Powder Diffraction Journal
Practical techniques • Published articles relating to applications • Latest advances in software
Journal of Materials Characterization
Powder Diffraction is a quarterly journal published by the JCPDS-International Centre for Diffraction Data. Powder Diffraction journal focuses on practical techniques, publishing articles relating to the widest range of applications from materials analysis to epitaxial growth of thin films and to the latest advances in software. Although practice is emphasized, theory is not neglected, especially as its discussion relates to a better understanding of technique.
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LATEST ISSUES
Vol. 40 No. 3 September 2025
On the Cover: The cover for this issue of Powder Diffraction was prepared using figures from the manuscript “Crystal Structure of Iprodione, C13H13Cl2N3O3,” by James Kaduk, Anja Dosen, and Tom Blanton. The top image shows the excellent GSAS-II fit of the Rietveld structure to the synchrotron X-ray data from the Canadian Light Source (Rwp = 0.0568). The bottom image compares the X-ray structure (red) to the VASP-optimized structure for one of the two independent iprodione molecules (rms Cartesian displacement is 0.068 Å).
Past Issues
PDF-5+: a Comprehensive Powder Diffraction File for Materials Characterization
Soorya N. Kabekkodu, Anja Dosen, and Thomas N. Blanton (2024): International Centre for Diffraction Data
A Definitive Look Inside The Powder Diffraction File
Powder diffraction has become an indispensable tool in materials characterization owing to its wide variety of applications, from materials identification, quantification, and structure elucidation to texture analysis. Powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) is one of the most widely used techniques in solid-state materials research, as the PXRD pattern is often considered a fingerprint of the material under study. PXRD is a vital characterization tool for phases where growing a single crystal is difficult or not attainable in practice or the phase of interest is an one member of a mixture of two or more polycrystalline materials.
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CODEN: PODIE2 ISSN: 0885-7156 e-ISSN: 1945-7413
EDITORIAL BOARD
Editor-in-Chief
Camden Hubbard, Applied Diffraction Services
camden.hubbard@me.com
Managing Editor
Nicole Ernst Boris, International Centre for Diffraction Data
boris@icdd.com
Editors for New Diffraction Data
Soorya Kabekkodu, International Centre for Diffraction Data
kabekkodu@icdd.com
Associate Editor for New Diffraction Data
Frank Rotella, Argonne National Laboratory (Retired)
fjrotella1949@gmail.com
Editors
Xiaolong Chen, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
xlchen@iphy.ac.cn
José Miguel Delgado, Universidad de Los Andes
migueld@ula.ve
Norberto Masciocchi, Università dell’Insubria
norberto.masciocchi@uninsubria.it
Editors for Crystallography Education
James Kaduk, Poly Crystallography Inc.
Kaduk@polycrystallography.com
Brian H. Toby, Argonne National Lab, Advanced Photon Source
brian.toby@anl.gov
International Reports Editor
Winnie Wong-Ng, National Institute of Standards and Technology
winnie.wong-ng@nist.gov
Calendar of Meetings and Workshops Editor
Gang Wang, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
gangwang@iphy.ac.cn
ADVISORY BOARD
The PDJ Advisory Board is served by ICDD Regional Co-Chairs and members of Cambridge University Press
Evgeny Antipov
Moscow State University, Russia
Xiaolong Chen
Chinese Academy of Sciences, People’s Republic of China
Jose Miguel Delgado
University de Los Andes, Venezuela
Steve Hillier
The James Hutton Institute, Scotland, UK
Takashi Ida
Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan
Allison Keene
Cambridge University Press, USA
Robert Dinnebier
Max-Planck Institute fuer Festkoerperforschung, Germany
Vanessa Peterson
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Australia
Mark Rodriguez
Sandia National Labs, USA
T.N. Guru Row
Indian Institute of Science, India
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