Using FOCUS to solve zeolite structures from three-dimensional electron diffraction data

The zeolite-specific structure solution program FOCUS has been modified to work with three-dimensional electron diffraction data. The method was applied successfully to five different zeolite materials using data sets collected with either automated diffraction tomography or the rotation electron diffraction technique.

Solving complex open-framework structures from X-ray powder diffraction by direct-space methods using composite building units

The crystal structure of a novel open-framework gallogermanate, SU-66, has been solved from laboratory X-ray powder diffraction data in a direct-space structure solution algorithm by using local structural information obtained from infrared spectroscopy. The method appears to be generally applicable to other open-framework germanates.