The Core 'Facility Gas Electron Diffraction and Small Molecule Structures Centre, Bielefeld (GED@BI)' has been established to provide access and service to the scientific community, for the determination of molecular structures of small molecules. This includes gaseous or vaporizable samples for gas electron diffraction work and a range of crystallization techniques for samples which are liquid at ambient temperature preventing standard crystallography methods to be applied.
GED@BI offers electron diffraction measurements of samples provided by collaborators on a state of-the-art instrument and complete data analysis for structure determination including documentation.
GED@BI also offers in-situ crystallization of low melting liquids or gases for structure determination in the solid phase by X-ray crystallography. There is also the possibility of determination of electron density distribution of such samples.
GED@BI maintains and develops the method of gas electron diffraction further in terms of improving instrumentation and continuously improving the methods of data analysis and automation of these procedures.
GED@BI provides access to gas electron diffraction equipment and in-situ crystallization devices for scientists with specialized problems, which need to be solved in close on-site collaboration and construction of dedicated pieces of apparatus.
GED@BI provides training on the techniques to young academics and for interested collaborators.
GED@BI also offers accompanying spectroscopic measurements and quantum-chemical calculations in the context with structure determination of small molecules.