lbl.gov — A multi-institutional team of scientists has used beamline 9.0.1 at the Advanced Light Source to perform high-resolution x‑ray diffraction imaging of an aerogel for the first time, revealing its nanoscale three-dimensional bulk lattice structure down to features measured in nanometers, billionths of a meter.
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Closed AccountAug 2, 2008
Thanks for the link!
robevAug 2, 2008
I seriously thought the title said X-Play...
tjmascoAug 2, 2008
I get to use X-ray diffraction next week, yay!
lovewidescreenAug 2, 2008
Fortunately, I must have blocked that assh**e at some previous time. Yours is the first comment in the thread for me. If everyone buried, blocked, then reported people who do whatever he did (I'm assuming one of those pathetic "first!" posts since I can't see it), it could go a long way to cleaning up Digg.
viksraAug 2, 2008
You can buy this aerogel here: <a class="user" href="http://www.unitednuclear.com/aerogel.htm">http://www.unitednuclear.com/aerogel.htm</a>
viveksinghAug 3, 2008
That was basically what I did in my lab course. Silicon (diamond cubic) and aluminum (FCC) were easy enough, but rutile's tetragonal structure was a real pain to index. But X-ray diffraction goes way beyond this simplistic approach taken by undergrad courses - researchers use advanced tools and complicated techniques to recreate 3D structures and what not!
human01Feb 16, 2009
Hmmmm...Nice post.Aerogels are pretty much the coolest materials I've heard of to look x-ray diffraction...<a class="user" href="http://www.niton.com/">http://www.niton.com/</a>