X-Ray Diffraction Facility

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X-Ray Diffraction Facility at the Department of Chemistry of New York University is dedicated to materials identification and characterization through single-crystal and powder X-ray diffraction (SCXRD and PXRD) analysis. Researchers may have analysis done by the facility specialist or perform the work by themselves after training.

We thank the support by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities Program (CHE-0840277).

• Nature Communication paper: Hydrogen-bonded frameworks for molecular structure determination: a better way to determine the molecular structure of hard-to-crystallized compounds than the crystal sponge method.
  
• New aspirin polymorph was reported on a news release. 
  
• Structure of glycine dihydrate. News: 1) Glycine can form hydrate with water in the solid state; 2) Glycine from space and in solution.
  
• Science paper: Polymeric peptide pigments with sequence-encoded properties
  
• Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. cover: Encapsulation of isolated luminophores within supramolecular cages
• Crystals and kidney stones
  
• Origami Chemistry: NYU chemist folds molecules