Proceedings of the Thirteenth European Powder Diffraction Conference

International audience; Proceedings of the Thirteenth European Powder Diffraction Conference This special issueofPowder Diffraction offers a selection of contributions presented at theEuropean Powder Diffraction Conference (EPDIC) held in Grenoble, France on October 28-31,2012 (EPDIC- 13). EPDIC is the only European conference completely dedicated to all aspects of the analysis of polycrystalline materials by diffraction methods. Started in Munich , Germany in 1991, EPDICs have rapidly become reference poi nts for all researchers in the field and are now regarded to be ideal venues for the presentation and diffusion of new developments in powder diffraction instrumentation, analysis, and applications. The guest editors of this special issue of Powder Diffraction Michela Brunelli, ILL, Grenoble, France Pierre Bordet, CNRS, Grenoble, France Paolo Scardi, University of Trento, Trento, Italy