Skip to main content
  • Textbook
  • © 2013

Structure Determination by X-ray Crystallography

Analysis by X-rays and Neutrons

Authors:

  • Most thorough treatment of crystal geometry and symmetry of any book on the market
  • New chapter on neutrons, neutron diffractions, and neutron facilities with several examples of solved structures
  • Discussion of computational methods of structure determination, including a suite of computer programs
  • New section on Bioinformatics
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
  • Request lecturer material: sn.pub/lecturer-material

Buy it now

Buying options

eBook USD 84.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check for access.

Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxv
  2. Crystal Morphology and Crystal Symmetry

    • Mark Ladd, Rex Palmer
    Pages 1-50
  3. Lattices and Space-Group Theory

    • Mark Ladd, Rex Palmer
    Pages 51-110
  4. X-Rays and X-Ray Diffraction

    • Mark Ladd, Rex Palmer
    Pages 111-159
  5. Intensities and Intensity Statistics

    • Mark Ladd, Rex Palmer
    Pages 161-186
  6. Fourier Series and Fourier Transforms

    • Mark Ladd, Rex Palmer
    Pages 235-272
  7. Fourier Techniques in X-Ray Structure Determination

    • Mark Ladd, Rex Palmer
    Pages 273-349
  8. Direct Methods and Refinement

    • Mark Ladd, Rex Palmer
    Pages 351-438
  9. Examples of Crystal Structure Determination

    • Mark Ladd, Rex Palmer
    Pages 439-488
  10. Proteins and Macromolecular X-Ray Analysis

    • Mark Ladd, Rex Palmer
    Pages 489-548
  11. Neutron Diffraction from Single Crystals

    • Mark Ladd, Rex Palmer
    Pages 549-584
  12. Powder Diffraction

    • Mark Ladd, Rex Palmer
    Pages 585-634
  13. Computer-Aided Crystallography

    • Mark Ladd, Rex Palmer
    Pages 635-658
  14. Back Matter

    Pages 659-756

About this book

The advances in and applications of x-ray and neutron crystallography form the essence of this new edition of this classic textbook, while maintaining the overall plan of the book that has been well received in the academic community since the first edition in 1977. X-ray crystallography is a universal tool for studying molecular structure, and the complementary nature of neutron diffraction crystallography permits the location of atomic species in crystals which are not easily revealed by X-ray techniques alone, such as hydrogen atoms or other light atoms in the presence of heavier atoms. Thus, a chapter discussing the practice of neutron diffraction techniques, with examples, broadens the scope of the text in a highly desirable way. As with previous editions, the book contains problems to illustrate the work of each chapter, and detailed solutions are provided. Mathematical procedures related to the material of the main body of the book are not discussed in detail, but are quotedwhere needed with references to standard mathematical texts. To address the computational aspect of crystallography, the suite of computer programs from the fourth edition has been revised and expanded. The programs enable the reader to participate fully in many of the aspects of x-ray crystallography discussed in the book. In particular, the program system XRAY* is interactive, and enables the reader to follow through, at the monitor screen, the computational techniques involved in single-crystal structure determination, albeit in two dimensions, with the data sets provided.

Exercises for students can be found in the book, and solutions are available to instructors.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Guildford, United Kingdom

    Mark Ladd

  • London, United Kingdom

    Rex Palmer

About the authors

Mark Ladd is a professor at the University of Surrey. Rex Palmer is a professor at the University of London.

Bibliographic Information

Buy it now

Buying options

eBook USD 84.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access