title: Understanding the structural properties of a dendrimeric material directly from powder X-ray diffraction data.
abstract: Complete structure determination of an early-generation dendrimeric material has been carried out directly from powder X-ray diffraction data, using the direct-space genetic algorithm technique for structure solution followed by Rietveld refinement. This work represents the first application of modern direct-space techniques for structure determination from powder X-ray diffraction data in the case of a dendrimeric material and paves the way for the future application of this approach to enable complete structure determination of other dendrimeric materials that cannot be prepared as single crystal samples suitable for single crystal X-ray diffraction studies.
authors.forename: Zhigang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Mingcan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Eugene Y
authors.initials: EY
authors.lastname: Cheung
authors.forename: Kenneth D M
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: Edwin C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Constable
authors.forename: Catherine E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Housecroft