Reconstruction strategies for structure solution using precession electron diffraction data from hybrid inorganic-organic framework materials

Abstract

Precession electron diffraction has received significant recent attention, and has the potential to complement x-ray structure solution methods in situations where the latter are difficult to apply. Certain materials systems may nevertheless present challenges for solution by electron diffraction, and this is particularly true when the unit cell includes light element components. Drawing specifically on our work with hybrid inorganic-organic framework materials, we describe recent approaches to reconstructing their crystal potentials, which have led to significant improvements in the accuracy and quality of the derived potential maps for this type of structure. © 2010 IOP Publishing Ltd.