As WinGX links to many useful single crystal type structure solution programs - that can be applied to powder problems - am also posting here. WinGX also has...
Hi, I would be curious to know what are the search-match programs used along the ICDD clinics. The first week of the SDPD Internet Course is devoted to...
Following many suggestions (from Lachlan Cranswick, Jean-Marc Le Meins, thanks to them), the ESPOIR code was modified for being slightly more user-friendly. -...
Hope this is not considered too much off topic. Though the two most recent programs that are Linux available are both for solving structures from powders: ...
There is a new tutorial on the CCP14 site for Solving an Organic Structure from Powder Diffraction Data using freely available software (example using the...
Hi, Improving the efficiency of molecule location software or structure solution starting from random configurations programs like ESPOIR may just be a...
The ESPOIR 3.00 Monte Carlo code can locate up to 4 independent "objets" (rigid fragments or molecules and/or groups of independent atoms) from powder...
There is a new version of the Chekcell for Windows powder indexing helper program (as well as an update version of the celref unit cell refinement program for...
(for people handling organics and organometallics, the following may be of interest) Tutorials are viewable on using the new Platon features for it acting as...
Dear all, just a brief message to let you know that I am new on the SDPD list. I am working on silicon oxycarbide glasses SiCx O2(1-x) ideally and as a...
Apologies for another post, but there is a minor update of the previously mentioned Check for Windows Powder Graphical Indexing Helper tool by Jean Laugier and...
CHEKCELL: Graphically determining most likely cells and spacegroups from powder diffraction data. (Note: Chekcell should still be considered a beta test...
That mailing list is quite silent those days... Maybe I am wasting a lot of time (which you can define as a period in which you are searching but not finding)...
Some news from ENDEAVOUR, which could (should) have been sent by some Crystalimpact SDPD subscriber. Since nothing comes, I think I must do it. We expect...
$100 million donation to start a free virtual university : http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9402-2000Mar14.html "Universities will lose control...
There is a 15th of March 2000 update to the "Celref" for Windows graphical powder unit cell refinement software. The updated feature is that you no longer have...
Still on the subject of developing countries, the IFS Web address seems interesting : http://www.ifs.se/ "IFS support is primarily financial and in the form of...
CNRS calls for help (french teams) about samples coming back from Mars in a near future. http://www.insu.cnrs-dir.fr/Documentation/Insu_doc/MARS/AO.html I was...
Following recent discussions, a 50% discount is proposed for registration to the SDPD Internet Course if students are living in developing countries as defined...
The mail below concerns more French scientists. SDPD is easier from synchrotron data, and french scientists may have another reply than suggested : support a...
There is a new "beta" version of PowderCell for Windows (version 2.3) by Werner Kraus and Gert Nolze. Powder Cell will visualize structures, perform classical...
Found at ESRF : Powder Diffraction on Pharmaceuticals - 29 March 2000 http://www.esrf.fr/industry/wksp/ind_wksp.html The European Synchrotron Radiation...
Dear Friends, How racemic mixtures are handled in Fullprof and GSAS? In single crystal package such as shelxl97, the problem could be solved by adding a...
As part of the LMGP suite of programs for Windows by Jean Laugier and Bernard Bochu, there are now updated versions of the programs: poudrix - powder pattern...
This is invitation to join Scintag user group managed by Andrew Payzant mailto:payzanta@... Dear Scintag Users Group members, Based on today's follow-up...
Hi, Dear friends, I'm trying to make a structure refinement for Hexagonal MoSi2. Could anyone teach me what atomic coordinates should I use? Thanks!...
Willing to be kept informed on seemingly important software, I constantly ask for news. However, years are passing and availability is still delayed concerning...
Hi I am doing a rietveld refinement on a material that contains calcium sulfite. Does anyone know of a literature reference or have a crystal structure of this...
