During my graduation in materials science and the following dissertation in the University of Stuttgart in collaboration with the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (formerly Max Planck Institute for Metals Research) under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Ir. E. J. Mittemeijer, I have gained extensive experience in the field of X-Ray Diffraction (XRD). During my dissertation I was head of the X-Ray Diffraction service facility of the Max Planck Institute. The facility provided the XRD service measurements for all research groups of the institute, industrial customers and foreign research institutes. Now, the acquisition of a high quality X'Pert MRD diffractometer marked the founding of our XRD service laboratory. We want to offer our extensive experience in the field of XRD to our customers and provide solutions for materials scientific analyses. The following list provides some examples of characterization methods that XRD has to offer: - Phase analyses, qualitative and quantitative - Crystallite size (particle size) determination - Determination of microscopical and macroscopical stresses - Texture measurements and determination of the Orientation Distribution Function (ODF) - Measurement of single crystal orientations Feel free to contact us for a discussion of the possibilities X-Ray Diffraction has to offer for the charaterization of your samples. We also offer advice on other materials scientific characterization methods.
