Equipment

The hardware available for crystal structure analyses includes:

  • Rigaku-Oxford Diffraction XtaLAB Synergy-S dual source diffractometer: Kappa-axis four-circle goniometer with a Dectris Pilatus3 R 200K hybrid pixel area detector and Cu and Mo PhotonJet microfocus X-ray sources.
  • Rigaku-Oxford Diffraction SuperNova dual source diffractometer: Kappa-axis four-circle goniometer with an Atlas electronic CCD area detector and Cu and Mo microfocus X-ray sources.
  • Oxford Diffraction Xcalibur diffractometer: Kappa-axis four-circle goniometer with a CCD area detector and Mo sealed-tube X-ray source.
  • Nonius KappaCCD diffractometer: Kappa-axis four-circle goniometer with a Nonius KappaCCD electronic CCD area detector on a FR590 sealed tube 3 kW generator.
  • Oxford Cryosystems Cryostream 700 and 800, and Oxford Instruments Cryojet XL low temperature devices for crystal cooling (variable from 93 to 300 K).
  • Rigaku SmartLab powder diffractometer with 3 kW Cu sealed tube source.
  • Apple iMac and Microsoft Windows PC workstations.