UNICAS
University of Nottingham Interdisciplinary Centre for Analytical Science

General access equipment

General access: Meaning equipment is open to a wide base of users including those from outside the School/Department/University for both routine and research samples.  Initial enquiries regarding procedure, availability and charges should be made in the first place to the person whose contact details are given against each piece of equipment.

Crystal X-ray diffraction equipment for general access at The University of Nottingham
 Equipment Details School/Department Contact
Bruker Smart 1000

Single crystal x-ray diffractometer using molybdenum radiation; cryostat with temperature range 85-500K.

Applications: small molecule crystal structure determination

Chemistry

Professor Alexander Blake

tel:+44(0) 115 9513488

Bruker Smart Apex

Single crystal X-ray diffractometer using molybdenum radiation; cryostat with temperature range 85-400K.

Applications: Small molecule crystal structure determination

Chemistry

Professor Alexander Blake

tel:+44(0) 115 9513488

Oxford  Diffraction Supernova (Cu)

Single crystal X-ray diffractometer using copper radiation; cryostat with temperature range 80-500K.

applications: small molecule crystal structure determination

Chemistry

Professor Alexander Blake

tel:+44(0) 115 9513488

Bruker D8 Advance

Powder diffractometer using copper radiation; normally configured for capillary samples; cryostat with temperature range 80-500K.

Applications: sample identification & characterisation; lso for structure determination

Chemistry

Professor Alexander Blake

tel:+44(0) 115 9513488

PANalytical Multi purpose diffractometer (MPD)

Powder diffractometer using copper radiation; normally configured for high throughput using 45 position sample changer.

Alternative configuration;

(a) for small-angle X-ray scattering;

(b) with high temperature/vacuum attachment- upper limit of 1200 V

Applications: sample identification & characterisation

  Chemistry

Professor Alexander Blake

tel:+44(0) 115 9513488

Siemens D500

Two powder diffractometers using copper radiation; configured for phase identification

Mechanical Materials and Manufacturing Engineering

Keith Dinsdale

tel: +44(0) 115 9513753

  Bruker D8 Advance Powder diffractometer using copper radiation; normally configured with 9-position sample changer and grazing incidence attachment; capillary stage and pressure temperature cell also available. Used for characterisation of samples including air-sensitive martials and thin films Mechanical Materials and Manufacturing Engineering

Keith Dinsdale

tel: +44(0) 115 9513753

 Bruker D8 Discover  Powder diffractometer with 1/4- Eulerian cradle for crystallographic texture and residual stress measurements; fitted with focussing polycapillary enabling measurement of small areas; copper and chromium radiation available Mechanical materials and Manufacturing Engineering

Keith Dinsdale

tel: +44(0) 115 9513753

Rigaku micromax 007 microfocus X-ray generator with high-flux Osmic confocal multi-layer optics  X-rays are collimated to a 0.3 mm beam with X-rays from the copper K alpha emission (1.5418 Angstroms).

Diffraction patterns are collected on Rigaku R-Axis 4+ image plates.

Crystals are maintained at temperatures of -180 degrees C by an X-stream 2000 nitrogen vapour system

  Pharmacy DrJonas Emsley

tel: +44(0) 115 846709

 

 

 

 

 

UNICAS

The University of Nottingham
School of Chemistry
University Park
Nottingham, NG7 2RD


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