The LDRX diffractometer returned to operation after replacing the X-ray tube and the control computer. New items will be installed in March 2020 and it is expected to have all the functionality of the equipment (including the control system) available after this stage of the project “Reativa LDRX-UFSC” (Financing FINEP).

New LDRX order submission system will be live soon!

LDRX out of operation since December 2018

New Fault in the high voltage generator that feeds the X-ray tube. Generator should be replaced for the 3rd time!

Requesting for Resources held yesterday for FINEP – SOS equipment.

We hope to get back to working on LDRX soon.

Dear reader, it is with pleasure that I announce, and invite you to attend, the To.Sca.Lat 1.0: The Latin America Summer School on Crystallography, Diffraction and Total Scattering Analysis for Advanced Materials and NanoScience, to be held in the Vila Fátima at Florianópolis from 10^th to 14^th December 2018 (complete schedule at event website.)

REGISTRATIONS OPEN up to November 10th – click here.  Information about R$60,00 Fee will be send by email after your registration be confirmed.

A few more reasons to attend the event:

• Temporary TOPAS licenses (Windows only) for Hands-on using YOUR OWN COMPUTER during the event. Offer from the Bruker Office in Germany.

• Registration fee of  R$ 60,00 (approximately 15 dollars);

• Opportunity to present short Oral communication (of about 10 minutes) and get certified for it;

• Possibility of obtaining ICDD and AICr grant for lodging of young attends; Interested parts need to seek financing to purchase tickets in advance. Prices of flights for December are usually higher due to the high summer season.

• Tourism in Florianópolis (guiafloripa, official site tourism sc);

the IX edition of the Bologna’s convention on crystal forms (CF@Bo) will take place in Bologna on4^th-6^th June 2017. The meeting is organized jointly by Molecular Crystal Engineering and by PolyCrystalLine spa groups of Department of Chemistry – University of Bologna – Italy.

See more at http://www.polycrystalline.it/pages/150/news–events/9th-Crystal-Forms@BO-Convention.html

The Summer School “To.sca.lake 2.0: Total Scattering for Nanotechnology on the Como Lake” offers an extended overview on Total Scattering Techniques (from X-rays to visible light) for Nanotechnology, complemented by lectures on synthesis and applications of advanced nanomaterials. Theoretical, experimental and modeling aspects of Wide and Small Angle scattering methods will be integrated by hands-on tutorials on well renowned programs for DSE and PDF Analysis (Debussy and PDFGui) and Demo sessions on SAXS and Light Scattering. The Workshop is open to all aspiring scholars and scientists in any area related to Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, and it is especially addressed to PhD students and young postdocs. The aim of the school is to deepen into both theoretical and applied frontier developments in these fields.

This is the 2nd edition of the school: click here to visit the news and reports of the 1st edition (2015).

Download the mini-poster (pdf) of the school.

Day 28/09 starting from 9: 00 am there will be maintenance of multi-user nobreaks. The equipment must be turned off. Agenda suspended for that day.

Access  list of publications.

Schedules are again opened by Operation Calendar page. Cable high voltage X-ray tube and replaced.

Isolation fail of cable terminal causes damage in it and in the X ray tube.

Apointments open for 2016 by the webpage: Agenda de Operação. Old safety lamp on.