SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTATION

Cryo X-Ray Diffractometer

X-Ray Generation

• Copper rotating anode source
• 1,200 W X-ray beam (1.5406 Å wavelength)

Detection

• Hybrid Photon Counting detector
• Detector distance from X-ray source controllable from 30 to 180 mm
• Detector rotation relative to X-ray source controllable from -50 to +81 degrees

Sampling

• Powder sampling in X-ray transparent plate
  • Up to 96 samples per batch
  • Sample rotation relative to X-ray source controllable from -17 to +17 degrees
  • Rotation of sample and detector during data collection
• Powder and single-crystal sampling on loop
  • Temperature range from -190 to 126ºC
  • Rotation of detector and sample along multiple axes during data collection

Crystal Imager

• Automatically incubates and images SBS-format plates on a user-defined schedule
• Capture as many images as desired in the same user-defined region of a well at every imaging interval
• Visible and UV light visualization options
• Incubates up to 190 plates at one time
• Temperature control from 4 to 30°C
• 5 megapixel CCD camera with 12x-motorized zoom