Understanding the Structural Properties of a Dendrimeric Material Directly from Powder X-ray Diffraction Data

Complete structure determination of an early-generation dendrimeric material has been carried out directly
from powder X-ray diffraction data, using the direct-space genetic algorithm technique for structure solution
followed by Rietveld refinement. This work represents the first application of modern direct-space techniques
for structure determination from powder X-ray diffraction data in the case of a dendrimeric material and
paves the way for the future application of this approach to enable complete structure determination of other
dendrimeric materials that cannot be prepared as single crystal samples suitable for single crystal X-ray
diffraction studies.