Crystallography Links

A) When at YSU, don't forget to visit the world class mineral collection at the Clarence R. Smith Mineral Musem. You will see world class crystal specimens from major districts of the world, unique mineral associations, specimens illustrating plant and animal fossilations and much more. The Clarence R. Smith Mineral Musem is located in the lobby of Moser Hall on the Campus of Youngstown State University, just across from our location in Ward Beecher Science Hall.

B) Crystallographic Associations and Networks

• IUCR - International Union of Crystallography Homepage
• ACA - American Crystallographic Association
• ECA - European Crystallographic Association
• Reciprocal Network, Reciprocal Network - Site Search

C) Crystallographic Programs and Software

• SHELX Homepage at the University of Göttingen
• WinGX Homepage
• XD - Homepage

download pages:

• WINGX
• Platon
• Ortep
• Dirdif
• XD

D) Crystallographic Databases

• CSD - The Cambridge Structural Database for organic and organometallic compounds
• CSD - request of deposited data (free service of the CSD)
• FIZ - Fachinformationszentrum Karlsruhe for inorganic compounds
• ICDD- International Center for Diffraction Data for powder diffraction
• PDB - Protein Data Bank for protein diffraction

E) Manufacturers of diffractometers and X-ray related equipment

• Bruker AXS (formerly Bruker-Nonius and Siemens X-ray diffraction division)
• Rigaku MSC
• Hampton Research
• Oxford Cryosystems

F) Neutron Diffraction

• An Introduction by Roger Pynn, Los Alamos National Laboratories

G) Other Helpful Links

• Help for Running XPrep and Sadabs
• Space group decoding instructions
• IUCR CheckCif Facility
• IUCR PrintCif Facility