Purchase of an X-ray Diffractometer

在化学研究仪器和设施（CRIF）计划的支持下，特拉华大学化学系将获得一台带有CCD探测器的x射线衍射仪，用于小分子衍射。该设备将加强许多领域的研究，包括a)多晶和超晶格的研究；B)含硫配体的配位与生物无机化学；C)顺磁性铬烷基配合物；D)生物无机铜和血红素-铜二氧化学；E)螺旋烯作为潜在的不对称催化剂；F)分子形定向晶体工程；微孔硅酸铝材料：结构与形成机理。x射线衍射仪可以精确测量分子的完整三维结构，包括键的距离和角度，并提供分子相对于邻近分子的空间排列的准确信息。这些研究将在许多领域产生影响，包括制备更有效的催化剂、材料化学和生物化学。

With support from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities (CRIF) Program, the Department of Chemistry at the University of Delaware will acquire a X-ray diffractometer with CCD detector for small molecule diffractometry. This equipment will enhance research in a number of areas including studies of a)polymorphs and superlattices; b) coordination and bioinorganic chemistry with sulfur ligands; c) paramagnetic chromium alkyl complexes; d) bioinorganic copper and heme-copper dioxygen chemistry; e) helicenes as potential asymmetric catalysts; f) molecular shaped directed crystal engineering; and g) microporous aluminosilicate materials: structure and formation mechanism.The X-ray diffractometer allows accurate and precise measurements of the full three dimensional structure of a molecule, including bond distances and angles, and it provides accurate information about the spatial arrangement of the molecule relative to the neighboring molecules. These studies will have an impact in a number of areas, including the preparation of more efficient catalysts, materials chemistry and biochemistry.