Advanced Light Source selects STOE STADIVARI diffractometer - the most precise four circle XRD

BERKELEY, Calif. - April 13, 2016 - PRLog -- Beamline 12.2.2 at the Advanced Light Source is a Synchrotron-based Hard X-ray Diffraction beamline specifically aimed at samples under high pressure within diamond anvil cells. The beamline photon energy range is 6-35keV with an x-ray spot size down to 10 x 10 μm.  This research plays an important role in the fields of Earth sciences, materials science, construction materials, chemistry and energy and is funded by the DOE (Department of Energy) and COMPRES (the Consortium for Materials Properties Research in Earth Sciences).

The STOE STADIVARI was selected by Dr. Christine Beavers for 12.2.2 due to its ability to easily mount the heavy high pressure cells (up to 2 kg) and yet maintain its high precision and accuracy. The STOE STADIVARI four circle XRDs have a sphere of confusion of less than 10 µm in diameter / 5 µm in radius (the most precise instrument in the industry). In addition, STOE's powerful user-friendly software makes high quality data acquisition and analysis remarkably fast.

Dr. Christine Beavers, COMPRES staff at the ALS commented, "We are very excited to be able to offer our users a premiere facility for single crystal high pressure diffraction. The STADIVARI will allow our users to collect many more of the accessible reflections, while maintaining small samples on the center of rotation. We are also very happy to have the Mosaic & STOE teams supporting us; at the ALS, we are very demanding in our pursuit of cutting edge instrumentation and  in this case our expectations have been exceeded."

Jens Richter, Co-CEO & CTO of STOE commented: "We are happy to have installed the first STADIVARI system in vertical setup on a place like this, where cutting-edge science is done. We are expecting a lot of new ideas and demands, which will help us to improve our hard- and software. Being a focused company, which have all the R&D and production in house enables us to react quickly to user demands and keep us at top of the line with our devices. We are looking forward to a future cooperation with the people from 12.2.2, which will be beneficial for both the ALS and STOE. "

Liz Carter, President of Mosaic Distribution commented, "We are thrilled to have the STADIVARI installed on Christine's beamline.  We couldn't ask for a better ambassador and having the system installed in such a demanding and high-profile environment will be a good way to demonstrate the robustness and quality of the system and our ability to support it."

About STOE

STOE & Cie GmbH develops, manufactures and sells scientific instruments for the non-destructive analysis of substances. Based on the X-ray diffraction (XRD) method, these systems characterize single crystals and powder samples and give answers to which substances a particular powder or crystal contains or at which positions atoms in solid bodies are exactly located. The majority of customers are institutes at universities and industrial laboratories worldwide doing research in chemistry, pharmacy, mineralogy or material science.

STOE, originally founded in 1887, to manufacture equipment for the optical analysis of crystals, has been a pioneer in powder and single crystal X-ray diffraction since the 1960's, e.g. STOE invented and patented the transmission geometry technique for Powder XRD as well as, for single crystals, produced the first pixel detector XRD system with an open Eulerian cradle.

STOE is based in Darmstadt, Germany, and keeps the R&D, software programming, electrical and mechanical engineering and production all in house, allowing STOE to provide customers with standard as well as individual solutions. Whenever it comes to quality, STOE accepts no compromises. This high-level of detail is what sets STOE apart.

STOE is the partner in X-Ray Diffraction to crystallographers, chemists, material scientists and pharmacists all over the world.

About Mosaic Distribution

Mosaic Distribution LLC is a premier sales and service provider for high-technology products in the fields of SAXS/WAXS, single crystal X-ray diffraction, powder x-ray diffraction, X-ray optics, X-ray generators and X-ray accessories for manufacturers looking to increase their presence in the US and Canada.

Mosaic was founded in 2010 and supplies instrumentation and service support to researchers in academic, private and government labs.

Mosaic is based on the belief that the customers' needs are of the utmost importance, and is committed to meeting those needs.


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