NSF’s ChemMatCARS

Dedicated to static and dynamic condensed matter chemistry and materials science.

Advanced Crystallography

Uses a "rapid setup" crystallography facility that allows us to rapidly switch operation to the single-crystal instrument.

Liquid Surface/Interface X-ray Scattering

Used to investigate dynamical and structural properties of surfaces and interfaces in a variety of liquid and solid systems.

Anomalous Small and Wide Angle X-ray Scattering (ASWAXS)

Focuses on element specific structural study of soft-matter in nano-dimensions.

REAL ID Implementation for Access to Argonne

Dear NSF’s ChemMatCARS Users,

ARGONNE SITE ACCESS REQUIRES REAL ID CREDENTIALS STARTING May 03, 2023

Starting Wednesday, May 3, 2023, site access credentials used to enter Argonne property must be REAL ID compliant. Persons without a REAL ID license will be required to provide other forms of identification before site access can be granted. Details on compliant documents can be found here.

This requirement applies to all non-employees, 18 years of age or older including facility users, resident users, visitors, vendors, etc.

Resident staff who have not yet provided REAL ID compliant ID/documents, will be contacted by Security. Long-term badges will not be issued past May 3 without submission of REAL ID documentation. Resident staff can reach out directly to the AIC for information on the REAL ID status.

QUESTIONS should be sent to heysecurity@anl.gov.

 

For the latest University of Chicago health precautions, campus updates, and CDC guidelines, please visit: Uchicago GoForward

 

Our Mission

NSF’s ChemMatCARS operates three experimental stations in the areas of advanced small-molecule crystallography, liquid surface and interface scattering, and small to wide-angle scattering at the Advanced Photon Source (APS), the premier undulator-based synchrotron source of high-brilliance high-energy x-rays in the U.S.A. The instrumentation at NSF’s ChemMatCARS provides information that addresses a broad range of issues in chemistry and materials research. NSF’s ChemMatCARS is supported by the Divisions of Chemistry (CHE) and Materials Research (DMR), National Science Foundation, under grant number NSF/CHE-1834750 (click here for detail). Construction of a second beamline at NSF’s 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 (CHE), Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB), and Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems Engineering (CBET) (click here for detail).

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Upcoming Events

Jan
5
Fri
3:00 pm PME Distinguished Colloquium @ ERC 161
PME Distinguished Colloquium @ ERC 161
Jan 5 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Speaker: Thomas Epps (Director of the Center for Research in Soft matter & Polymers and the Thomas and Kipp Gutshall Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Delaware (UD)) Title: TBD Abstract:[...]
Jan
12
Fri
3:00 pm PME Distinguished Colloquium @ ERC 161
PME Distinguished Colloquium @ ERC 161
Jan 12 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Speaker: Jun Ye (Professor Adjoint, , JILA and Department of Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder) Title: TBD Abstract: TBD Location: ERC 161
Jan
26
Fri
3:00 pm PME Distinguished Colloquium @ ERC 161
PME Distinguished Colloquium @ ERC 161
Jan 26 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Speaker: Magnus Berggren (Professor, Department of Science and Technology (ITN), Linköping University) Title: TBD Abstract: TBD Location: ERC 161

Recent Publications

Advanced Crystallography

Yanwei Gu, Klaus Müllen et al., “Twisted Diindeno-Fused Dibenzo[a,h]anthracene Derivatives and their Dianions“, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 62 (34), e202307750 (2023)

Liquid Surface/Interface X-ray Scattering

Amanda Carr, Ahmet Uysal et al., “Heavy versus Light Lanthanide Selectivity for Graphene Oxide Films Is Concentration-Dependent“, J. Phys. Chem. C, 127(29), 14363-14373 (2023)

Anomalous Small and Wide Angle X-ray Scattering (ASWAXS)

JIahui Chen, Uta Ruett et al., “Extended q-range X-ray Scattering Reveals High-Resolution Structural Details of Biomacromolecules in Aqueous Solutions“, Chem.Eur. J., 29(31), e202203551 (2023)

Science Highlights

Visit our Science Highlights page for a full listing of highlights from NSF’s ChemMatCARS.

Advanced Crystallography

Liquid Surface/Interface X-ray Scattering

Anomalous Small and Wide Angle X-ray Scattering (ASWAXS)

Latest News

2023 Neutron X-ray School

2023 Neutron X-ray School

ChemMatCARS beamline scientist, Dr. Mrinal Bera hosted graduate students at NX School on August 15, 2023.