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Free tools for crystallographic symmetry handling and visualization. (2024). J. Appl. Cryst. 57, 1618-1639.
Integrating fundamental concepts with practical skills: consolidating small-molecule crystallography education. (2025). J. Appl. Cryst. 58, 269-275.
Characterization of sub-micrometre-sized voids in fixed human brain tissue using scanning X-ray microdiffraction. (2024). J. Appl. Cryst. 57, 1528-1538.
Intensity corrections for grazing-incidence X-ray diffraction of thin films using static area detectors. (2025). J. Appl. Cryst. 58, 96-106.
Animations, videos and 3D models for teaching space-group symmetry. (2024). J. Appl. Cryst. 57, 1966-1977.
Error evaluation of partial scattering functions obtained from contrast-variation small-angle neutron scattering. (2025). J. Appl. Cryst. 58, 4-17.
Specific radiation damage to halogenated inhibitors and ligands in protein–ligand crystal structures. (2024). J. Appl. Cryst. 57, 1951-1965.
Thermal diffuse scattering analysis of Ag2O binary system via X-ray powder diffraction. (2025). J. Appl. Cryst. 58, 18-30.
Sheet-on-sheet fixed target data collection devices for serial crystallography at synchrotron and XFEL sources. (2024). J. Appl. Cryst. 57, 1725-1732.
Counter-diffusion studies of human transthyretin: the growth of high-quality crystals for X-ray and neutron crystallography. (2025). J. Appl. Cryst. 58, 107-118.
Ptychographic phase retrieval via a deep-learning-assisted iterative algorithm. (2024). J. Appl. Cryst. 57, 1323-1335.
Mapping domain structures near a grain boundary in a lead zirconate titanate ferroelectric film using X-ray nanodiffraction. (2024). J. Appl. Cryst. 57, 1789-1799.
Integrating machine learning interatomic potentials with hybrid reverse Monte Carlo structure refinements in RMCProfile. (2024). J. Appl. Cryst. 57, 1780-1788.
Low-dose electron microscopy imaging for beam-sensitive metal–organic frameworks. (2024). J. Appl. Cryst. 57, 1270-1281.
BioXTAS RAW 2: new developments for a free open-source program for small-angle scattering data reduction and analysis. (2024). J. Appl. Cryst. 57, 194-208.
A new technical solution to the problem of increasing the resolution of X-ray diffraction methods. (2025). J. Appl. Cryst. 58, 71-75.
SAStutorials.org – online tutorials on small-angle scattering data analysis. (2025). J. Appl. Cryst. 58, 603-608.
Real-time analysis of liquid jet sample delivery stability for an X-ray free-electron laser using machine vision. (2024). J. Appl. Cryst. 57, 1859-1870.
TOMOMAN: a software package for large-scale cryo-electron tomography data preprocessing, community data sharing and collaborative computing. (2024). J. Appl. Cryst. 57, 2010-2016.
Selected advances in small-angle scattering and applications they serve in manufacturing, energy and climate change. (2023). J. Appl. Cryst. 56, 787-800.
RAPID: an ImageJ macro for indexing electron diffraction zone axis spot patterns of cubic materials. (2024). J. Appl. Cryst. 57, 2017-2029.
A simple protocol for determining the zone axis direction from selected-area electron diffraction spot patterns of cubic materials. (2024). J. Appl. Cryst. 57, 1263-1269.
INSIGHT: in situ heuristic tool for the efficient reduction of grazing-incidence X-ray scattering data. (2024). J. Appl. Cryst. 57, 509-528.
A comparison of microcrystal electron diffraction and X-ray powder diffraction for the structural analysis of metal–organic frameworks. (2025). J. Appl. Cryst. 58, 398-411.
Flow-Xl: a new facility for the analysis of crystallization in flow systems. (2024). J. Appl. Cryst. 57, 1299-1310.
SUBGROUPS: a computer tool at the Bilbao Crystallographic Server for the study of pseudo-symmetric or distorted structures. (2024). J. Appl. Cryst. 57, 1650-1666.
Top dusted adhesive tape sample preparation method for the X-ray diffraction analysis of small powder sample volumes with the Bragg–Brentano setup. (2025). J. Appl. Cryst. 58, 276-282.
Improving the reliability of small- and wide-angle X-ray scattering measurements of anisotropic precipitates in metallic alloys using sample rotation. (2024). J. Appl. Cryst. 57, 1800-1814.
Determination of the average crystallite size and the crystallite size distribution: the envelope function approach EnvACS. (2024). J. Appl. Cryst. 57, 1466-1476.
Alterations promoted by acid straightening and/or bleaching in hair microstructures. (2023). J. Appl. Cryst. 56, 1002-1014.
Non-invasive nanoscale imaging of protein micro- and nanocrystals for screening crystallization conditions. (2024). J. Appl. Cryst. 57, 1907-1912.
Advanced EXAFS analysis techniques applied to the L-edges of the lanthanide oxides. (2024). J. Appl. Cryst. 57, 1913-1923.
On the feasibility of time-resolved X-ray powder diffraction of macromolecules using laser-driven ultrafast X-ray sources. (2024). J. Appl. Cryst. 57, 1205-1211.
XRDplayground: a Python-based educational tool for interactive learning of powder X-ray diffraction crystallography. (2025). J. Appl. Cryst. 58, 609-614.
Polynator: a tool to identify and quantitatively evaluate polyhedra and other shapes in crystal structures. (2023). J. Appl. Cryst. 56, 1855-1864.
Microcalcifications in breast cancer tissue studied by X-ray absorption, emission, scattering and diffraction. (2025). J. Appl. Cryst. 58, 233-250.
Application of signal separation to diffraction image compression and serial crystallography. (2025). J. Appl. Cryst. 58, 138-153.
An advanced approach combining solid-state NMR with powder diffraction applied to newly synthesized isothiouronium salts. (2025). J. Appl. Cryst. 58, 321-332.
Hydrostatic behaviour of highly inert Fomblin and Halocarbon fluids as pressure-transmitting media in high-pressure experiments. (2025). J. Appl. Cryst. 58, 221-226.
Insights into distorted lamellar phases with small-angle scattering and machine learning. (2025). J. Appl. Cryst. 58, 523-534.
Revealing nanoscale sorption mechanisms of gases in a highly porous silica aerogel. (2024). J. Appl. Cryst. 57, 1311-1322.
Exploiting Friedel pairs to interpret scanning 3DXRD data from complex geological materials. (2024). J. Appl. Cryst. 57, 1823-1840.
Modulating phase segregation during spin-casting of fullerene-based polymer solar-cell thin films upon minor addition of a high-boiling co-solvent. (2024). J. Appl. Cryst. 57, 1871-1883.
Measuring the Burgers vector of dislocations with dark-field X-ray microscopy. (2025). J. Appl. Cryst. 58, 207-220.
The human factor: results of a small-angle scattering data analysis round robin. (2023). J. Appl. Cryst. 56, 1618-1629.
A micro-beamstop with transmission detection by fluorescence for scanning-beam synchrotron scattering beamlines. (2024). J. Appl. Cryst. 57, 2043-2047.
Accessing self-diffusion on nanosecond time and nanometre length scales with minute kinetic resolution. (2024). J. Appl. Cryst. 57, 912-924.
Effect of thickness and noise on angular correlation analysis from scanning electron nanobeam diffraction of disordered carbon. (2025). J. Appl. Cryst. 58, 31-41.
Determining pair distribution functions of thin films using laboratory-based X-ray sources. (2024). J. Appl. Cryst. 57, 1373-1383.
ASUGNN: an asymmetric-unit-based graph neural network for crystal property prediction. (2025). J. Appl. Cryst. 58, 87-95.
Crystallographic, electronic and vibrational properties of 2D silicate monolayers. (2025). J. Appl. Cryst. 58, 349-362.
FullProfAPP: a graphical user interface for the streamlined automation of powder diffraction data analysis. (2024). J. Appl. Cryst. 57, 1676-1690.
High-accuracy high-resolution measurements of fluorescence in manganese using extended-range high-energy-resolution fluorescence detection. (2025). J. Appl. Cryst. 58, 42-59.
An extended thermal pressure equation of state for sodium fluoride. (2025). J. Appl. Cryst. 58, 227-232.
In situ counter-diffusion crystallization and long-term crystal preservation in microfluidic fixed targets for serial crystallography. (2024). J. Appl. Cryst. 57, 1539-1550.
Coordinate-based simulation of pair distance distribution functions for small and large molecular assemblies: implementation and applications. (2024). J. Appl. Cryst. 57, 1446-1455.
Size-exclusion chromatography–small-angle neutron scattering system optimized for an instrument with medium neutron flux. (2025). J. Appl. Cryst. 58, 595-602.
Laboratory-based 3D X-ray standing-wave analysis of nanometre-scale gratings. (2024). J. Appl. Cryst. 57, 1288-1298.
TORO Indexer: a PyTorch-based indexing algorithm for kilohertz serial crystallography. (2024). J. Appl. Cryst. 57, 931-944.
Studying novel high-pressure phases in laser-shock-affected silicon using poly: an algorithm for spot-wise phase identification. (2025). J. Appl. Cryst. 58, 128-137.
AnACor2.0: a GPU-accelerated open-source software package for analytical absorption corrections in X-ray crystallography. (2024). J. Appl. Cryst. 57, 1984-1995.
MatchMaps: non-isomorphous difference maps for X-ray crystallography. (2024). J. Appl. Cryst. 57, 885-895.
Mix and measure II: joint high-energy laboratory powder diffraction and microtomography for cement hydration studies. (2024). J. Appl. Cryst. 57, 1067-1084.
X-ray tensor tomography for small-grained polycrystals with strong texture. (2024). J. Appl. Cryst. 57, 986-1000.
Residual stress depth profiling based on a triaxial stress model: the principal stress gradients in magnetron-sputtered molybdenum films. (2025). J. Appl. Cryst. 58, 60-70.
In situ small-angle X-ray scattering measurement at the Very Small Angle Neutron Scattering Instrument at the China Spallation Neutron Source. (2025). J. Appl. Cryst. 58, 573-580.
Optimizing crucible geometry to improve the quality of AlN crystals by the physical vapor transport method. (2024). J. Appl. Cryst. 57, 1764-1771.
Towards dynamically configured databases for CIFs: the new modulated structures open database at the Bilbao Crystallographic Server. (2024). J. Appl. Cryst. 57, 1640-1649.
Van Vleck analysis of angularly distorted octahedra using VanVleckCalculator. (2024). J. Appl. Cryst. 57, 20-33.
Pushing the limits of accessible length scales via a modified Porod analysis in small-angle neutron scattering on ordered systems. (2024). J. Appl. Cryst. 57, 1358-1372.
Method of precise optical crystal alignment by tilting the diamond anvil cell. (2025). J. Appl. Cryst. 58, 251-259.
Benchmarking deep learning for automated peak detection on GIWAXS data. (2025). J. Appl. Cryst. 58, 513-522.
Operando pair distribution function analysis of nanocrystalline functional materials: the case of TiO2-bronze nanocrystals in Li-ion battery electrodes. (2024). J. Appl. Cryst. 57, 1171-1183.
Pinhole small-angle neutron scattering based approach for desmearing slit ultra-small-angle neutron scattering data. (2024). J. Appl. Cryst. 57, 1551-1556.
MILK: a Python scripting interface to MAUD for automation of Rietveld analysis. (2023). J. Appl. Cryst. 56, 1277-1286.
XDSGUI: a graphical user interface for XDS, SHELX and ARCIMBOLDO. (2023). J. Appl. Cryst. 56, 1585-1594.
The multi-slit very small angle neutron scattering instrument at the China Spallation Neutron Source. (2024). J. Appl. Cryst. 57, 380-391.
Graphical reduction and analysis small-angle neutron scattering program: GRASP. (2023). J. Appl. Cryst. 56, 1595-1609.
Indium Kα radiation from a MetalJet X-ray source: the long way to a successful charge-density investigation. (2023). J. Appl. Cryst. 56, 1315-1321.
Neural network analysis of neutron and X-ray reflectivity data incorporating prior knowledge. (2024). J. Appl. Cryst. 57, 456-469.
Reliability of pair distribution function analysis in in situ experiments. (2025). J. Appl. Cryst. 58, 495-503.
Solid structure of Li2BeF4 (FLiBe) from room temperature to melting studied by neutron and X-ray diffraction. (2025). J. Appl. Cryst. 58, 435-446.
On the analysis of two-time correlation functions: equilibrium versus non-equilibrium systems. (2024). J. Appl. Cryst. 57, 1098-1106.
The use of effective core potentials in Hirshfeld atom refinement: making quantum crystallography faster in NoSpherA2. (2025). J. Appl. Cryst. 58, 374-382.