Diffuse Scattering and Defect Structure Simulations

Professor Reinhard NederMy MSc thesis at Arizona State University involved HRTEM and electron diffraction. After having received my PhD in crystallography at the Ludwig-Maximilians University, München, Germany, I stayed on as Post Doctorial Fellow at the same department. From 1997 until 2007 I held a professorship for crystallography at the Julius-Maximilians-University in Würzburg, Germany and since 2007 I am professor for crystallography at the University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany. During PhD I began to learn about disordered materials, and neutron diffraction and from this experience the DISCUS program started. During my Post Doc time, I mainly gained experience in the field of synchrotron based X-ray diffraction on microcrystals, many of which also were disordered. I also started to develop teaching interests that involved courses on diffraction techniques. During my work in Würzburg, I began to study nanocrystalline materials, which are my current focus in Erlangen as well.Dr Thomas ProffenI received my PhD in Crystallography in 1995 from the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich, Germany. My involvement with the program DISCUS dates back to my time as an undergraduate student in Munich. The next stop was a postdoctoral appointment with Prof. Welberry at the Research School of Chemistry where I learned a lot about Monte Carlo simulations of disordered materials. In 1998 I joined Prof. Billinge's group at Michigan State University expanding my expertise in the area of total scattering from powder samples. During all this time, my main focus was to apply diffraction techniques to study disordered materials and every stop along the way resulted in a new module in DISCUS. In 2001 I joined the Lujan Neutron Scattering Center at Los Alamos National Laboratory where I am the instrument scientist for the total scattering diffractometer NPDF continuing my quest to understand disordered materials.

This book admirably succeeds in providing a course of instruction particularly for students and postdoctoral workers wishing to enter the field of diffuse scattering. The DISCUS suite of programs is a powerful tool that is very accessible and together with the book provides an excellent basis for self-tuition as well as for handling many situations likely to be encountered in a research environment. Crystallography Reviews

• 1. Introduction ; 2. How to run DISCUS ; 3. Making computer crystals ; 4. Simulating experimental data ; 5. Correlations and creating short-range order ; 6. Creating modulations ; 7. Creating structures with stacking faults ; 8. Creating domain structures ; 9. Creating nanoparticles ; 10. Analysing disordered structures ; 11. Refining disordered structures ; Appendix A: CD-ROM ; Appendix B: Answers to exercises