Momentum Transfer

Many of you may know that we're a service for rapid access synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction measurements & advanced structure analysis. For those that do not know us, or have not worked with us yet, you can measure five samples for free the first time. Register below:

Last week, we discussed identifying and characterizing local structures in amorphous phases using total scattering. For those that joined, and especially those that missed it, the recording is available. Share with you colleagues, and let us know what topics would interest you most!

Super interesting, will try to join! Also, "bad metal" sounds like a new sub-genre that we should be listening to.

𝗪𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵-𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹 for phase ID from XRPD, available on app.momentum-transfer.com   • Free   • Easy to use   • No installation   • Seamlessly connects with data measured by us at the ESRF In case you missed our webinar, we posted the tutorial video showing how to use it.

DAMN that's cool, great work!

This is fantastic, hope to see a wide adoption! We also hope to see more standardized characterization community-wide, with X-ray diffraction measurements to higher angles, good signal-to-noise, and proper plotting of the low intensity regions for phase verification.

We're very grateful for support from @oscarsproject.bsky.social helping us build an open database for high quality XRPD and PDF patterns. We've collected a huge amount of data over the last year, which has also contributed to our users' research. We'll be launching the database later this year.

Screening 3d metals for A-site solid solution in MAX phases. These is a really nice demonstration of the benefits of screening over a large chemical/parameters space with high-throughput diffraction measurements for materials discovery & property optimization.

For those interested in quantitative modeling of microstructure, atomic structure, and local correlated motion: this is a comprehensive example on iron–chromium alloy and a possible reference standard for line profile analysis of nanomaterials! journals.iucr.org/j/issues/202...

Don't forget that on Thursday 2pm CET, we are hosting a short webinar to present our new search match tool for phase identification using XRPD. The tool will be online (no download) and free to use on app.momentum-transfer.com Register for the webinar here: my.demio.com/ref/MXHJ3rGX...

Two very cool mechanisms for generating porous microstructures, and those are some really spiffy diffraction patterns used for the phase ID ;) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Missed the Deadline? Snow Problem! We've extended abstract submissions to February 22, 2026. One more week to get your research into IUCr2026. No registration required to submit. Papers first, logistics later. 📅 New deadline: Feb 22 👉 Submit now: event.fourwaves.com/...

The National Crystallization Center is offering a 2 day macromolecular crystallization workshop at its Buffalo NY facility - The workshop is designed to immerse you in crystal growth methods to jumpstart your structural biology efforts - Learn More zurl.co/zGs0c

Another recent webinar to share -- a primer on the topic of getting started with total scattering and pair distribution function analysis. Share with you students and colleagues looking to expand their toolbox for structure analysis. youtu.be/BuS5xX24Z5s

Here is a fascinating article from our partners at the Spallation Neutron Source Science Center in China: H et al. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2025, 17, 16, 24220–24228 on null matrix alloys --- specialized high entropy alloys designed to produce no peaks in neutron diffraction!

We're proud to provide data for scientists all over the world, and want to highlight publications from our users. Check out this recent article on site selectivity and clustering in a high entropy oxide by Masina et al. Inorg. Chem. 2026, 65, 4, 2410–2418.

Ok, last post for now. You may be interested in phase identification using X-ray diffraction. We are launching a new web based search match tool that is free to use on our platform. We're hosting a webinar to provide a demonstration next Thursday 2pm CET. You can register here:

If you want to learn more about us, you can check out a recent episode of the Materialism podcast where we sat down with host Prof. Taylor Sparks to discuss our service, current projects, and future applications. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRvA...

Last year, we hosted our first International Workshop on Powder Diffraction with a group of fantastic instructors in Bari. For current and new practitioners of X-ray powder diffraction and pair distribution function analysis, we have posted the lecture video series online. Check it out!

Hello everyone. We heard there's a great materials science community on bluesky, so we've entered the arena. We'll be primarily posting educational content on X-ray scattering, synchrotron access, and about measurement opportunities and releases of data analysis tools for the community.