ChemMatCARS provides cutting-edge synchrotron X-ray facilities to support molecular science and engineering research. We specialize in advanced chemical and materials crystallography, liquid and soft matter interface science, and anomalous small- and wide-angle scattering.
Located at Sector 15 of the Advanced Photon Source (APS), the leading undulator-based synchrotron in the United States, ChemMatCARS offers high-brilliance, high-energy X-ray capabilities for scientific investigation.
Advanced Crystallography
Liquid Interface X-ray Scattering
Anomalous Small and Wide Angle X-ray Scattering (ASWAXS)
News and Workshops
NSF’s ChemMatCARS is Pleased to Welcome New Postdoc, Shiwen Wu
Shiwen Wu is the new postdoc of Advanced Crystallography group.
Prussian blue goes from pigment to purification
Researchers from the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering utilized the ASWAXS facility at...
Announcements
Surface X-ray and Neutron Scattering (SXNS18)
The 18th International Conference on Surface X-ray and Neutron Scattering (SXNS18) will take place...
Primary Funding: ChemMatCARS is supported by the Division of Chemistry and the Division of Materials Research in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate, along with the Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems in the Engineering Directorate of the National Science Foundation under grant number NSF/CHE-2335833. Construction of a second beamline at ChemMatCARS is supported by NSF grant CHE-1836674 with contributions from the Office of Multidisciplinary Activities within the Directorate of Mathematical and Physical Sciences and NSF Divisions in Chemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology, and Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems Engineering. (Read about the grant and access the press release to learn more.)