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ChemMatCARS is a high-brilliance national synchrotron x-ray facility dedicated primarily to static and dynamic condensed matter chemistry and materials science.

The scientific focus of the facility includes the study of surface and interfacial properties of liquids and solids as well as their bulk structure at atomic, molecular and mesoscopic lenght scales with high spatial and energy resolution.

September 26, 2008
ChemMatCARS used to solve structure of material that doubles wavelength of light

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A promising light-conversion material almost went unrecognized because it crystallized only in long, thin spines that couldn't be characterized by normal x-ray diffraction. The structure was solved by microcrystal diffraction at ChemMatCARS.

ChemMatCARS
Hosts Advanced Crystallography Workshop,
Dec. 3-5, 2008

APEX microcrystallography instrument

Participants will learn the new crystallography setup at ChemMatCARS (2.1Å-1 resolution).

ChemMatCARS experimental stations include:
• First Optical Enclosure (FOE) in the ID-A line
• ID-B
• ID-C
• ID-D
A Chemistry Lab is also available for users.

Experimental techniques supported by the facility include:
• Liquid Surface X-ray Scattering
• Solid Surface X-ray Scattering
• Time-Resolved Crystallography
• Micro-Crystal Diffraction
• Small and Wide-angle X-ray Scattering

To get beamtime at ChemMatCARS, submit a proposal through the APS:
• APS General User Proposal System

ChemMatCARS • 9700 S. Cass Avenue • Argonne, IL 60439 • Tel. (630) 252-0450 • Fax. (630) 252-0460
ASRP logo NSF logo ChemMatCARS is mainly supported by the National Science Foundation / Department of Energy under grant number CHE-0535644. The Australian Synchrotron Research Program contributes to ChemMatCARS with funding from the Australian Major National Research Facilities Program.