diffraction
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There, Hennig's research team used X-ray diffraction to examine their internal structures by measuring how X-rays scattered as they passed through the material.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
"We found that the diffraction patterns themselves become chiral because the structure lacks mirror symmetry," explains senior author Masaya Notomi.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
"Even better, our original inference of melting has now been confirmed directly with X-ray diffraction."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
During that brief interval, the researchers needed to record several properties of the material, including X-ray diffraction measurements capable of revealing its atomic arrangement.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
Like Lrancis, Maurice had been a physicist and also used X-ray diffraction as his principal tool of research.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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