Crystallography scientist
Famous crystallographers
A purified sample at high concentration is crystallised and the crystals are exposed to an x ray beam.
The resulting diffraction patterns can then be processed, initially to yield information about the crystal packing symmetry and the size of the repeating unit that forms the crystal..
What scientist studies crystals?
Crystallography began with the study of crystals, like quartz.
Today, crystallographers study the atomic architecture of any material that can form an orderly solid - from diamonds to viruses..
Who is father of crystallography?
1781 – Abbé René Just Ha\xfcy (often termed the "Father of Modern Crystallography") discovers that crystals always cleave along crystallographic planes..
- Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin OM FRS HonFRSC (née Crowfoot; 12 May 1910 – 29 July 1994) was a Nobel Prize-winning British chemist who advanced the technique of X-ray crystallography to determine the structure of biomolecules, which became essential for structural biology.
Crystallography is the study of atomic and molecular structure. Crystallographers want to know how the atoms in a material are arranged in order to understand the relationship between atomic structure and properties of these materials. They work in many disciplines, including chemistry, geology, biology, materials science, metallurgy and physics.
