X-Ray Data Collection Suite

The X-ray diffraction data collection suite, which supports three investigators and their collaborators, consists of a Rigaku XtaLAB Synergy-R utilizing a PhotonJet-R Copper rotating anode generator with integrated VHF-style optics and divergence slit. Data is recorded in shutterless mode on a HyPix-6000HE hybrid photon counting detector with a distance range of 30-250 mm and telescoping 2Theta arm. Samples are kept cooled with an Oxford Cryosystems Cryonozzle and mounted on a universal goniometer, allowing samples to move at 10 degress per second and rotate around 3 axis with the detector rotation providing an additional axis. The XtalLAB Synergy is controlled at a computer workstation running CrysAlis^Pro. An additional computer workstation running HKL2000 for processing syncrotron data is available. A crystal cooling workbench is located directly adjacent to the XtalLAB Synergy unit with a microscope, cryo-tools, dewars and other tools necessary for successful flash-cooling of crystals..

Crystal Growth Facilities

Two separate rooms house shelf-space and incubators (Sheldon Manufacturing, Inc.) for crystal growth at several ambient temperatures (12, 15, 18, 22, and 25 degrees C) and at 4 degrees C.

As well, the FHCRC is a member of the Principle Research Team (PRT) for beamlines 5.0.1 and 5.0.2 at the Advanced Light Source (ALS) Synchrotron Facility at the University of California, Berkeley (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory).