XRDur, launched in 2009, is a University approved research centre which operates across various areas of science which are reliant on X-ray techniques. Our members are drawn from the Departments of Chemistry, Earth Science, Biological and Biomedical Science, Physics and Archaeology. We have interests in many areas of X-ray science including diffraction, trace element analysis, reflectometry, tomography, photoemission, small-angle scattering and EXAFS. These techniques are applied to research areas ranging from protein crystallography to condensed matter physics. 

Services provided within the Durham X-ray Centre

• X-ray Tomography (Engineering & Computing Science

Generate 3D images and volumes of your object non-destructively.

• Single Crystal Structure Determination (Chemistry)

Measure lattice parameters and determine the space-group of your crystal. 

• Single Crystal Diffraction (Physics)

Find the alignment of crystals or track lattice parameters through phase transitions

• Protein Crystal Structure Determination

Find the structure of your protein crystal through x-ray diffraction

• Powder Diffraction (Chemistry)

Determined the structures of constituents in your powder.