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About CARS: Members
CARS is comprised of five institutional members and four scientific groupings, each devoted to a particular research area, as seen below.
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Institutional Members
:. The University of Chicago -UofC-
The University of Chicago is CARS managing agent.
:. Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization -ANSTO-
ANSTO represents the Australian Synchrotron Research Program -ASRP-.
:. Northern Illinois University -NIU-
:. Southern Illinois University at Carbondale -SIUC-
:. University of Illinois at Chicago -UIC-
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National Groupings
:. Geophysical and Geochemical Sciences AND Soil and Environmental Sciences -GSECARS-
GSECARS is affiliated with the American Geophysical Union through its Committee on Mineral and Rock Physics and the Soil and Environmental Sciences -more-.
:. Structural Biology -BioCARS-
BioCARS contains structural biologists with special interest in protein and virus crystallography and time-resolved diffraction -more-.
:. Chemistry and Material Science -ChemMatCARS-
ChemMatCARS contains chemists and material scientists with interests in surface science, advanced crystallography, nanoscience and the science of soft materials and polymers -more-.
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:: GeoSoilEnviroCARS research furthers knowledge of the composition, structure and properties of earth and planetary materials and the processes they control. Experiments involve high pressure research using both the diamond anvil cell and the large volume press; X-ray diffraction and scattering, and X-ray absorption spectroscopy, from earth and planetary materials; and X-ray fluorescence microprobe analysis and microtomography. GSECARS is funded by DOE and NSF as a national resource for the entire community in these scientific areas in the U.S.
:: BioCARS experiments by users involve crystallographic studies of viruses, ribosomes and other complexes with very large unit cells, studies of small crystals, time-resolved crystallography; and, scattering from less-ordered biological systems. In all cases, the goal is to understand basic biological processes in structural terms, a goal fundamental to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries as well as to basic biomedical science. BioCARS is funded by the National Center for Research Resources, NIH to serve as a national resource for the structural biology community.
:: ChemMatCARS research focuses on several aspects of dynamic and structural condensed matter and materials chemistry research. Areas include surface and interfacial properties in soft condensed matter and molecular liquids; chemical crystallography; structure and properties of molecular aggregates and semiconductors in microporous, layered and glassy materials; interfacial and bulk properties of novel polymers and composites, including supramolecular and mesoscopic structures; and local structure in metalloproteins and enzymes. ChemMatCARS is funded by NSF and DOE as a national chemistry and materials research facility.
These scientific studies are complemented with research by CARS staff on the following:
:. Novel optical components, such as X-ray monochromators, mirrors, shutters, slits, windows and beam stops -able to withstand the unprecedented heat loads imposed by the brilliant X-ray beams without degradation of their properties- on X-ray detectors.
:. Development of new experimental strategies in such areas as high speed data acquisition and reduction and X-ray phase determination. For example, CARS staff are developing ways of using the temporal structure of the X-ray pulses emitted by the APS to study structural and spectroscopic processes in the 100 ps time domain. The staff of CARS is actively involved in developing new designs and apparatus and arranging to make them available to a wider scientific and technological community in the State of Illinois and nationally.
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