A National Electron Diffraction Facility for Nanomaterial Structural Studies
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Warwick
Department Name: Physics
Abstract
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Publications
Ramana A
(2024)
Polymorphism and Structural Variety in Sn(II) Carboxylate Coordination Polymers Revealed from Structure Solution of Microcrystals
in Small Methods
| Description | Research Development Fund (RDF) Strategic Award "Developing 3D electron diffraction for the protein crystallography community" |
| Amount | £24,953 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | RD23106 |
| Organisation | University of Warwick |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2024 |
| End | 07/2024 |
| Description | Delivering a National Electron Diffraction Facility |
| Organisation | Rigaku |
| Country | Japan |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Academic and instrument manufacturer partnership to deliver the National Electron Diffraction Facility |
| Collaborator Contribution | Warwick provide expertise in electron microscopy and joint activities to deliver the services. Rigaku provide expertise in instrument and technique development. |
| Impact | Operational facility. Hosting data processing workshop. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Delivering a National Electron Diffraction Facility |
| Organisation | University of Warwick |
| Department | Department of Physics |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Academic and instrument manufacturer partnership to deliver the National Electron Diffraction Facility |
| Collaborator Contribution | Warwick provide expertise in electron microscopy and joint activities to deliver the services. Rigaku provide expertise in instrument and technique development. |
| Impact | Operational facility. Hosting data processing workshop. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | BCA-IG Meeting November 2023 at Pharmacon, Hertfordshire |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Short 15 minute talk, by Dr David Walker, introducing the National Electron Diffraction Facility (NEDF) to an audience of Industrial crystrallographers and some academics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | British Crystallographic Association (BCA) Newsletter Article |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A 2-page article in Crystallography news the newsletter for the British Crystallography Association entitled "A new national facility for crystal structure analysis by electron diffraction". (June 2023, Issue No. 165, ISSI 1467-2790). Written by the NEDF team and aimed at increasing awareness of electron diffraction and our facility. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Electron Diffraction Dynamical Diffraction Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A workshop held at University of Southampton bringing together the current UK electron diffraction community (Warwick, Southampton, Glasgow) with the software developers (Olex2, Rigaku, Dials (CCP4) and Jana/Peta) to learn about dynamic diffraction from the experts. This led to interesting discussion and a greater understanding of dynamic diffraction and the challenges for Electron diffraction that need to be solved in the future. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Press Release for Electron Diffraction Launch |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A coordinated press release between Southampton & Warwick, "World-class centre for single crystal electron diffraction will be UK first" to accompany the start of our EPSRC strategic equipment grant. Received lots of attention, including an article in the Royal Society of Chemistry magazine, Chemistry World in Feb 2022 ("UK national facility poised to expand use of state-of-the-art electron diffraction"). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/?newsItem=8a1785d885e330020185e8998c3c2b0d |
| Description | Rigaku Single-Crystal User Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Warwick hosted the 2-day annual Rigaku Single-crystal diffraction user meeting in September 2023 attended by ~ 50 particpants. The first day was organised by the NEDF team and acted as the launch event for the electron diffractometer/NEDF. We invited internationally recoginsed speakers and offers tours/demos of our instruments. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.rigaku.com/user-meeting/eum2023/?source=globalweb |