Single Crystal X-ray Structure

X-ray crystallography is the main technology for structure determination in chemistry. It requires single crystals with a size of about 20-500μm in each direction. For submicrometer sized crystals, e.g. if your sample is a powder, please refer to our electron diffraction service.

Service Requests

  • For each sample, fill in this Service Request form. Please Note: This form was created with LibreOffice. In case the presentation has missing elements (like missing radio buttons), it may be due to MS Office, in particular the MAC OS X version has only limited support for the standardized Open Document Format.
  • Send the form to xray.chemie@univie.ac.at
  • Bring your sample to the Core Facility.If possible, prepare an aliquot. The sample may get contaminated with (inert) oil during sample preparation. We use grease to pick the samples, and NVH Oil from Jena Biosciences and STP Oil for mounting.

Important: The service request can only be dealt with after we received the corresponding Service Request form with all mandatory fields filled in.

Laboratory office hours/ Sample hand-over

Sample can be handed over at the X-ray laboratory of the Core Facility either. To avoid users coming to the Core Facility in vain, we try to ensure you samples can be received daily

  • Monday - Friday , 9:30 am - 10:00 am

During this time-slot, you should find a team member either the X-ray main laboratory 2E47, or at one of the offices 2E20 or 2E19, located next to the X-ray main laboratory .

You may also come

  • upon appointment
  • or spontaneously

For exceptions from these slots, please check our ucloud-calendar!

Outside these hours, please find us at our offices 2E20 or 2E19. Appointments can be made, in particular for sensitive samples.

The laboratory is equipped with an Argon bottle to mount crystals under exclusion of oxygen.

Instrumentation