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The
Bruker Smart Apex instrument - the workhorse of the facility - was
recently upgraded to run the Bruker Apex2 suite of programs and will be
equipped soon with a BRuNO automatic sample handling robot for remote
access and automated sample screening. It is equipped with a Kryoflex
low temperature cooling unit for routine data collection at
temperatures as low as 90 K (standard is 100 K). It operates with Mo
radiation for high
resolution data collection and is equipped with capillary focusing
optics and is equipped with
a 62 mm 4K
chip CCD
detector.
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With
the unique Apex2
software even
samples composed of several
crystallites as well as split or twinned crystals may be successfully
measured and their structures solved.
The
BRuNO sample handling unit will enable storage and automatic changing
of frozen crystals at liquid nitrogen temperatures. It will allow for
manual or automatic mounting, centering, screeining, indexing, and
scoring, followed by data collection on only the best candidate
crystals.
Access to the lab is also facilitated via two remotely
controlable web cams.
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