· X-ray pole figure goniometers (Cu-Ka and Fe-Ka radiation), for conventional pole figure measurements in reflection geometry. Equipped with monochromators.
· Leo SEM with EBSP system, fully automated for the study of individual orientation and orientation maps. Frame transfer 14 bit CCD camera with fiber optics. We are using local software to drive microscope and camera and apply CHANNEL (hkl software) for pattern interpretation. This purely digital system is ideally suited for analysis of low symmetry materials, minerals and ceramics..
· Neutron diffraction. Berkeley is principal investigator in the Los Alamos ultrahigh count-rate University of California Materials Research Diffractometer (UCMRD) project HIPPO, which is tailored for quantitative texture analysis from time-of-flight neutron diffraction spectra.
· Synchrotron x-rays. Much of recent research has relied on analyzing diffraction images obtained with synchrotron X-rays, both at high pressure and at ambient conditions. Software has been developed to quantitatively interpret these images in terms of orientation distributions. Collaborations are with LBNL-ALS, ANL-APS, ESRF and HASY.
Last Edited 01/31/07