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Phys. Rev. E 64, 056707 (2001) [6 pages]

Structure determination of organic molecules from diffraction data by simulated annealing

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Hsiao-Ping Hsu1, Ulrich H. E. Hansmann2, and Simon C. Lin1,3,*
1Computing Centre, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
2Department of Physics, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan 49931-1291
3Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan

Received 22 March 2001; revised 5 July 2001; published 30 October 2001

We study simulated annealing techniques for crystal structure determination from diffraction data. We demonstrate that for this problem the efficiency of simulated annealing can be systematically improved by an iterative simulation protocol. Our approach is tested for the example of 9-(methylamino)-1 H-phenalen-1-one-1, 4-dioxan-2-yl hydroperoxide solvate (C18H19NO5).

© 2001 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevE.64.056707
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevE.64.056707
PACS:
02.70.Uu, 61.43.Bn, 42.30.Rx, 64.90.+b

*Corresponding author. Email address: sclin@sinica.edu.tw