International Centre for Diffraction Data

The International Centre for Diffraction Data (ICDD) is pleased to announce a collaborative agreement between the ICDD, a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation, Newtown Square, PA, USA and Material Phases Data Systems (MPDS), a Swiss corporation headquartered in Vitznau, Switzerland. The ICDD is a scientific organization founded by and dedicated to scientists working in the field of X-ray analysis. MPDS, with Dr. Pierre Villars as president, is focused on inorganic materials and design systems. ICDD maintains, distributes and owns copyright and database rights to the Powder Diffraction File (PDF). MPDS compiles and edits physical property, structural, diffraction and constitutional data for the purposes of inorganic materials correlation and design. MPDS has distribution rights to the Linus Pauling File (LPF). The collaborative agreement will result in the incorporation of inorganic structural data (S-entry) from the LPF into the PDF-4 relational database format of the Powder Diffraction File. Join us on Monday evening from 5:00-6:00 for a kick-off celebration sponsored by ICDD to announce our collaboration with MPDS.