X-ray diffraction (XRD)

• XRD of polycrystalline materials in geometries of reflection and transmission.
• XRD of polycrystalline materials in geometries of reflection and transmission according to temperature (thermodiffractometry).
• XRD of monocrystalline materials through the resolution of crystalline structures.
• XRD in grazing incidence.
• XRD with texture goniometry.
• XRD of heteroepitaxial fine layers in high and low resolution.
• X-ray reflectometry.

• Determination of crystalline structures; crystallographic characterizations.
• Analysis of crystallinity.
• Analysis of isostructuralism, isomorphism and miscibility in solid state.
• Qualitative analysis of crystalline phases.
• Semi-quantitative and quantitative analysis of crystalline phases (and possibly of amorphous phases).
• Analysis of phases based on the depth of materials in fine layers.
• Polymorphism and pseudopolymorphism studies.
• Thermodiffractometry: studies of phase transitions, monitoring of solid state reactions, thermal dilatation, etc.
• Diffraction profile adjustment: Rietveld method.
• Microstructural analysis: dimensions of diffraction domains and microdeformations.
• Determination of thicknesses, densities and rigidity of fine layer materials.
• Analysis of textures and preferential orientations.
• Determination of residual stress.
• Determination of tension/relaxation states in heteroepitaxial layers.
• Determination of compositions in the heteroepitaxy of semiconductors.
• Determination of monocrystalline orientation.
• In-plane diffraction.

• Studies of polymorphism in pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical specialities.
• Studies of isostructuralism and isomorphism in pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical specialities.
• Determination of crystalline structures of new synthetic materials.
• Analysis of phases of concrete, cements, aggregates and similar products.
• Qualitative and quantitative analysis of geological materials.
• Characterizations of coating and fine layer materials.
• Determination of residual stress in steel, other metals and coatings.

Surname	Name	Location	Phone number	Email
ALCOBE OLLE (*)	XAVIER	CCiTUB - C/ Lluis Solé i Sabarís, 1-3	934021692	alcobe@ccit.ub.edu
ARMENGOL GARIN	XÈNIA	CCiTUB - C/ Lluis Solé i Sabarís, 1-3	934021692	xarmengol@ccit.ub.edu
BASSAS ALSINA	JOSEP MARIA	CCiTUB - C/ Lluis Solé i Sabarís, 1-3	934021692	bassas@ccit.ub.edu
PUIGJANER VALLET	MARIA CRISTINA	CCiTUB - C/ Lluis Solé i Sabarís, 1-3	934021692	cris@ccit.ub.edu

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