Crystallography Course
This course equips you with essential expertise in single-crystal X-ray diffraction techniques tailored for practical chemistry challenges. You will master crystal selection and preparation, data collection optimisation, accurate space group determination, efficient structure solution and refinement, thorough validation processes, and professional reporting standards to handle small-molecule and organometallic structures confidently for research and publications.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
Gain hands-on skills in single-crystal X-ray diffraction through this detailed course, covering crystal selection, mounting, data collection strategies, unit cell determination, space group identification, structure solving, refinement methods, validation techniques, and standards for producing reliable structures, clear diagrams, and publication-ready CIF files.
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Develop skills
- Solve crystal structures quickly using direct, Patterson, and dual-space techniques.
- Refine intricate models by managing twinning, disorder, atomic displacement parameters, and hydrogen placement.
- Optimise data collection through crystal selection, strategic planning, and quality checks.
- Determine space groups by indexing unit cells, checking systematic absences, and addressing pseudosymmetry.
- Validate structures with PLATON/checkCIF tools and generate publication-standard CIF files.
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