What is the Zeitschrift für Kristallographie?

“A Direct Method for the Determination of the Components of Interatomic Distances in Crystals”. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie. 90 (1–6): 517. doi: 10.1524/zkri.1935.90.1.517.

What is crystallography in chemistry?

Crystallography is the experimental science of determining the arrangement of atoms in crystalline solids (see crystal structure ). The word “crystallography” is derived from the Greek words crystallon “cold drop, frozen drop”, with its meaning extending to all solids with some degree of transparency, and graphein “to write”.

What is the crystallographer’s goal?

The crystallographer’s goal is to identify solution conditions that favor the development of a single, large crystal, since larger crystals offer improved resolution of the molecule. Consequently, the solution conditions should disfavor the first step (nucleation) but favor the second (growth), so that only one large crystal forms per droplet.

Who was the father of Crystallography?

The Braggs, father and son, shared the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work in crystallography. The earliest structures were generally simple and marked by one-dimensional symmetry.