The service is a common service of the Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d'Orsay (ICMMO) (UMR 8182 University Paris Saclay - CNRS). It provides the Research Teams of the Unit with personnel and technical services and IT resources for recording and analyzing X-ray diffraction data on single crystals.
This service is intended primarily for the Teams of the Unit, the Teams of the University Paris Saclay and research organizations linked to the University.
The Center can also carry out work for other public laboratories, for private laboratories or for companies. To do this, contact the service manager directly.
All users agree to mention in their works and publications the origin of the documents they owe to the activity of the Center. They also undertake to deposit a copy of their publications with the service or, failing that, a file containing the title and the complete bibliographical references of the publications.
- Sorting and testing crystals
- Determination of crystal lattice and Bravais network
- Data recording
- Realization of the facies of the crystal
- Data reduction
- Search for systematic extinctions and space group
- Determination of crystal structure
- Refinement of the structure
