For the last 100 years, crystallography has passed a complex and interesting way: from descriptive mineralogy; through chemistry, chemical analysis, and new crystal growth technologies; to physics (X-ray diffraction analysis, physical materials science) and then to biology and protein crystallography. Actually, the starting point in the development of modern crystallography is the discovery of X-ray diffraction. Specifically X rays revealed the complex, three-dimensional, and periodic structure of all materials surrounding us.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 155-157 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Crystallography Reports |
Volume | 63 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Mar 2018 |
Externally published | Yes |
ID: 88200500