Martensitic transformation usually creates hierarchical internal structures beyond mere change of the atomic crystal structure. Multi-stage nucleation is thus required, where nucleation (level-1) of the underlying atomic crystal lattice does not have to be immediately followed by the nucleation of higher-order superstructures (level-2 and above), such as polysynthetic laths. Using in situ trans...

We use aberration-corrected transmission electron microscopy to track the real time atomic level torsional dynamics of subnanometer wires of MoS interconnecting monolayer regions of MoS2. An in situ heating holder is used inside the transmission electron microscope to raise the temperature of the sample to 400 °C to increase crystallization rates of the wires and reduce contamination effects. F...

The title compound, C(17)H(10)O(2), is nearly planar, the maximum atomic deviation being 0.053 (2) Å. In the mol-ecule, an intra-molecular O-H⋯O hydrogen bond generates an S(6) ring motif. In the crystal, inversion-related mol-ecules are linked by pairs of weak C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming dimers. π-π stacking is observed in the crystal structure, the closest centroid-centroid distance being 3...

The crystal structure of nitric oxide reductase, cytochrome P450nor (P450nor), has been determined at 1.0 Å resolution. P450nor consists of 403 amino acid residues (46 kDa), and is one of the largest proteins refined to this resolution so far. Owing to the atomic resolution, detailed intramolecular interactions, such as hydrogen bonds, multiple conformations of side chains, and anisotropic inte...

A solution to the phase problem for the case of surface crystallography is presented. By oversampling a surface diffraction pattern along the continuous crystal-truncation rods, we can iteratively recover the phases of the complex structure factors of an unknown surface atomic geometry. Simple Fourier inversion of these structure factors directly yields a three-dimensional map of the electron d...

The atomic structure of a well-ordered silica film grown on a Mo(112) single crystal substrate is discussed in detail using the experimental and theoretical results available to date. New photoelectron spectroscopy results using synchrotron radiation and ultraviolet spectroscopy data are presented. The analysis unambiguously shows that the ultra-thin silica film consists of a two-dimensional ne...

This paper critically reviews the experimental and theoretical studies on the growth of ultrathin silica films onto metal single crystal substrates reported to date. The silica films on Mo(112) and Ru(0001) are discussed in more detail to demonstrate the key roles of the multi-technique approach and interplay between experiment and theory in the quest for understanding the atomic structure of t...