Crystal Growth and Mounting

The X-ray laboratory does not provide facilities for single  crystal growth, however, advice, hints, and encouragement will be provided if asked.

The single crystal growth is a crucial and most important step as the quality of the crystal is the  main limitation  on a X-ray structure determination routine. It has to be mentioned that only a single crystal or some kinds of twins can be used for obtaining molecular and crystal structure. There are tons of literature regarding single crystal growth procedures. A very simple and useful hints can be obtained on a web site of Dr. Paul Boyle on the North Carolina State University X-ray Laboratory .

The staff of the laboratory will mount crystals for data collection under the guidelines found in Sample Submission and Data Collection.

The laboratory has a number of different types of sample mounts for bulk powders Sample mounts for limited amount of sample are also available.

The recording of thin film spectra can be done with prior arrangement for the mounting of the thin film attachment for the Scintag upon request.