Small Molecule X-ray Crystallography

X-ray crystallography determines the structure of molecules by mapping and analyzing how X-rays interact with crystals. This offers researchers a way to study the atomic level structure of materials in three dimensions. Crystallography reveals the molecular structure of a compound, and how those molecules fill space by interacting with neighbors. The size, shape and intermolecular interactions of molecules are essential details for developing new medicines, materials, and devices of modern life. This technique has wide applicability across many areas of chemistry, biotechnology, and materials science.