Crystals reveal the hidden geometry of molecules to the naked eye. Scientists use crystals to figure out the atomic structure of new materials, but many materials can't be grown large enough. Now, a ...

UB chemist Jason Benedict and his team spent years developing photoswitchable crystals. Every crystal’s shape is a mirror of the internal arrangement of their molecules, but the molecules in ...

For more than 100 years, scientists have been using X-ray crystallography to determine the structure of crystalline materials such as metals, rocks, and ceramics. This technique works best when the ...

The method predicts structures directly from powder X-ray diffraction patterns, which are created when X-rays pass through crystals about the size of instant coffee particles. Unlike traditional ...

Artist's rendition of X-ray beam illuminating a solution of powdered crystalline chalcogenates. Credit: Ella Maru Studios Crystals reveal the hidden geometry of molecules to the naked eye. Scientists ...