15A Micro-crystal X-ray diffraction
With a highly brilliance micro-focus X-ray beam, 15A aims to determine 3D crystal structures from micro-scale single crystals and non-ambient conditions.
SCIENTIFIC SCOPE
SCIENTIFIC OPPORTUNITIES
- Challenging difficult crystal
- Metastable state structure
- Photo-induced structure
- Non-ambient conditions on crystal structure
- Pump-probe (time-resolved) structure
I. Mono beam mode
II. Pink beam mode
CORE EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES
- Single crystal X-ray diffraction
- Laue diffraction
- Sub-nanosecond to sub-microsecond time-resolved structural information
- Micro-beam diffraction
- Non-ambient technique with diamond anvil cell
UNIQUE FEATURES
- Micro-size chemical crystal structural determination
- Non-ambient crystal structural characterization:
- photo-excitation
- high pressure (Up to 20 GPa )
- ultra low temperature (15 K )
- Pink beam Laue diffraction
- Sub-nanosecond to micro-second pump-probe single crystal X-ray diffraction
END-STATIONS
15A1 Small molecule single crystal X-ray diffraction
15A2 Advanced micro-crystal X-ray diffraction