Focus
Crystallography
- Focus issue:
- August 2014 Volume 13, No 8
Crystallographic techniques underpin many areas of materials science. To celebrate the International Year of Crystallography 2014, this focus issue highlights a selection of topics that demonstrates the depth and importance of this wide-ranging field.
Editorial
Crystallography matters - p757
doi:10.1038/nmat4057
Celebrating a field of remarkable depth and importance.
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Commentary
The hidden structure of liquids - pp758–759
Philip Ball
doi:10.1038/nmat4036
From its earliest days, crystallography has been viewed as a means to probe order in matter. J. D. Bernal's work on the structure of water reframed it as a means of examining the extent to which matter can be regarded as orderly.
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Crystallography with powders - pp760–762
Anthony K. Cheetham and Andrew L. Goodwin
doi:10.1038/nmat4044
Over the course of its long history, powder diffraction has provided countless insights into the properties of materials. It will continue to do so in the future, but with an emphasis on elucidating how materials respond to external stimuli.
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Neutron scattering from quantum condensed matter - pp763–767
Steven T. Bramwell and Bernhard Keimer
doi:10.1038/nmat4045
Collective quantum phenomena such as magnetism, superfluidity and superconductivity have been pre-eminent themes of condensed-matter physics in the past century. Neutron scattering has provided unique insights into the microscopic origin of these phenomena.
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Reinventing neutron science in Europe - pp767–768
Dimitri N. Argyriou
doi:10.1038/nmat4040
Neutron science has been a remarkable success story for European research. For this to continue, scientists need to be prepared to forge new networks and technologies.
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