Operation and Maintenance

Operation and Maintenance of Single Crystal XRD instrument:

Working in the field of single crystal X-Ray Diffraction on the state-of-the art Bruker Kappa APEX II with 4-circle technology since 2005 and responsible for its operation and maintenance.
Underwent training in Bruker AXS, Delft, Netherlands in October 2007 as well as a specialized Bruker ApexII workshop in Bad Herrenalb, Germany, September 2012
and became a certified APEX II user. Experience involves in structural determination of organic, inorganic, hybrid organic-inorganic material as well as organometallic molecules in addition to dealing with supra molecular systems which involved crystallographic disorder as well as twinning problems. This is followed by finalization of the structure and contribution in its publication as collaborative work.
Crystallographic software knowledge:
• Apex II (Bruker GmbH)
• ShelXL package
• PLATON software
• WinGX software
• Mercury visualization software
• EnCifer publication software

Lab Work:

1. B.Tech Undergraduate Lab (CY1002)-Instructions to students and Lab arrangements.
2. Preparatory Course – Lab arrangements.