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X-ray Atomic Pair Distribution Function (X-ray PDF) Services

Technique

Data collection

Our PDF data collection service comes with a range of options to ensure you get the most out of your experiment. Whether it is data collection on a handful of samples, hundreds of samples, or an in situ setup, the Industry team and PDF experts will help you to optimise the data collection strategy.

You may wish our team to perform the experiment on your behalf, or may prefer to perform the research yourself or with your own team; either way, our staff will be on hand to support your experiment. Each PDF data collection comes with a concise report on the outcome of the measurement and PDF processing of the data. There are a range of access options available to meet your needs.

Flexible access

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How it works

With this service, you send us the sample(s) and our highly qualified and experienced staff can collect the data for you, exactly as you would do the measurements yourself. We then send you the data in an appropriate format along with a clear and accessible report giving all of the experimental details, allowing you to analyse it fully.

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Perfect for

  • Performing routine measurements, or measurements you haven't run before.
  • You simply need an experienced pair of hands.
  • If you do not have the time to conduct the experiment yourself.

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Benefits

  • Quick and easy.
  • Rest assured you are in the safe hands of experienced scientists.

Guided self-service

Self-service

How it works

This mode allows you to come on-site and work with our highly qualified and experienced beamline staff to run the experiment collaboratively.

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Perfect for

This route is best suited for more challenging non-standard experiments. You can concentrate on the science, while the Diamond staff will optimise the beamlines to get you the best results.

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Benefits

  • You can concentrate on the science, while the Diamond staff will optimise the beamlines to get you the best results in a collaborative approach.
  • This option allows a greater number of people to participate in the experiments.

Related techniques

X-ray Diffraction (XRD)
Small Molecule X-ray Crystallography
Residual Stress - Strain Mapping

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