X-ray Diffraction Laboratory

We collaborate with many academic and industrial partners. 

For our industrial partners, the legal department at Texas A & M University and the Department of Chemistry have prepared a Testing Agreement that will cover all legal aspects of nondisclosure.  The testing agreement should meet and/or exceed your requirements for non-disclosure, while maintaining Texas A & M Universities stature as a non-profit public institution.

Copies of the Testing Agreement can be downloaded form your consideration.

Download Testing Agreement

Please download the word document, edit, print and sign two copies. Send both copies to

Joseph Reibenspies
Department of Chemistry
MS3255
Texas A & M University
College Station, Texas 77843-3255

A signed copy will be then mailed back to your organization.

Samples submitted to the X-ray Diffraction Laboratory remain under the direct control of the investigator generating the materials.  All data obtained by the X-ray Diffraction Laboratory directly relevant to the samples are turned over to the investigator upon completion of work.  Publication of such data is at the discretion of the investigator.

See : Sample/Data Ownership and Publication Rights.

Samples may be submitted in person or by mail. Single-crystal samples should be left in a small amount of their mother liquor and transferred to sealed sample vials.

Single-Crystal Submission

Step 1.  Download the sample submission form in PDF format.

               or send a submission by e-mail  :   EMAIL SUBMISSION

Step 2.  Bring your sample and the sample submission form to room 2408 or 2409 or mail your sample to

Joseph Reibenspies
Department of Chemistry
580 Ross Street
3255 TAMU
Texas A & M University
College Station, Texas 77843-3255

(FedEX address : 580 Ross Street)

Step 3.  The X-ray Diffraction Laboratory staff will examine your sample and assign you a data collection date.

Step 4.  On the day AFTER data collection please call 979-845-9125 or email to ascertain the status of your structure determination.

Typically a structure is complete in 24 to 48 hours after data has been collected.  You will be contacted when your structure is complete.

Please avoid contact Laboratory Staff in person.  This usually will interrupt your structure determination and slow the entire process down.

 

 

NONDISCLOSURE/TESTING AGREEMENT
For non-disclosure terms and agreements please download the word document,
edit, print and sign two copies. Send both copies to

 

Joseph Reibenspies
Department of Chemistry
580 Ross Street
3255 TAMU
Texas A & M University
College Station, Texas 77843-3255

(FedEX address : 580 Ross Street)

A signed copy will be then mailed back to your organization.

TESTING AGREEMENT DOCUMENTATION