Methoden vergleichen

	XRD Rietveld-Verfeinerung	Elektronenbeugung im ausgewählten Bereich
Fachgebiet	Materialwissenschaft	Materialwissenschaft
Familie	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Entstehungsjahr	1969	1913
Urheber	Hugo Rietveld	Georges Friedel
Typ	Refinement method	Diffraction technique
Wegweisende Quelle	Rietveld, H. M. (1969). A profile refinement method for nuclear and magnetic structures. Journal of Applied Crystallography, 2(2), 65-71.	Williams, D. B., & Carter, C. B. (2009). Transmission Electron Microscopy: A Textbook for Materials Science (2nd ed.). Springer.
Aliasnamen	Rietveld refinement, powder diffraction refinement	SAED, electron diffraction pattern, TEM diffraction
Verwandt	3	3
Zusammenfassung	XRD Rietveld Refinement is a method for extracting detailed crystal structure information from powder diffraction data by comparing observed and calculated diffraction patterns through least-squares refinement. Developed by Hugo Rietveld in 1969, this technique enables determination of atomic positions, occupancies, thermal parameters, and phase fractions directly from powder data without requiring single crystals. It is the standard approach in materials characterization for structural analysis, phase identification, and quantification.	Selected Area Electron Diffraction (SAED) is a crystallographic technique in transmission electron microscopy that obtains electron diffraction patterns from micron-sized or sub-micron crystalline regions. Developed from fundamental principles of electron wave behavior and integrated into TEM instruments by the mid-20th century, SAED enables direct observation of reciprocal space, crystal symmetry, and defect structures with spatial resolution unattainable by X-ray diffraction. It is essential for studying local crystal structure, phase identification, and characterizing nanoscale materials.