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MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY Department of Chemistry

Center for Crystallographic Research

Welcome to the Center for Crystallographic Research. Formed in July of 2007, to support the research endeavors at Michigan State University, with resources for Single Crystal X-ray Diffraction (SCXRD), Powder X-ray Diffraction (PWXRD) and X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy (XRF). The Faculty has acquired instrumentation from various sources which include Bruker and a Rigaku SCXRD instruments, a Bruker PWXRD and a Bruker XRF. Please check out the links and information within these pages and I hope that they provide a useful tool to discover the great advantages that X-ray diffraction can have on the research performed here at Michigan State University and surrounding academic institutions.

Analytical services provided using x-ray diffraction.

NEWS

Using X-ray Diffraction to Provide Answers; Theory and Practice.

October 20, 2021
X-ray Diffraction Course to be offered MSU Chemistry Depeartment Spring 2021
Using X-ray Diffraction to Provide Answers; Theory and Practice
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October 8, 2020
Publication in conjunction with School of Chemistry and Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Silver(I) Bis(phosphanylamino)naphthalene Complexes: Synthesis, Structures, and Density Functional Theory (DFT) Calculations. F.S.W. Potwana, M.N. Pillay, R.J.Staples, P.Singh, W.v. Zyl Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2021, 515, 12004.
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October 6, 2020
Publication in conjunction with Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Aluminum-Based Initiators from Thiols for Epoxide Polymerizations Niloofar Safaie, Bandana Rawal, Kohji Ohno*, and Robert C. Ferrier Jr.* Macromolecules, 2020, 19, 8181–8191.
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October 8, 2020
Publication in conjunction with Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Extraordinary Phase Coherence Length in Epitaxial Halide Perovskites. K. Nasyedkin, I. King, L. Shang, P. Chen, L.Wang, R.J. Staples, K. Sun, R.R. Lunt, J. Pollanen Condensed Matter , 2020, 1-23.
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AUGUST 18, 2020
New Microscope Funded By Almuni!.
NEW Zeiss Discovery Microscope V20 was purchased with Funds from Dr. James Hoeschele, former MSU Researcher working on cis-Platinum system. Please join us in thanking Dr. James Hoeschele for his generosity!
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MAY 16, 2020
Submission of online fill in form required for data collection or samples submission.
We are currently requiring a submission of the online form and an appointment to use facilities. Generate a Chemdraw image file of your compound before going to submission page. PXRD Users Email before making a schedule use of the instrument.
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February 20, 2020
New Synergy Diffractometer is operational in the CCR, MSU Department of Chemistry
The Rigaku Synergy S Diffractometer was purchased with Support from the MRI program by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1919565.
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August 20, 2020
Publication in conjunction with Grand Valley State University
Syntheses and crystal structures of anhydride 4-oxatetracyclo{5.3.2.02,6.08,10]dodec-11-ene- 3,5-dione and the related imide 4-(4-bromophenyl)-4-azatetracyclo[5.3.2.02,6.08,10]dodec-11-ene-3,5-dione" A. Hulsman, I. Lorenzana, T. Schultz, B. Squires, B.A. Stenfors, M. Tolonen, R.J. Staples, S.M. Biros, W.R. Winchester Acta Cryst., 2020, E76, 1311-1315.
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