@inproceedings{3fbbdbe907ae415e927f895064f37980,
title = "Applications of pair distribution function analysis to study energy-related materials",
abstract = "The development of strategies enabling the economic implementation of alternative energy resources represents an important step toward our long term energy security. However, due to the often complex nature of unconventional fossil fuel resources or materials enabling new energy technologies, it is often challenging to structurally characterize these systems. Recently, the pair distribution function (PDF) method has emerged as a powerful tool to probe local structural information independent of long-range order. Our recent X-ray PDF studies of energy-related materials will be presented, including in-situ high pressure PDF studies of an oil shale - a highly complex organic-inorganic composite - for which it was possible to quantitatively evaluate the compressibility, even in the absence of a structural model.",
author = "Chapman, \{Karena W.\} and Chupas, \{Peter J.\} and Winans, \{Randall E.\} and Pugmire, \{Ronald J.\}",
year = "2009",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780841224414",
series = "ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts",
booktitle = "American Chemical Society - 237th National Meeting and Exposition, ACS 2009, Abstracts of Scientific Papers",
note = "237th National Meeting and Exposition of the American Chemical Society, ACS 2009 ; Conference date: 22-03-2009 Through 26-03-2009",
}