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A multiple‐crystal data‐collection method in time‐of‐flight neutron Laue diffraction
Author(s) -
Wilson C. C.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of applied crystallography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.429
H-Index - 162
ISSN - 1600-5767
DOI - 10.1107/s0021889896010886
Subject(s) - neutron diffraction , diffraction , crystal (programming language) , sample (material) , time of flight , neutron , powder diffraction , materials science , optics , x ray crystallography , crystallography , physics , chemistry , computer science , nuclear physics , thermodynamics , programming language
A novel multiple‐crystal data‐collection method has been employed to obtain neutron diffraction data simultaneously from several randomly oriented crystals of a low‐symmetry molecular material. The method exploits the ability of time‐of‐flight neutron Laue diffraction to resolve the overlapping diffraction patterns from the multiple‐crystal sample. The method has been applied to acetylcholine bromide, yielding a good‐quality structure refinement. This opens up the possibility for wider exploitation of the method in collecting data sets more rapidly, under more extreme sample environment conditions and from smaller single‐crystal samples.