diffraction

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Additional electron diffraction measurements confirmed this behavior, providing strong evidence that this intermediate state exists in atomically thin, strongly bonded materials.

From Science Daily • Jan. 26, 2026

Instead of focusing light through glass, the system uses an array of coded sensors placed at different locations within a diffraction plane.

From Science Daily • Jan. 10, 2026

There, he became interested in the new technique of diffraction, in which X-rays were bounced off atoms to reveal their inner structures.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2025

One promising approach involves optical diffraction operators, thin plate-like structures that perform mathematical operations as light passes through them.

From Science Daily • Oct. 28, 2025

Though I knew nothing about the X-ray diffraction techniques that dominated structural analysis, I was optimistic that the spoken arguments would be more comprehensible than the journal articles, which passed over my head.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson