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https://www.icdd.com/spring-meetings/ - The Plenary Session is the centerpiece of the ICDD Annual Spring Meetings. It serves as a high-level scientific forum where global experts present the latest breakthroughs in diffraction, crystallography, and materials characterization.
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The early registration discount for ICDD's XRF Course ends today! Save $250 and register now at www.icdd.com/xrf. #chemsky
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/stories/thema/rembrandt/story/een-nieuw-schilderij-van-rembrandt-ontdekt - Advanced X-ray techniques (MA-XRF) were used to determine which pigments were used.
ICDD's 2026 courses are open for registration! NEW for 2026: The XRF course is now presented in two separate week-long sessions. ICDD has also lowered the cost of our 2026 courses to help with budget constraints. Learn more at www.icdd.com/icdd-education and register today! #chemsky
https://www.icdd.com/events/ - ICDD will be at MRS Spring, EPDIC19, DXC, IUCr, B-MRS, MS&T, MRS Fall, and more. And don't forget the XRD, XRF, and Rietveld courses and JADE workshops at HQ!
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https://www.icdd.com/spring-meetings/ - A forum for ICDD membership and staff to exchange ideas and share information on the promotion and application of materials characterization methods in science and technology. #chemsky
https://www.icdd.com/xrf/ - The XRF course is presented in two separate week-long sessions, each of which stands alone as a complete class. To help ease the impact of budget constraints, ICDD has lowered the cost of our XRF Courses. #MaterialScience #XRF #chemsky
https://www.nature.com/articles/s40494-025-01599-w
The study found the presence of many of the materials commonly used in European book production in the 12th to the 15th century, such as vermilion, red lead, azurite, orpiment, and copper-based greens, and also some rarer substances.
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February's PDF Entry of the Month: Aluminum Silicon Oxide! This month includes a Raman entry, a 3D structure, SAED and EBSD extensions, and more. Visit www.icdd.com/interactive-pdf and click on the icons to explore the features this interactive PDF has to offer. #chemsky
Unlock seamless access to ICDD’s PDF-5+ database! Install it on unlimited computers—our 5-User license floats between devices so your team can work smarter. See the benefits: https://www.icdd.com/server-edition/ https://www.icdd.com/server-edition/
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Don't just take our word for it — hear what others are saying. Our customers' testimonials speak volumes about the impact we’ve made. See why so many people trust us — and why you can, too. Register today at www.icdd.com/xrf #chemsky
ICDD's JADE software is a comprehensive, industry-standard program for X-ray Diffraction (XRD) pattern processing, visualization, and analysis.
Register now for Wednesday's FREE webinar on WPF/Rietveld Parameters in JADE®
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https://phys.org/news/2026-01-class-strong-magnets-earth-abundant.html
High magnetic anisotropy materials have critical applications in numerous technology sectors, largely relying on rare-earth and precious metals which poses major sustainability challenges.
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DXC 2026 Registration is open! Register for DXC by 1 July 2026 for a discounted price. Abstract submission deadline: 1 April 2026. Register and submit today! www.dxcicdd.com/registration #chemsky
It's the last week to register for ICDD's February InSession "WPF/Rietveld Parameters in JADE®", with MDI's Dr. Steffen Weber, Wednesday, 25 February 2026. Register today at www.icdd.com/in-session. #chemsky
https://vimeo.com/icdd/gis?share=copy - Learn all about ICDD's Grant-in-Aid!
Dragon fruit extract is a promising natural colorant and botanical ingredient for herbal lip balm formulations based on its physical and aesthetic performance.
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Congratulations to this year's 2026 Ludo Frevel Crystallography Scholarship recipients! Learn more at www.icdd.com/ludo-frevel-scholarship #chemsky
It is the International Day of Women in Science! Why not watch Dr. Marija Prekajski Đorđević's InSession webinar on “Challenges and Importance of XRD Characterization of High-Entropy Oxides: Insights from Spinel-Based Systems”
https://www.icdd.com/in-session/
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Welcome to ICDD's XRF Courses! The XRF course is now presented in two separate week-long sessions, each of which stands alone as a complete class. Register and learn more at www.icdd.com/xrf #chemsky
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PDF-5+ combines the world’s largest sources of inorganic and organic diffraction data from crystals and powders into a single database. Install PDF-5+ SERVER EDITION on your server and as many computers as you wish.
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Since optical drives are less common in new computers, ICDD is no longer providing PDF® products on DVDs and CDs. Now, you can easily download your PDF database from the cloud. Enjoy the convenience of cloud downloads today! www.icdd.com #chemsky
https://journals.iucr.org/e/issues/2025/10/00/oi2022/index.html
Growing good single crystals is a craft learned by experience—an art in crystallography. Read more in our featured article.
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The International Centre for Diffraction Data (ICDD®) is a non-profit scientific organization dedicated to collecting, editing, publishing, and distributing powder diffraction data for the identification of materials.
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SIeve+ is designed to search and identify unknown materials and offers a variety of algorithms and options that allow users to optimize results for particular chemistries and both standard and non-standard diffraction systems. https://www.icdd.com/pdf-support-software/
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Join us for ICDD's February InSession "WPF/Rietveld Parameters in JADE®", with MDI's Dr. Steffen Weber, Wednesday, 25 February 2026. Register today at www.icdd.com/in-session. #chemsky
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1044580325010885
The morphology of the synthesized materials was analyzed using Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy with Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDX) and High-Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy (HR-TEM).
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January's PDF Entry of the Month: Titanium Oxide! This month includes a Raman entry, a 3D structure, SAED and EBSD extensions, and more. Visit www.icdd.com/interactive-pdf and click on the icons to explore the features this interactive PDF has to offer. #chemsky
PDF-2 2026 - Quality and subfile filters combined with 75 different searches and 55 display fields - The database is not just a collection of numbers; it is a sophisticated data analysis tool. https://www.icdd.com/pdf-2/
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Available now! December 2025 Powder Diffraction Journal Vol. 40 No. 4 issue. Read it here www.icdd.com/pdj. #chemsky
