title: The crystallography of correlated disorder.
abstract: Classical crystallography can determine structures as complicated as multi-component ribosomal assemblies with atomic resolution, but is inadequate for disordered systems--even those as simple as water ice--that occupy the complex middle ground between liquid-like randomness and crystalline periodic order. Correlated disorder nevertheless has clear crystallographic signatures that map to the type of disorder, irrespective of the underlying physical or chemical interactions and material involved. This mapping hints at a common language for disordered states that will help us to understand, control and exploit the disorder responsible for many interesting physical properties.
authors.affiliation: ISIS Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX, UK.
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Keen
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QR, UK.
authors.forename: Andrew L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Goodwin
mesh_terms: D003460:Crystallization; D003461:Crystallography; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D004581:Electronics; D007053:Ice / Q000032:analysis; D060328:Magnetic Phenomena; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D007053:Ice; D011506:Proteins