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X-ray probes glass-to-liquid transitions in water at cryogenic temperatures
Water has an unusual property at cryogenic temperatures; it becomes randomly arranged in a way similar to glass. This property, known as the amorphous state, is important in X-ray crystallography because protein crystals need to be maintained at low temperatures without having its lattice disrupted by crystalline ice.
A guest's perspective on outreach
The second week in August was a busy and productive week at Cornell University. Students from throughout the region traveled to campus to spend two days creating, building, teaming, designing, reflecting, learning, touring, asking questions and being junior engineers as part of the Cornell Summer Science Snapshot program.
KAUST group discovers new copper iodide material to ease fabrication of highly efficient organic solar cells
Making commercially viable electronics out of organic materials is an ongoing challenge for chemists and materials scientists everywhere.
Princeton group tests role of structure on organic electronic thin film properties through reversible control of crystalline phase
A key challenge of discovering and engineering novel organic-film devices is understanding how the complex interplay between crystalline structure, orientation, and molecular packing determines the electronic properties of these thin films.
Congratulations to Dichtel winning MacArthur Fellowship
CHESS is proud and happy to congratulate user William Dichtel on his recent award of a MacArthur Fellowship for his “innovations in synthetic and supramolecular chemistry [that] hold promise for bringing a new class of nanostructured materials out of the lab and into daily use.”
Summer students fill research roles at CHESS
An important part of the mission of CHESS as a national user facility is its role training the next generation of students to fill roles in the varied fields in science, technology, engineering and math – the so-called STEM fields.
CHESS People on the Move - Fall 2015
Featuring: Darren Dale, Ph.D., Jesse Hopkins, Ph.D., Dragana Jusic, Dr. Margaret Koker, Kurt McDonald and Katharine (Katie) Silberstein, Ph.D
X-ray flourescence shines a light on earth science educators
X-ray fluorescence (XRF) is a non-invasive, non-destructive technique for elemental analysis utilized by scientists at CHESS and other institutions.