X-ray Powder Diffraction and Crystal Structure Prediction for Polymorph Screening and Structure Solution in Pharmaceutical Development 2026-07-01

Simon Bates et al.

Summer 2026 Volume 42, No. 2 - Simon Bates, R. Alex Mayo, Zhuocen Yang, Baimei Shi and Akihiro Himeda

Stress evaluation of crystalline polymers using X-ray diffractometry 2026-01-01

Akimitsu Nezu and Takuya Kikuchi

Winter 2026 Volume 42, No. 1 - Akimitsu Nezu and Takuya Kikuchi

Microarea X-ray Diffractometer - DicifferX Microarea Edition 2026-01-01

Winter 2026 Volume 42, No. 1

TFXRD X-ray Diffraction System for Thin Films —X-ray diffractometer for large-diameter wafers and thin-film evaluation— 2026-01-01

Winter 2026 Volume 42, No. 1

AI Analysis Basic Course - Second Installment: Application of Basis Profile Decomposition to the Powder X-ray Diffraction Method 2026-01-01

Takumi Ohta

Winter 2026 Volume 42, No. 1 - Takumi Ohta

Total X-ray Scattering 2026-01-01

Masatsugu Yoshimoto

Winter 2026 Volume 42, No. 1 - Masatsugu Yoshimoto

AI Analysis Basic Course - First Installment: Neural Network Application to Phase Identification in Powder X-ray Diffraction 2025-07-01

Toshihide Shibasaki, Takumi Ohta, and Akihiro Himeda

Summer 2025 Volume 41, No. 2 - Toshihide Shibasaki, Takumi Ohta, and Akihiro Himeda

Quantitative Analysis of Crystalline Silica by XRD 2025-07-01

Kaho Hamada, Miki Kasari, and Keigo Nagao

Summer 2025 Volume 41, No. 2 - Kaho Hamada, Miki Kasari, and Keigo Nagao

Development of a Digital Laboratory Integrating Modular Measurement Instruments 2025-07-01

Akira Aiba, Kazunori Nishio, and Taro Hitosugi

Summer 2025 Volume 41, No. 2 - Akira Aiba, Kazunori Nishio, and Taro Hitosugi

Powder X-ray Diffraction Basic Course - Eighth Installment: Crystallinity 2025-07-01

Kasumi Kihara

Summer 2025 Volume 41, No. 2 - Kasumi Kihara

X-ray Seamless Pixel Array Detector XSPA-200 ER High energy resolution detector for a benchtop X-ray diffractometer 2025-01-01

Winter 2025 Volume 41, No. 1

Powder X-ray Diffraction Basic Course - Seventh Installment: Lattice Constants 2024-07-01

Keigo Nagao

Summer 2024 Volume 40, No. 2 - Keigo Nagao

Evaluation of stable and metastable forms of acetaminophen using a combination of X-ray diffraction, thermal analysis, and electron diffraction 2024-07-01

Taiji Yamamoto, Yasuaki Masuda and Hiroyasu Sato

Summer 2024 Volume 40, No. 2 - Taiji Yamamoto, Yasuaki Masuda and Hiroyasu Sato

Total X-ray Scattering (TXS) Plugin 2024-01-01

Winter 2024 Volume 40, No. 1

Beyond static structure X-ray solution scattering: MAXS reveals a massive movement during catalytic action of the non-phosphorylated human kinase MAP2K4 2024-01-01

Takashi Matsumoto et al.

Winter 2024 Volume 40, No. 1 - Takashi Matsumoto, Akihito Yamano, Yuka Murakawa, Harumi Fukada, Masaaki Sawa and Takayoshi Kinoshita

Performance Evaluation of the High Frame Rate Detector XSPA 2024-01-01

Yasukazu Nakaye et al.

Winter 2024 Volume 40, No. 1 - Yasukazu Nakaye, Yasutaka Sakuma, Takuto Sakumura, Satoshi Mikusu and Kazuyuki Matsushita

XSPA-400 ER - X-Ray seamless pixel array detector 2023-07-01

Summer 2023 Volume 39, No. 2

Powder X-ray Diffraction Basic Course - Sixth Installment: Evaluation of crystallite size 2023-07-01

Masaaki Konishi

Summer 2023 Volume 39, No. 2 - Masaaki Konishi

Powder X-ray Diffraction Basic Course - Fifth Installment: Quantitative analysis 2023-07-01

Takahiro Kuzumaki

Summer 2023 Volume 39, No. 2 - Takahiro Kuzumaki

X-ray Diffraction Measurement of Layered Manganese Dioxide that Can Store / Release Heat Repeatedly by Desorbing / Absorbing Water Molecules to/from Moist Air 2023-01-01

Norihiko L. Okamoto et al.

Winter 2023 Volume 39, No. 1 - Norihiko L. Okamoto, Takuya Hatakeyama, Hongyi Li and Tetsu Ichitsubo

Atomic-scale Structural Analysis by Total Scattering Profiles 2023-01-01

Masatsugu Yoshimoto

Winter 2023 Volume 39, No. 1 - Masatsugu Yoshimoto

Three-dimensional modeling for complex structures based on small-angle X-ray scattering 2022-07-01

Tomoyuki Iwata

Summer 2022 Volume 38, No. 2 - Tomoyuki Iwata

Compact X-ray Diffractometer MiniFlex XpC 2022-07-01

Summer 2022 Volume 38, No. 2

Quantification Analysis of Cement Materials 2022-07-01

Atsushi Ohbuchi et al.

Summer 2022 Volume 38, No. 2 - Atsushi Ohbuchi, Takahiro Kuzumaki, Miki Kasari and Tetsuya Ozawa

Powder X-ray Diffraction Basic Course - Fourth Installment: Qualitative analysis 2022-01-01

Miki Kasari

Winter 2022 Volume 38, No. 1 - Miki Kasari

Wide-Angle X-ray Scattering Instrument NANOPIX-WE 2022-01-01

Winter 2022 Volume 38, No. 1

Powder X-ray Diffraction Basic Course - Third Installment: Sample Preparation and Measurement Conditions to Obtain High-quality Data 2021-07-01

Masashi Omori

Summer 2021 Volume 37, No. 2 - Masashi Omori

X-ray Analysis of a Magnesium Alloy Expected to Be a Useful Lightweight Material 2021-07-01

Akimitsu Nezu, Wataru Matsuda, and Junichi Sato

Summer 2021 Volume 37, No. 2 - Akimitsu Nezu, Wataru Matsuda, and Junichi Sato

Utilization of X-ray Diffraction Data in Machine-learning Based Material Exploration for All-solid-state Lithium Batteries 2021-07-01

Kota Suzuki, Masaaki Hirayama, and Ryoji Kanno

Summer 2021 Volume 37, No. 2 - Kota Suzuki, Masaaki Hirayama, and Ryoji Kanno

SmartLab Studio II Data Visualization plugin —Analysis examples of micro area XY mapping using CBO-μ— 2021-01-01

Winter 2021 Volume 37, No. 1

Powder X-ray Diffraction Basic Course - Second installment: Selection of equipment configuration to obtain high-quality data 2021-01-01

Masashi Omori

Winter 2021 Volume 37, No. 1 - Masashi Omori

High-resolution receiving optics for SmartLab X-ray diffraction system with a Hybrid Pixel Array Multi-Dimensional Detector (HyPix): HyRES220, HyRES400 2021-01-01

Winter 2021 Volume 37, No. 1

9 kW–60 kV type automated multipurpose X-ray diffractometer SmartLab 2020-07-01

Summer 2020, Volume 36, No. 2

Introduction to Powder X-ray Diffractometry I: Overview 2020-07-01

Keigo Nagao

Summer 2020, Volume 36, No. 2 - Keigo Nagao

PDF analysis using X-ray total scattering —Theory and application examples 2020-01-01

Masatsugu Yoshimoto and Yuji Shiramata

Winter 2020, Volume 36, No. 1 - Masatsugu Yoshimoto and Yuji Shiramata

Characterization of lithium-ion battery materials with SmartLab 2020-01-01

Yuji Shiramata and Takayuki Konya

Winter 2020, Volume 36, No. 1 - Yuji Shiramata and Takayuki Konya

Cement analysis by X-ray diffractometry 2020-01-01

Atsushi Ohbuchi and Takahiro Kuzumaki

Winter 2020, Volume 36, No. 1 - Atsushi Ohbuchi and Takahiro Kuzumaki

Quantitative texture analysis in the Texture plugin of SmartLab Studio II 2019-07-01

Keigo Nagao and Akito Sasaki

Summer 2019, Volume 35, No. 2 - Keigo Nagao and Akito Sasaki

Basic principle and operation methods of the direct-derivation method 2019-07-01

Hideo Toraya

Summer 2019, Volume 35, No. 2 - Hideo Toraya

GI-XRD measurements of thin film samples using a 2D detector and 2D-SAXS/WAXS attachment 2019-01-01

Shintaro Kobayashi and Katsuhiko Inaba

Winter 2019 Volume 35, No. 1 - Shintaro Kobayashi and Katsuhiko Inaba

Evaluation of crystalline polymer materials using a 2D-SAXS/WAXS system 2019-01-01

Yukiko Namatame and Keigo Nagao

Winter 2019 Volume 35, No. 1 - Yukiko Namatame and Keigo Nagao

Graphite/graphene analytical index calculator - GG Index 2019-01-01

Winter 2019 Volume 35, No. 1

Various pole figure measurement techniques with SmartLab, assisting thin film characterization 2018-07-01

Katsuhiko Inaba and Shintaro Kobayashi

Summer 2018, Volume 34, No. 2 - Katsuhiko Inaba and Shintaro Kobayashi

Automated multipurpose X-ray diffractometer SmartLab 2018-07-01

Summer 2018, Volume 34, No. 2

Real-time analysis and display function using SmartLab Studio II 2018-07-01

Takahiro Kuzumaki and Aya Ogi

Summer 2018, Volume 34, No. 2 - Takahiro Kuzumaki and Aya Ogi

A new method for quantitative phase analysis: Direct derivation of weight fractions from observed intensities and chemical composition data of individual crystalline phases 2018-01-01

Hideo Toraya

Winter 2018, Volume 34, No. 1 - Hideo Toraya

Benchtop X-ray diffractometer enabling use with HyPix-400 MF two-dimensional detector 2018-01-01

Winter 2018, Volume 34, No. 1

Use of multi-dimensional measurement in powder X-ray diffraction 2018-01-01

Yukiko Namatame et al.

Winter 2018, Volume 34, No. 1 - Yukiko Namatame, Takahiro Kuzumaki, Yuji Shiramata and Keigo Nagao

Investigation for fuel-cell structures with multi-scale X-ray analysis 2017-07-01

Kazuhiko Omote et al.

Summer 2017 Volume 33, No. 2 - Kazuhiko Omote, Tomoyuki Iwata, Yoshihiro Takeda and Joseph D. Ferrara

Integrated X-ray diffraction software -- SmartLab Studio II 2017-07-01

Summer 2017 Volume 33, No. 2