Physics

PLATON PLATON- A versatile crystallographic program implementing a large variety of standard geometrical calculations, tests, utilities, graphics and several filters. Unix and Windows pl… Diamond - Visual Crystal Structure Information System Diamond - Visual Crystal Structure Information System- An MS Windows application for the exploration and drawing of crystal structures. Jana2006 Jana2006- System for solving and refinement of regular, modulated and composite structures from monocrystal and powder diffraction data. LaboTex LaboTex- Qualitative and quantitative analysis of crystallographic textures. ODF calculation using both types of experimental data - pole figures (X-ray, neutrons) or sets of indi… Symmation Symmation- Accurate 3D medical/molecular/scientific animations and illustrations. CrystalMaker Software CrystalMaker Software- A real-time photo-realistic crystal structures program. Download a demo version, free diffraction software, and QuickTime VR movies. Windows and Mac platfor… Grenoble FR: Laboratoire de Cristallographie Grenoble FR: Laboratoire de Cristallographie- General introduction, research fields, staff, publications lists. Texas Center for Crystallography at Rice University Texas Center for Crystallography at Rice University- Serves as a multi-institution resource in Texas for small molecule crystallographic research and education. Small Molecule X-ray Crystallography Facility at JHU Small Molecule X-ray Crystallography Facility at JHU- The small-molecule service X-ray lab is focused on the characterization of organic, organometallic, coordination, inorganic c… XRD in Laboratory of Unique Chemical Equipment at AMU Poznan, Poland XRD in Laboratory of Unique Chemical Equipment at AMU Poznan, Poland- Home site of powder diffractometer (Bruker D8 Advance). Opole PL: University of, Crystallography Group Opole PL: University of, Crystallography Group- Studies of structures and phase transitions. XRD.US - Powder Diffraction Laboratories, NY XRD.US - Powder Diffraction Laboratories, NY- Provides a full range of powder diffraction - data acquisition, phase identification, phase quantification, Rietveld refinement, ab-i… Utrecht NL: Department of Crystal and Structural Chemistry Utrecht NL: Department of Crystal and Structural Chemistry- The department is focussed on crystallography with main research lines in protein and chemical crystallography. Personn… Methods of Solving Crystal Structures, Institute of Physics, Beijing, China Methods of Solving Crystal Structures, Institute of Physics, Beijing, China- Information on method research; PDF files of invited lectures and publications; Free downloads of stru… Chemical Crystallography Lab, University of Oxford Chemical Crystallography Lab, University of Oxford- Research activities, staff contact information, software and photo galleries of the X-ray crystallography laboratory at the Uni… FSU-IMB-Macromolecular X-Ray Facility FSU-IMB-Macromolecular X-Ray Facility- IMB Macromolecular X-Ray Facility serves the Structural Biology program of FSU. Facility has both Image Plate and Charge-coupled device (CCD… University of Pittsburgh X-ray Crystallography Lab University of Pittsburgh X-ray Crystallography Lab- Faculty listing, a webcam of their lab, and links to other resources. Molecular Structure Laboratory, University of Virginia Molecular Structure Laboratory, University of Virginia- The laboratory deals with molecular structure by employing both experimental techniques, such as X-ray crystallography, and… Structural Biology and Protein Related Groups at Caltech Structural Biology and Protein Related Groups at Caltech- Brief history of program, links to individual labs and other web resources. Camet Research, Inc Camet Research, Inc- Laboratory for chemical analysis and materials testing using X-ray diffraction and fluorescence. London UK: Birkbeck College, The Department of Crystallography London UK: Birkbeck College, The Department of Crystallography- studying the structure and function of macromolecules and industrial materials Georgia X-Ray Crystallography Center Georgia X-Ray Crystallography Center- Bulletin boards; listing of courses and journals; significant collection of links to crystallography-related software, databases, links and m… Bloomington IN: IU Molecular Structure Group Bloomington IN: IU Molecular Structure Group- Small molecule database of structures that have primarily been determined using single crystal X-ray diffraction. Features JAVA apple… Bruker Bruker- Manufacturer of single-crystal diffraction, powder diffraction and X-ray spectrometry equipment. Hecus Graz X-Ray Systems Hecus Graz X-Ray Systems- Specializes in small- and wide-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS/SWAXS) instrumentation for the expanding demands in all fields of nanostructure analysis. Rigaku Corporation Rigaku Corporation- Supplier of equipment for X-ray spectrometry, diffraction, and optics, as well as small molecule and protein crystallography. Christopher Reed Christopher Reed- Contains physics links, introduction to quartz crystal microbalance (QMB), reviews of physics and math books, a little about continued fractions and a publicatio… Alexander Kulkov Alexander Kulkov- Information about crystals grown from aqua solutions and their use in science and technology. Moving Crystallographic Instruction into the Digital Age Moving Crystallographic Instruction into the Digital Age- Educational module for use by researchers, teachers and students, provided by Kent Ratajeski, University of West Georgia. Interactive Tutorial about Diffraction Interactive Tutorial about Diffraction- A pictorial guide to using these techniques especially for working out structural information, largely through the use of illustrative exam… Crystallography 101 Crystallography 101- An Introductory Course by Bernhard Rupp. Kevin Cowtan's Picture Book of Fourier Transforms Kevin Cowtan's Picture Book of Fourier Transforms- For future crystallographers. Xtal-protocols Xtal-protocols- Manual with information about (membrane) protein crystallization for X-ray crystallography. SDPD Internet Course SDPD Internet Course- Commercial e-learning course teaching how to determine a crystal structure from powder diffraction data. Introduction to Cubic Crystal Lattices Introduction to Cubic Crystal Lattices- A site introducing the properties of crystals with a cubic unit cell. Snow Crystals Snow Crystals- Information about the physics of snow crystals and snowflakes as well as the history of early scientific observations and photographs, how to take photos, preservin… Principles of Protein Structure '96 Principles of Protein Structure '96- Index to course material. Inorganic Crystal Structure Database (ICSD) Inorganic Crystal Structure Database (ICSD)- Contains records of all inorganic crystal structures, with atomic coordinates. Biological Macromolecule Crystallization Database (BMCD) Biological Macromolecule Crystallization Database (BMCD)- Contains crystal data and the crystallization conditions, which have been compiled from literature, including proteins, p… Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) Cambridge Structural Database (CSD)- Contains crystal structure information, chemical, and bibliographic data for about 400,000 organic and metal-organic compounds. Crystal TB Crystal TB- A database containing information on Protein Crystallization Conditions. It helps researchers in setting conditions for protein crystallization, thus contributing to r… CSDSymmetry CSDSymmetry- The most complete collation of observed molecular and crystallographic symmetry properties to date. A relational database built using Microsoft Access. Heavy Atom Databank (HAD) Heavy Atom Databank (HAD)- Information on the preparation and characterisation of heavy-atom derivatives of protein crystals. Also contains information resulting from an analysis … Powder Diffraction File (PDF) Powder Diffraction File (PDF)- maintained by the International Centre for Diffraction Data (ICDD) SDPD-Database SDPD-Database- Structure Determination by Powder Diffraction - Database : methods, tutorials, references and links. Peptaibol Database Peptaibol Database- Aims to provide a fully searchable database for the sequences of peptaibols. It deals primarily with naturally-occurring peptides, generally these have a funga… Nucleic Acid Database (NDB) Nucleic Acid Database (NDB)- assembles and distributes structural information about nucleic acids. The RCSB Protein Data Bank (PDB) The RCSB Protein Data Bank (PDB)- Archive of experimentally-determined, biological macromolecule 3-D structures from the Brookhaven National Laboratory. Also includes newsletters … IUCr Commission on Crystallography in Art and Cultural Heritage IUCr Commission on Crystallography in Art and Cultural Heritage- Research themes, activities, meetings, members, bibliography. Special Interest Group on Aperiodic Crystals Special Interest Group on Aperiodic Crystals- The main classes of aperiodic crystals are incommensurate modulated systems, incommensurate magnetic systems, incommensurate composit…