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<H1> <A HREF ="http://www.pitt.edu/~chemrdc/chemistry.html">CHEMISTRY
DEPARTMENT </A>X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY LAB</H1>
<A HREF = "http://www.pitt.edu/"><H2> UNIVERSITY of PITTSBURGH </H2></A>
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<H3>Crystallographers:</H3><A HREF = "geib.html">Dr. Steven J. Geib</A>,
Research Associate Professor of
<A HREF = "http://www.pitt.edu/~chemrdc/chemistry.html">Chemistry</A>, Director
of X-Ray Crystallographic Facility<p>
<A HREF = "rosa.html">Ms. Rosa Melendez</A>, X-Ray Graduate Assistant<p>
<A HREF = "kevin.html">Mr. Kevin D. John</A> and Dr. Joseph Manna, X-Ray
Graduate Assistants Emeritus<p>
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<H3> Facilities</H3>
The Chemistry Department X-ray Crystallography Lab is located on the ninth
floor of the Chevron Science Center. We have a <A HREF = "http://www.siemens-xray.com"">
Siemens</A> P3 diffractometer
(sealed-tube Mo radiation) which is controlled via Siemens P3/PC software.
We are also part-owners of a <A HREF = "http://www.msc.com/msc.html">Rigaku
AFC5R (MSC Corp.)</A> diffractometer (Cu rotating anode)
which is located in the Biology Department here at Pitt. We are equipped for
low-temperature data collection.<p>
We use primarily the Siemens <A HREF =
"http://www.siemens-xray.com/Products/SHELXTL/">SHELXTL</A> package
(which we used to produce
the pictures on this page and in our <A HREF =
"http://www.pitt.edu/~geib/gallery.html">gallery</A>) and the public domain
<A HREF = "http://www.lmcp.jussieu.fr/sincris/logiciel/prg-shelxl.html">SHELXL-93</A> for the
solution, refinement and visualization of X-ray structures. Other programs we
have found useful include <A HREF =
"http://www.lmcp.jussieu.fr/sincris/logiciel/prg-spek.html">
Platon</A> from Dr. A.L. Spek, <A HREF =
"http://mercury.aichem.arizona.edu/babel.html">Babel</A> from U. of AZ, and the
<A HREF = "http://csdvx2.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/">Cambridge Structural Database</A>.<p>
<H3> What We Do</H3>
We use X-ray diffraction to determine the three-dimensional structure of organic
and inorganic molecules which have been created in the various synthetic
research groups here in the University of Pittsburgh Chemistry Department. We
also collaborate with chemists outside the university. A <A HREF = gallery.html>
Gallery of some favorite structures can be found here</A>. Click <A HREF =
"http://www-wilson.ucsd.edu/education/xraydiff/xraydiff.html">here</A> for a
tutorial on X-ray diffraction. Click <A HREF =
"http://www.fh-wuerzburg.de/roentgen/roentgen.html">here</A> for a bio of
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (discoverer of X-rays). <A HREF = roentgen.gif>Röntgen</A>
won one of several
<A HREF = "http://xray.uu.se/hypertext/nobelprize.html">Nobel Prizes</A>
for research with X-rays.
<H3> Some Crystallography Servers</H3>
<A HREF = "http://www.unige.ch/crystal/w3vlc/crystal_index.html">The World-Wide Web
Virtual Library: Crystallography</A><p>
<A HREF = "http://nexus.hwi.buffalo.edu/ACA/">American Crystallographic
Association Home Page</A><p>
<A HREF = "http://www.pitt.edu/~geib/gallery.html">Our X-Ray Gallery</A><p>
<A HREF = "http://www.pitt.edu/~geib/pds.html">Pittsburgh Diffraction Society
and Conference Homepage</A><P>
<A HREF = "http://www.pitt.edu/~geib/aca.html">ACA Service
Crystallography SIG Homepage</A><p>
<A HREF = "http://www.che.uc.edu/~krause/smallmolec.html">ACA Small Molecule
SIG</A><P>
<A HREF = "http://galaxy.einet.net/images/gems/gems-icons.html">Crystal Samples
suitable for X-ray diffraction.</A></i><p>
<H3> Some Other Useful Servers</H3>
<A HREF = "http://www.chem.ucla.edu/chempointers.html">The World-Wide Web
Virtual Library: Chemistry</A><p>
<A HREF = "http://www.pitt.edu/~chemrdc/chemistry.html">Pitt Department of
Chemistry</A><p>
<A HREF = "http://www.search.com/">Search.Com</A><I>...my favorite web
searching utility!</I>
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For information about the Pitt Chemistry X-ray Crystallography Lab (or this
fabulous WWW page) or to inquire about submitting crystals for X-ray analysis,
contact:<p>
<i>Steven Geib (<A HREF = "mailto:geib+@pitt.edu">geib+@pitt.edu)
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Department of Chemistry<br>
University of Pittsburgh<br>
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
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