Two-Dimensional Detectors in the Chemical Crystallography

Application of the two-dimensional detectors, IP and CCD detectors, to chemical crystallography is advantageous for accurate and fast intensity measurements, and easy and quick observations of two-dimensional diffraction images. 2D detectors are very useful for structural studies of the phase transition phenomena in which diffuse scattering and/or superlattice reflections are observed, time-resolved X-ray structure analyses of the photo-excited species and the photoinduced reactive species, and also micro-crystal structure analyses.