scholarly journals X-ray Single-Crystal Structural Analysis of a Magnetically Oriented Monoclinic Microcrystal Suspension of α-Glycine

Crystals ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 561 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatsuya Tanaka ◽  
Chiaki Tsuboi ◽  
Kazuaki Aburaya ◽  
Fumiko Kimura ◽  
Masataka Maeyama ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structure ◽  
Magnetic Susceptibility ◽  
Single Crystal ◽  
Magnetic Energy ◽  
Powder Sample ◽  
Single Crystal Structure ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Crystal Structural ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Good Agreement

We previously reported on a method for X-ray single-crystal structure determination from a powder sample via a magnetically oriented microcrystal suspension (MOMS). The method was successfully applied to orthorhombic microcrystals (L-alanine, P212121). In this study, we apply this method to monoclinic microcrystals. Unlike most of the orthorhombic MOMSs, monoclinic MOMSs exhibit two or four orientations with the same magnetic energy (we refer to this as twin orientations), making data processing difficult. In this paper, we perform a MOMS experiment for a powder sample of monoclinic microcrystal (α-glycine, P21/n) to show that our method can also be applied to monoclinic crystals. The single-crystal structure determined in this work is in good agreement with the reported one performed on a real single crystal. Furthermore, the relationship between the crystallographic and magnetic susceptibility axes is determined.

Cobalt(II) complexes of the antibiotic sulfadiazine, the X-ray single crystal structure of [Co(C10H9N4O2S)2(CH3OH)2]

2006 ◽  
Vol 359 (10) ◽  
pp. 3111-3116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter A. Ajibade ◽  
Gabriel A. Kolawole ◽  
Paul O’Brien ◽  
Madeleine Helliwell ◽  
James Raftery
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structure ◽  
Single Crystal ◽  
Single Crystal Structure ◽  
X Ray

scholarly journals Recommended X-ray single-crystal structure refinement and Rietveld refinement procedure for tremolite

2021 ◽  
Vol 77 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Paolo Ballirano ◽  
Beatrice Celata ◽  
Alessandro Pacella ◽  
Ferdinando Bosi
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structure ◽  
Single Crystal ◽  
Rietveld Refinement ◽  
Structure Refinement ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Single Crystal Structure ◽  
Crystal Structure Refinement ◽  
Statistical Point ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Refinement Procedure

A detailed description of the structure of the amphibole-supergroup minerals is very challenging owing to their complex chemical composition that renders the process of cation partition extremely difficult, particularly because of the occurrence of multivalent elements. Since amphiboles naturally occur under a fibrous morphology and have largely been used to produce asbestos, there is a growing demand for detailed and accurate structural data in order to study the relationships between structure, composition and toxicity. The present study proposes a recommended refinement procedure for both X-ray single-crystal structure refinement (SREF) and Rietveld analysis for tremolite, selected as a test case. The corresponding structural results are compared to estimate the `degree of confidence' of the Rietveld refinement with regard to SREF. In particular, it is shown that the interpretation of the electron density of the tremolite structure by SREF is model dependent. By assuming that the site-scattering values from SREF should be as close as possible to those from electron microprobe analysis, as a crucial constraint for the correct description of the final crystal-chemical model, it is found that it is best satisfied by using partially ionized scattering curves (SCs) for O and Si, and neutral SCs (neutral oxygen curves or NOCs) for other atoms. This combination leads to the best fit to the diffraction data. Moreover, it is found that Rietveld refinement using NOCs produces the best structural results, in excellent agreement with SREF. It is worth noting that, due to the complexity of the diffraction pattern and the fairly large number of freely refinable parameters, refinements with different combinations of SCs produce results almost indistinguishable from a statistical point of view, albeit showing significant differences from a structural point of view.

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