The Monte Carlo method for finding missing atoms in solving crystal structures from powder diffraction data without applying a rigid-body approximation

Powder Diffraction

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 65-70

  Nakamura, Hisayoshi ^a   Yamazaki, Satoru ^a   Ohnishi, Tomohiko ^a   Ida, Takashi ^a   Toraya, Hideo ^a  

^a NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC UNIT; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; POWDER DIFFRACTION; PROFILE PARAMETERS; RELIABILITY INDEX; STRUCTURAL INFORMATION; STRUCTURE CONFIGURATION; STRUCTURE SOLUTIONS;

ATOMS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 0035533439     PISSN: 08857156     EISSN: 19457413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1154/1.1351155     Document Type: Article

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