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.
2021 the CENTER ADDED HIGH PRESSURE CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES TO ITS LIST OF RESEARCH OPTIONS.
Analytical services provided using x-ray diffraction. Single Crystal, Powder Diffraction and High Pressure Crystallography.
NEWS
September 15, 2023
Publication in conjunction with Grand Valley State University
Influence of metal on coordination geometry and solution dynamics in complexes of cis-ethylenebis(diphenylphosphine oxide) and Ln(OTf)3 (Ln = La, Sm, Lu) X-ray crystal structures and NMR titration studies
G.G. Sands, G. Ertle, J. Mugemana, R.J. Staples, J. E. Binder, S.M. Biros Polyhedron , 2023, 245,116659 .
Publication in conjunction with MSU Engineering and Material Science
Quantifying the Influence of C-H···Pi Interactions on Non-Aqueous Electrolyte Solubility
S. Samaroo1, C. Hengesbach, C. Bruggeman, N.G.G. Carducci, L. Mtemeri, R.J. Staples, T. Guarr, D.P. Hickey1 Nature , 2023 ASAP.
Publication in conjunction with University of Idaho
A Dihydrazone as a remarkably nitrogen-rich thermostable and insensitive energetic material
J. Singh, R.J. Staples, J.M. Shreeve Org. Lett. , 2023, 25(32, 6082-6088.
Publication in conjunction with University of Idaho
Design and Synthesis of High-Performance Planar Explosives and Solid Propellants with Tetrazole Moieties
S. Lal, R.J. Staples, J.M. Shreeve Org. Lett., 2023, 25, 5100-5104.
Thiol and H2S-Mediated NO Generation from Nitrate at Copper(II)
P. Ghosh, M. Stauffer, M.E. Ahmed, J.A. Bertke, R.J. Staples, T.H. Warren JACS , 2023, 145(22), 12007-12012.
A rare isocyanide derived from an unprecedented neutral yttrium(ii) bis(amide) complex
R. Jena, F. Benner, F. Delano (IV), D. Holmes, J. McCracken, S. Demir, A. Odom Chem. Science , 2023,14, 4257-4264.
Publication in conjunction with Grand Valley State University
A mixed phosphine sulfide/selenide structure as an instructional example for how to evaluate the quality of a model
S. Parkin. J. Cunningham, B. Rawls, J.E. Bender, R.J. Staples, S.M. Biros ACTA E , 2023, E79, 28-32.
Publication in conjunction with University of Idaho
Bisnitramide-Bridged N-Substituted Tetrazoles with Balanced Sensitivity and High Performance
A.K. Chinnam, R.J. Staples, J.M. Shreeve Org. Lett.,2023, 25, 1481-1485 .
Publication in conjunction with University of Idaho
Design and synthesis of phenylene-bridged isoxazole and tetrazole-1-ol based energetic materials of low sensitivity
S. Lal, R.J. Staples, J.M. Shreeve Dalton Trans. , 2023, 52(11), 3449-3457.
Publication in conjunction with University of Idaho
Increasing the limits of energy and safety in tetrazoles: dioximes as unusual precursors to very thermostable and insensitive energetic materials
J. Singh, R.J. Staples, J.M. Shreeve J. Mater. Chem. A , 2023.
Publication in conjunction with MSU Department of Chemistry
Guanidinate Rare-Earth Tetraphenylborate Complexes and Their Prospects in Single-Molecule Magnetism
F. Delano IV, S. Demir Cryst. Growth Des. , 2023, ASAP.