%0 Journal Article %1 David2006 %A David, William %A Shankland, Kenneth %A van de Streek, Jacco %A Pidcock, Elna %A Motherwell, Samuel %A Cole, Jason %D 2006 %I International Union of Crystallography %J J. Appl. Cryst. %K *file-import-13-09-19 computer-program cpsst crystal-structure-determination powder-diffraction %N 6 %P 910--915 %R 10.1107/s0021889806042117 %T DASH: a program for crystal structure determination from powder diffraction data %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/s0021889806042117 %V 39 %X DASH is a user-friendly graphical-user-interface-driven computer program for solving crystal structures from X-ray powder diffraction data, optimized for molecular structures. Algorithms for multiple peak fitting, unit-cell indexing and space-group determination are included as part of the program. Molecular models can be read in a number of formats and automatically converted to Z-matrices in which flexible torsion angles are automatically identified. Simulated annealing is used to search for the global minimum in the space that describes the agreement between observed and calculated structure factors. The simulated annealing process is very fast, which in part is due to the use of correlated integrated intensities rather than the full powder pattern. Automatic minimization of the structures obtained by simulated annealing and automatic overlay of solutions assist in assessing the reproducibility of the best solution, and therefore in determining the likelihood that the global minimum has been obtained.

@article{David2006, abstract = {{DASH is a user-friendly graphical-user-interface-driven computer program for solving crystal structures from X-ray powder diffraction data, optimized for molecular structures. Algorithms for multiple peak fitting, unit-cell indexing and space-group determination are included as part of the program. Molecular models can be read in a number of formats and automatically converted to Z-matrices in which flexible torsion angles are automatically identified. Simulated annealing is used to search for the global minimum in the space that describes the agreement between observed and calculated structure factors. The simulated annealing process is very fast, which in part is due to the use of correlated integrated intensities rather than the full powder pattern. Automatic minimization of the structures obtained by simulated annealing and automatic overlay of solutions assist in assessing the reproducibility of the best solution, and therefore in determining the likelihood that the global minimum has been obtained.}}, added-at = {2019-03-11T21:00:05.000+0100}, author = {David, William and Shankland, Kenneth and van de Streek, Jacco and Pidcock, Elna and Motherwell, Samuel and Cole, Jason}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2519f40f6db2a51af6c8eb78d1f93d24a/fairybasslet}, citeulike-article-id = {911769}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/s0021889806042117}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S0021889806042117}, doi = {10.1107/s0021889806042117}, interhash = {eaae20fa6e46dc5e38f8efa779ea87b0}, intrahash = {519f40f6db2a51af6c8eb78d1f93d24a}, issn = {urn:issn:0021-8898}, journal = {J. Appl. Cryst.}, keywords = {*file-import-13-09-19 computer-program cpsst crystal-structure-determination powder-diffraction}, month = dec, number = 6, pages = {910--915}, posted-at = {2012-10-21 21:39:59}, priority = {2}, publisher = {International Union of Crystallography}, timestamp = {2019-03-11T21:06:37.000+0100}, title = {{DASH: a program for crystal structure determination from powder diffraction data}}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/s0021889806042117}, volume = 39, year = 2006 }