International Centre for Diffraction Data
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The organization was founded in 1941 as the Joint Committee on Powder Diffraction Standards. In 1978, the current name was adopted to highlight the global commitment of this scientific endeavor.
The ICDD is a nonprofit scientific organization working in the field of X-ray analysis and materials characterization. It produces materials databases, characterization tools, and educational materials, as well as organizing and supporting global workshops, clinics and conferences.
Products and services of the ICDD include the paid subscription based Powder Diffraction File databases (PDF-2, PDF-4+, PDF-4+/Web , PDF-4/Minerals, PDF-4/Organics, PDF-4/Axiom, and ICDD Server Edition), educational workshops, clinics, and symposia. It is a sponsor of the Denver X-ray Conference and the Pharmaceutical Powder X-ray Diffraction Symposium. It also publishes the journals Advances in X-ray Analysis and Powder Diffraction.
In 2019, Materials Data, also known as MDI, merged with ICDD. Materials Data creates JADE software used to collect, analyze, and simulate XRD data and solve issues in an array of materials science projects.
In 2020, the ICDD and the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, which curates and maintains the Cambridge Structural Database, announced a data partnership.