{"title":"Everything you always wanted to know about the Debye–Waller factor but were afraid to ask","authors":"Richard Dronskowski","doi":"10.1107/S2052252525004968","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Combining improved diffraction methods, modeling approaches and advanced computations allows for a detailed understanding of atomic thermal motions in crystals. Thus, the Topical Review by Hoser & Madsen [(2025). <em>IUCrJ</em><strong>12</strong>, 421–434] covers the Debye–Waller factor, the importance of anisotropic displacement parameters, and the interplay of experiment and theory to accurately capture collective atomic vibrations in molecular crystals.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14775,"journal":{"name":"IUCrJ","volume":"12 4","pages":"Pages 417-418"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6000,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"IUCrJ","FirstCategoryId":"88","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/org/science/article/pii/S2052252525000430","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Combining improved diffraction methods, modeling approaches and advanced computations allows for a detailed understanding of atomic thermal motions in crystals. Thus, the Topical Review by Hoser & Madsen [(2025). IUCrJ12, 421–434] covers the Debye–Waller factor, the importance of anisotropic displacement parameters, and the interplay of experiment and theory to accurately capture collective atomic vibrations in molecular crystals.
期刊介绍:
IUCrJ is a new fully open-access peer-reviewed journal from the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr).
The journal will publish high-profile articles on all aspects of the sciences and technologies supported by the IUCr via its commissions, including emerging fields where structural results underpin the science reported in the article. Our aim is to make IUCrJ the natural home for high-quality structural science results. Chemists, biologists, physicists and material scientists will be actively encouraged to report their structural studies in IUCrJ.