function using the DRIX electrochemical cell

(2020) Maria Diaz-Lopez et al.   JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION

Stoichiometric Control Over Ferroic Behavior in Ba(Ti1-xFex)O3 Nanocrystals

(2019) Julien Lombardi et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

ePDF tools, a processing and analysis package of the atomic pair distribution function for electron diffraction

(2019) Honglong Shi et al.   COMPUTER PHYSICS COMMUNICATIONS

Mapping structure and morphology of amorphous organic thin films by 4D-STEM pair distribution function analysis

(2019) Xiaoke Mu et al.   Microscopy

Hidden structural and chemical order controls lithium transport in cation-disordered oxides for rechargeable batteries

(2019) Huiwen Ji et al.   Nature Communications

Magnetic small-angle neutron scattering

(2019) Sebastian Mühlbauer et al.   REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS

Metal–oxygen decoordination stabilizes anion redox in Li-rich oxides

(2019) Jihyun Hong et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Origin of Ultralow Thermal Conductivity in n-Type Cubic Bulk AgBiS2: Soft Ag Vibrations and Local Structural Distortion Induced by the Bi 6s2 Lone Pair

(2019) Ekashmi Rathore et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Stabilizing the Oxygen Lattice and Reversible Oxygen Redox Chemistry through Structural Dimensionality in Lithium-Rich Cathode Oxides

(2019) Enyue Zhao et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Enhancing Electrocatalytic Water Splitting by Strain Engineering

(2019) Bo You et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Total scattering and diffraction studies of lead-free piezoelectric (1-x)Ba(Zr0.2Ti0.8)O3-x(Ba0.7Ca0.3)TiO3 deconvolute intrinsic and extrinsic contributions to electromechanical strain

(2019) Alicia Manjón-Sanz et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

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(2019) Simon J. L. Billinge   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Oxygen point defect accumulation in single-phase UO2+x

(2019) Raul I. Palomares et al.   Physical Review Materials

Size Induced Structural Changes in Molybdenum Oxide Nanoparticles

(2019) Troels Lindahl Christiansen et al.   ACS Nano

Structural Complexity and High Thermoelectric Performance of the Zintl Phase: Yb21Mn4Sb18

(2019) Allan He et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

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(2019) F. Meng et al.   MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING

Reverse Monte Carlo modeling for low-dimensional systems

(2019) Yuanpeng Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED CRYSTALLOGRAPHY

Structural Evolution of Amorphous Precursors toward Crystalline Zeolites Visualized by an in Situ X-ray Pair Distribution Function Approach

(2019) Hiroki Yamada et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

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(2019) Nita Dragoe et al.   SCIENCE

Crystallization-induced ultrafast Na-ion diffusion in nickel hexacyanoferrate for high-performance sodium-ion batteries

(2019) Yue Xu et al.   Nano Energy

Severe local lattice distortion in Zr- and/or Hf-containing refractory multi-principal element alloys

(2019) Yang Tong et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Pair distribution function analysis: Fundamentals and application to battery materials

(2019) Xuelong Wang et al.   Chinese Physics B

Origin of High Activity and Durability of Twisty Nanowire Alloy Catalysts under Oxygen Reduction and Fuel Cell Operating Conditions

(2019) Zhijie Kong et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

A real-space approach to the analysis of stacking faults in close-packed metals: G(r) modelling and Q-space feedback

(2019) Alessandro Longo et al.   Acta Crystallographica A-Foundation and Advances

Operando X-ray scattering study of thermoelectric β-Zn4Sb3

(2019) Lasse Rabøl Jørgensen et al.   IUCrJ

A 3D Organically Synthesized Porous Carbon Material for Lithium-Ion Batteries

(2018) Ziqiang Zhao et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Structural Disorder and Coherence across the Phase Transitions of Lead-Free Piezoelectric Bi0.5K0.5TiO3

(2018) Bo Jiang et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

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(2018) Zhifei Li et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

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(2018) Thorben Krauskopf et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

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(2018) Arnaud Demortière et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

High-Performance Thermoelectric Bulk Colusite by Process Controlled Structural Disordering

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Twin Crystal Induced near Zero Thermal Expansion in SnO2 Nanowires

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Pair Distribution Function Analysis of Structural Disorder by Nb5+ Inclusion in Ceria: Evidence for Enhanced Oxygen Storage Capacity from Under-Coordinated Oxide

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Spin colossal magnetoresistance in an antiferromagnetic insulator

(2018) Zhiyong Qiu et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Monitoring the formation of PtNi nanoalloys supported on hollow graphitic spheres using in situ pair distribution function analysis

(2018) Ş. Ortatatlı et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Stabilization of Polar Nanoregions in Pb-free Ferroelectrics

(2018) A. Pramanick et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

A New Insight into Cross-Sensitivity to Humidity of SnO2 Sensor

(2018) He Zhu et al.   Small

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(2018) Takahiro Hashimoto et al.   Nature Communications

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(2018) A. Borowska-Centkowska et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

The electrochemical storage mechanism in oxy-hydroxyfluorinated anatase for sodium-ion batteries

(2018) Wei Li et al.   Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers

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(2018) Zachary P. Cano et al.   Nature Energy

Na+/vacancy disordering promises high-rate Na-ion batteries

(2018) Peng-Fei Wang et al.   Science Advances

Impact of Average, Local and Electronic Structure on Visible Light Photocatalysis in Novel BiREWO6 (RE = Eu & Tb) Nanomaterials

(2018) Pradeep P. Shanbogh et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Ultrathin Gold Nanowires with the Polytetrahedral Structure of Bulk Manganese

(2018) Jorge A. Vargas et al.   ACS Nano

Depressed Phase Transitions and Thermally Persistent Local Distortions in CsPbBr3 Quantum Dots

(2018) Patrick Cottingham et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Local Chemical Strain in PtFe Alloy Nanoparticles

(2018) Qiang Li et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Thermal stability of Mg3Sb1.475Bi0.475Te0.05 high performance n-type thermoelectric investigated through powder X-ray diffraction and pair distribution function analysis

(2018) Lasse Rabøl Jørgensen et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Impact of Anion Vacancies on the Local and Electronic Structures of Iron-Based Oxyfluoride Electrodes

(2018) Mario Burbano et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Collective energy gap of preformed Cooper pairs in disordered superconductors

(2018) Thomas Dubouchet et al.   Nature Physics

Local structure study of the iron-based systems of BaFe2As2 and LiFeAs by X-ray PDF and XAFS analyses

(2018) S. Li et al.   PHYSICA C-SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND ITS APPLICATIONS

Charge transfer drives anomalous phase transition in ceria

(2018) He Zhu et al.   Nature Communications

Bi4TaO8Cl Nano-Photocatalyst: Influence of Local, Average, and Band Structure

(2017) Swetha S. M. Bhat et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Local and average structure of Mn- and La-substituted BiFeO 3

(2017) Bo Jiang et al.   JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY

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(2017) Michael Teck et al.   JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY

Identifying Key Structural Features of IrOx Water Splitting Catalysts

(2017) Elena Willinger et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Local Chemical Ordering and Negative Thermal Expansion in PtNi Alloy Nanoparticles

(2017) Qiang Li et al.   NANO LETTERS

Accommodating High Transformation Strains in Battery Electrodes via the Formation of Nanoscale Intermediate Phases: Operando Investigation of Olivine NaFePO4

(2017) Kai Xiang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Parasitic Reactions in Nanosized Silicon Anodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries

(2017) Han Gao et al.   NANO LETTERS

Ensemble averaged structure–function relationship for nanocrystals: effective superparamagnetic Fe clusters with catalytically active Pt skin

(2017) Valeri Petkov et al.   Nanoscale

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(2017) Romain Gaillac et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

From colossal magnetoresistance to solar cells: An overview on 66 years of research into perovskites

(2017) Patrick Wagner et al.   PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI A-APPLICATIONS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE

Tailoring the structure and thermoelectric properties of BaTiO3via Eu2+ substitution

(2017) Xingxing Xiao et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

From nano to microcrystals: effects of different synthetic pathways on the defect architecture in heavily Gd-doped ceria

(2017) M. Coduri et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Local Orthorhombicity in the Magnetic C4 Phase of the Hole-Doped Iron-Arsenide Superconductor Sr1−xNaxFe2As2

(2017) Benjamin A. Frandsen et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Favorable Concurrence of Static and Dynamic Phenomena at the Morphotropic Phase Boundary of xBiNi0.5Zr0.5O3−(1−x)PbTiO3

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(2017) Jian He et al.   SCIENCE

Hidden amorphous phase and reentrant supercooled liquid in Pd-Ni-P metallic glasses

(2017) S. Lan et al.   Nature Communications

Defect accumulation in swift heavy ion-irradiated CeO2 and ThO2

(2017) Raul I. Palomares et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Charting the relationship between phase type-surface area-interactions between the constituent atoms and oxygen reduction activity of Pd–Cu nanocatalysts inside fuel cells by in operando high-energy X-ray diffraction

(2017) Yazan Maswadeh et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Platinum–nickel nanowire catalysts with composition-tunable alloying and faceting for the oxygen reduction reaction

(2017) Fangfang Chang et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Structural properties of the thermoelectric material CuCrS2 and of deintercalated CuxCrS2 on different length scales: X-ray diffraction, pair distribution function and transmission electron microscopy studies

(2017) Anna-Lena Hansen et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

A high-voltage rechargeable magnesium-sodium hybrid battery

(2017) Yifei Li et al.   Nano Energy

Strain-controlled electrocatalysis on multimetallic nanomaterials

(2017) Mingchuan Luo et al.   Nature Reviews Materials

Atomic-level structural correlations across the morphotropic phase boundary of a ferroelectric solid solution: xBiMg1/2Ti1/2O3-(1 − x)PbTiO3

(2017) Kaustuv Datta et al.   Scientific Reports

Peptide-Directed PdAu Nanoscale Surface Segregation: Toward Controlled Bimetallic Architecture for Catalytic Materials

(2016) Nicholas M. Bedford et al.   ACS Nano

Hydration and Thermal Expansion in Anatase Nanoparticles

(2016) He Zhu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

On the crystal structure of colloidally prepared CsPbBr3 quantum dots

(2016) Patrick Cottingham et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Molybdenum Polysulfide Chalcogels as High-Capacity, Anion-Redox-Driven Electrode Materials for Li-Ion Batteries

(2016) Vicky V. T. Doan-Nguyen et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Compositionally Dependent Phase Identity of Colloidal CsPbBr3–xIx Quantum Dots

(2016) Patrick Cottingham et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Unraveling the Hydrogenation of TiO2 and Graphene Oxide/TiO2 Composites in Real Time by in Situ Synchrotron X-ray Powder Diffraction and Pair Distribution Function Analysis

(2016) Thuy-Duong Nguyen-Phan et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Tracking Sodium-Antimonide Phase Transformations in Sodium-Ion Anodes: Insights from Operando Pair Distribution Function Analysis and Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy

(2016) Phoebe K. Allan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Direct and continuous strain control of catalysts with tunable battery electrode materials

(2016) Haotian Wang et al.   SCIENCE

Toward sustainable fuel cells

(2016) Ifan Erfyl Lester Stephens et al.   SCIENCE

Atomic-scale disproportionation in amorphous silicon monoxide

(2016) Akihiko Hirata et al.   Nature Communications

Beyond Strain and Ligand Effects: Microstrain-Induced Enhancement of the Oxygen Reduction Reaction Kinetics on Various PtNi/C Nanostructures

(2016) Raphaël Chattot et al.   ACS Catalysis

A study of nanostructured ZnS polymorphs by synchrotron X-ray diffraction and atomic pair distribution function

(2016) U. P. Gawai et al.   RSC Advances

Electrochemical activity of Fe-MIL-100 as a positive electrode for Na-ion batteries

(2016) Dorina F. Sava Gallis et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Local Structural Distortion Induced Uniaxial Negative Thermal Expansion in Nanosized Semimetal Bismuth

(2016) Qiang Li et al.   Advanced Science

PdCu Nanoalloy Electrocatalysts in Oxygen Reduction Reaction: Role of Composition and Phase State in Catalytic Synergy

(2015) Jinfang Wu et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Nickel-Rich Layered Lithium Transition-Metal Oxide for High-Energy Lithium-Ion Batteries

(2015) Wen Liu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Negative thermal expansion in functional materials: controllable thermal expansion by chemical modifications

(2015) Jun Chen et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Ordered and Disordered Polymorphs of Na(Ni2/3Sb1/3)O2: Honeycomb-Ordered Cathodes for Na-Ion Batteries

(2015) Jeffrey Ma et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Elucidation of the Local and Long-Range Structural Changes that Occur in Germanium Anodes in Lithium-Ion Batteries

(2015) Hyeyoung Jung et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Structure of the high voltage phase of layered P2-Na2/3−z[Mn1/2Fe1/2]O2 and the positive effect of Ni substitution on its stability

(2015) Elahe Talaie et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Comparison of the local structures of Ca 0.82 La 0.18 FeAs 2 and Ba 0.64 K 0.36 Fe 2 As 2 pnictide superconductors using atomic pair distribution function analysis

(2015) Boby Joseph et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF SOLIDS

Intricate Short-Range Ordering and Strongly Anisotropic Transport Properties of Li1–xSn2+xAs2

(2015) Kathleen Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

X-Ray Diffraction Computed Tomography for Structural Analysis of Electrode Materials in Batteries

(2015) K. M. O. Jensen et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY

Catalytic activity of bimetallic catalysts highly sensitive to the atomic composition and phase structure at the nanoscale

(2015) Shiyao Shan et al.   Nanoscale

Synthesis-atomic structure-properties relationships in metallic nanoparticles by total scattering experiments and 3D computer simulations: case of Pt–Ru nanoalloy catalysts

(2015) Binay Prasai et al.   Nanoscale

Negative-pressure-induced enhancement in a freestanding ferroelectric

(2015) Jin Wang et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Effect of extended strain fields on point defect phonon scattering in thermoelectric materials

(2015) Brenden R. Ortiz et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Reconciliation of local and long-range tilt correlations in underdopedLa2−xBaxCuO4(0≤x≤0.155)

(2015) Emil S. Bozin et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Hidden order in spin-liquid Gd3Ga5O12

(2015) J. A. M. Paddison et al.   SCIENCE

Electric-field-induced local and mesoscale structural changes in polycrystalline dielectrics and ferroelectrics

(2015) Tedi-Marie Usher et al.   Scientific Reports

Engineering heterogeneous semiconductors for solar water splitting

(2015) Xin Li et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Magnetic structure determination from the magnetic pair distribution function (mPDF): ground state of MnO

(2015) Benjamin A. Frandsen et al.   Acta Crystallographica A-Foundation and Advances

Complex modeling: a strategy and software program for combining multiple information sources to solve ill posed structure and nanostructure inverse problems

(2015) Pavol Juhás et al.   Acta Crystallographica A-Foundation and Advances

Amorphous Metal–Organic Frameworks

(2014) Thomas D. Bennett et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

New Insights into Complex Materials Using Reverse Monte Carlo Modeling

(2014) Helen Y. Playford et al.   Annual Review of Materials Research

Adsorbate-Induced Structural Changes in 1–3 nm Platinum Nanoparticles

(2014) Yu Lei et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Zero Thermal Expansion and Ferromagnetism in Cubic Sc1–xMxF3 (M = Ga, Fe) over a Wide Temperature Range

(2014) Lei Hu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Atomic Structures and Gram Scale Synthesis of Three Tetrahedral Quantum Dots

(2014) Alexander N. Beecher et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Atomic-Structural Synergy for Catalytic CO Oxidation over Palladium–Nickel Nanoalloys

(2014) Shiyao Shan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Orientation of a Monolayer of Dipolar Molecules on Graphene from X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy

(2014) Phillip S. Johnson et al.   LANGMUIR

Ultralow thermal conductivity and high thermoelectric figure of merit in SnSe crystals

(2014) Li-Dong Zhao et al.   NATURE

Bright light-emitting diodes based on organometal halide perovskite

(2014) Zhi-Kuang Tan et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Efficient C–C bond splitting on Pt monolayer and sub-monolayer catalysts during ethanol electro-oxidation: Pt layer strain and morphology effects

(2014) Rameshwori Loukrakpam et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

First-principles calculations for point defects in solids

(2014) Christoph Freysoldt et al.   REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS

Amorphous TiO2 coatings stabilize Si, GaAs, and GaP photoanodes for efficient water oxidation

(2014) S. Hu et al.   SCIENCE

The missing boundary in the phase diagram of PbZr1−xTixO3

(2014) N. Zhang et al.   Nature Communications

Data analysis method to achieve sub-10 pm spatial resolution using extended X-ray absorption fine-structure spectroscopy

(2014) Yonghua Du et al.   JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION

In Situ Study of Atomic Structure Transformations of Pt–Ni Nanoparticle Catalysts during Electrochemical Potential Cycling

(2013) Xenia Tuaev et al.   ACS Nano

Beneficial Contribution of Alloy Disorder to Electron and Phonon Transport in Half-Heusler Thermoelectric Materials

(2013) Hanhui Xie et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Pt Alloy Electrocatalysts for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells: A Review

(2013) Zhiming Liu et al.   CATALYSIS REVIEWS-SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

PDFgetX3: a rapid and highly automatable program for processing powder diffraction data into total scattering pair distribution functions

(2013) P. Juhás et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED CRYSTALLOGRAPHY

Structure and Stability of SnO2 Nanocrystals and Surface-Bound Water Species

(2013) Hsiu-Wen Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Comprehensive Insights into the Structural and Chemical Changes in Mixed-Anion FeOF Electrodes by Using Operando PDF and NMR Spectroscopy

(2013) Kamila M. Wiaderek et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Origin of additional capacities in metal oxide lithium-ion battery electrodes

(2013) Yan-Yan Hu et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

A general relationship between disorder, aggregation and charge transport in conjugated polymers

(2013) Rodrigo Noriega et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Grains and grain boundaries in highly crystalline monolayer molybdenum disulphide

(2013) Arend M. van der Zande et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Compositional segregation in shaped Pt alloy nanoparticles and their structural behaviour during electrocatalysis

(2013) Chunhua Cui et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

When thermoelectrics reached the nanoscale

(2013) Joseph P. Heremans et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Elucidation of structure and nature of the PdO–Pd transformation using in situ PDF and XAS techniques

(2013) Jonathan Keating et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Confirmation of disordered structure of ultrasmall CdSe nanoparticles from X-ray atomic pair distribution function analysis

(2013) Xiaohao Yang et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Anisotropic Local Correlations and Dynamics in a Relaxor Ferroelectric

(2013) Hiroyuki Takenaka et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Effect of structural defects in alumina supports on the formation and catalytic properties of the active component of reforming catalysts

(2013) Ella M. Moroz et al.   Reaction Kinetics Mechanisms and Catalysis

Stable Li-ion battery anodes by in-situ polymerization of conducting hydrogel to conformally coat silicon nanoparticles

(2013) Hui Wu et al.   Nature Communications

Magnetic pair distribution function analysis of local magnetic correlations

(2013) Benjamin A. Frandsen et al.   Acta Crystallographica A-Foundation and Advances

Amorphization of the prototypical zeolitic imidazolate framework ZIF-8 by ball-milling

(2012) Shuai Cao et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Dependence of Average and Local Structures and Cathode Performance on Synthetic Condition of Lix(Mn1/3Co1/3Ni1/3O2 as a Cathode Active Material for Li Ion Battery

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Investigation on Crystal and Electronic Structures of 0.5Li2MnO3-0.5LiMnxNixCo(1^|^minus;2x)O2 (x = 1/3, 5/12) Samples Heat-Treated under Vacuum Reducing Conditions

(2012) Yasushi IDEMOTO et al.   ELECTROCHEMISTRY

The AMPIX electrochemical cell: a versatile apparatus forin situX-ray scattering and spectroscopic measurements

(2012) Olaf J. Borkiewicz et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED CRYSTALLOGRAPHY

Local Structure in Mg1−x Al x B2 System by High Resolution Neutron Diffraction

(2012) G. Campi et al.   Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism

Structural Evolution of BaTiO3 Nanocrystals Synthesized at Room Temperature

(2012) Federico A. Rabuffetti et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Nanoscale Stabilization of New Phases in the PbTe–Sb2Te3 System: PbmSb2nTem+3n Nanocrystals

(2012) Ronald B. Soriano et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Aqueous CO2 Reduction at Very Low Overpotential on Oxide-Derived Au Nanoparticles

(2012) Yihong Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Core–Shell Compositional Fine Structures of Dealloyed PtxNi1–x Nanoparticles and Their Impact on Oxygen Reduction Catalysis

(2012) Lin Gan et al.   NANO LETTERS

High-performance bulk thermoelectrics with all-scale hierarchical architectures

(2012) Kanishka Biswas et al.   NATURE

Electrocatalyst approaches and challenges for automotive fuel cells

(2012) Mark K. Debe   NATURE

Magnetism and its microscopic origin in iron-based high-temperature superconductors

(2012) Pengcheng Dai et al.   Nature Physics

Building and refining complete nanoparticle structures with total scattering data

(2011) Katharine Page et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED CRYSTALLOGRAPHY

Applications of pair distribution function methods to contemporary problems in materials chemistry

(2011) Callum A. Young et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

From local structure to nanosecond recrystallization dynamics in AgInSbTe phase-change materials

(2011) Toshiyuki Matsunaga et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

The Scherrer equation versus the 'Debye-Scherrer equation'

(2011) Uwe Holzwarth et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Solid-state memories based on ferroelectric tunnel junctions

(2011) André Chanthbouala et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Blue Luminescence of ZnO Nanoparticles Based on Non-Equilibrium Processes: Defect Origins and Emission Controls

(2010) Haibo Zeng et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Nanostructured Thermoelectrics: Big Efficiency Gains from Small Features

(2010) Christopher J. Vineis et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

The puzzle of high temperature superconductivity in layered iron pnictides and chalcogenides

(2010) David C. Johnston   ADVANCES IN PHYSICS

Probing Local Dipoles and Ligand Structure in BaTiO3Nanoparticles

(2010) Katharine Page et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Nanoporous Structure and Medium-Range Order in Synthetic Amorphous Calcium Carbonate

(2010) Andrew L. Goodwin et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Density Functional Modeling of the Local Structure of Kaolinite Subjected to Thermal Dehydroxylation

(2010) Claire E. White et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A

Pair Distribution Function Analysis and Solid State NMR Studies of Silicon Electrodes for Lithium Ion Batteries: Understanding the (De)lithiation Mechanisms

(2010) Baris Key et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Atom-by-atom structural and chemical analysis by annular dark-field electron microscopy

(2010) Ondrej L. Krivanek et al.   NATURE

Combining density functional theory (DFT) and pair distribution function (PDF) analysis to solve the structure of metastable materials: the case of metakaolin

(2010) Claire E. White et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

PbSe quantum dots: Finite, off-stoichiometric, and structurally distorted

(2010) V. Petkov et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Structure Determination of Disordered Materials from Diffraction Data

(2010) Matthew J. Cliffe et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Structure and Properties of an Amorphous Metal-Organic Framework

(2010) Thomas D. Bennett et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Metallic Liquids and Glasses: Atomic Order and Global Packing

(2010) X. J. Liu et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Ordered ferrimagnetic form of ferrihydrite reveals links among structure, composition, and magnetism

(2010) F. M. Michel et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Atomic-level structure and structure–property relationship in metallic glasses

(2010) Y.Q. Cheng et al.   PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE

New and Old Concepts in Thermoelectric Materials

(2009) Joseph R. Sootsman et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Advances in total scattering analysis

(2009) Thomas Proffen et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Identifying the Local Structures Formed during Lithiation of the Conversion Material, Iron Fluoride, in a Li Ion Battery: A Solid-State NMR, X-ray Diffraction, and Pair Distribution Function Analysis Study

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