X-Ray Scattering Explorer

Edit the crystal in three projected planes, inspect the 3D unit cells, and watch the reciprocal lattice and detector respond through the structure factor.

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Crystal Editor

Drag vector tips or atoms in projected planes

XY
YZ
XZ
3D
Basis atoms are fractional coordinates in the editable unit cell.
Drag tips: lattice vectors Drag atoms: positions Atom 0: pinned origin Hold atom: oscillate form factor

Reciprocal Space, Ewald Sphere, Detector

Ewald construction and structure-factor weighted detector

0 reciprocal points are on the Ewald shell.
Slate: reciprocal nodes Blue: Ewald surface Amber: detector hits Powder: persistent weighted hits Alt+drag: camera angle