Applications
High-resolution powder diffraction can be used to:
- Determine structures of newly created materials, to better understand their properties
- Study materials with light elements in the presence of heavy ones (eg. oxides, borides, carbides) and for magnetic materials
- Study hydrogen (as deuterium) in hydrogen storage materials
- Measure strain, crystallite size, and defects in materials such as metals, hydrogen storage and electro-chemical materials, and mesoscopic structures
- Investigate materials with complex crystal structures, including catalysts, hybrid materials, organics, cements, natural minerals, zeolites, and non-linear optical materials
- Study the structural and magnetic phase transitions of ferroic and electronic materials such as superconductors and magneto-resistive materials
- Investigate bulk samples or samples in extreme environments (pressure, temperature, stress, magnetic and electric fields, or combinations of these)
Recent results
Highlights
2021
https://www.ansto.gov.au/news/global-research-team-discovers-magnetic-order-quasicrystals
https://www.ansto.gov.au/news/investigating-advanced-materials-for-large-scale-energy-storage
2020
https://www.ansto.gov.au/news/new-class-of-hydrogen-conductors-for-industry
https://www.ansto.gov.au/news/progress-on-new-oxide-ion-conductors
Publications