Crystallography Course
This course equips you with essential expertise in single-crystal X-ray diffraction techniques tailored for solving real-world chemistry challenges. You will master crystal selection and preparation, data collection and quality control, space group determination, structure solving and refinement, validation processes, and creating publication-standard reports for small-molecule and organometallic compounds, ensuring confident handling of complex crystallographic tasks.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
certificate valid 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 assignment, structure solution, 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 atoms.
- Optimise data collection through crystal selection, strategy planning, and quality monitoring.
- Determine space groups by indexing unit cells, checking systematic absences, and addressing pseudosymmetry.
- Validate structures and prepare reports using PLATON/checkCIF tools and generating ready-to-publish CIF files.
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