What We Offer: We customize x-ray diffraction instruments to suit the customer's specific application and budget. We can design and build each instrument using a large collection of custom developed and third party components. The customer can choose:

• X-ray sources: rotating anode, sealed-tube, micro-source
• Optics: Göbel mirror, total reflection mirror, crystal monochromator
• Beam Definition: manual and motorized slits, in air or vacuum
• Intensity Control: Automatic attenuators and shutter, incident beam monitor
• Sample Stage: 1-4 circles of rotation, X-Y-Z translations (manual or motorized), tilt adjustments
• Environment Chamber: temperature and humidity ovens
• Sample Holders: capillary, powder, wafer, and freely suspended film
• Flight Paths: evacuated
• Beam Stop: suspended in air or vacuum chamber, manual or motorized adjustments, no wire shadow!
• Detector: image plate, CCD, multiwire, scintillation, proportional counter, linear PSD, solid state
• Radiation Enclosures: custom made, with size ranging from tabletop to full room
• Data Acquisition Control: SPEC, Labview
• Data Analysis: third party package specified by users

How we build it: We start from a careful evaluation of the customer's application requirements. Based on technical specifications derived from this analysis, we will recommend an instrument configuration which would meet the customer's needs and budget. The design will be refined and finalized through close consultation with the customer.

We work closely with our customers in the construction phase as well. We can deliver a complete turnkey system or work with the customer to construct the instrument on-site. The latter approach is preferred by some customers because it offers added training and educational benefits.