Best of both worlds: Hybrid approach sheds light on crystal structure solution

Understanding the arrangement of atoms in a solid—one of solids' fundamental properties—is vital to advanced materials research. For decades, two camps of researchers have been working to develop methods to understand these so-called crystal structures. "Solution" methods, championed by experimental researchers, draw on data from diffraction experiments, while "prediction" methods of computational materials scientists bypass experimental data altogether.

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