Crystal Impact - Software for Chemists and Material Scientists
CRYSTAL IMPACT's basic goal is to develop high quality software which allows
even non-specialist users to apply most recent scientific and software
technologies. Key areas of activity are crystal structure solution,
visualization, and phase identification. Chemists and material scientists from
industry and academic institutions in 52 countries all over the world use
Crystal Impact's innovative software tools to determine, visualize and
understand the crystal structures of their compounds.
CRYSTAL IMPACT started life as a project based in the University of Bonn, where
G. Bergerhoff's research group established the ICSD (Inorganic Crystal
Structure Database) already in 1983. Researching new methods for detection of
systematically hidden patterns in structural databases we collected a great lot
of experiences in crystallographic programming. In the early 90's we developed
completely new retrieval and visualization software for the ICSD, which was
awarded an international software price to in 1993. In 1997
"Prof. Dr. G. Bergerhoff Software-Entwicklung" devolved upon
"CRYSTAL IMPACT K. Brandenburg & M. Berndt GbR". And we still
maintain close collaboration with the "pioneers" from the Institute for
Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Bonn.
Who we are
Dr.
Klaus Brandenburg |
Dr.
Holger Putz |
Born 1962 in Andernach, Germany
Chemist, PhD 1995, University of Bonn
Focus: Scientific programming, graphical user interfaces, web
pages design, technical support
E-Mail: brandenburg@crystalimpact.de
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Born 1968 in Mechernich, Germany
Chemist, PhD 1997, University of Bonn
Focus: Scientific programming, structure prediction, solid
state modelling, phase identification, technical support
E-Mail: putz@crystalimpact.de
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Our former member Dr. Michael Berndt died on June 30th,
2003 after a long, serious illness at the age of 39.
Obituary...
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Scientific objectives
The main subject of our company is the development of software for natural
scientists with main stress on chemistry, crystallography, and material
sciences.
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Development of integrated information systems for chemistry research and
education with a special focus on crystallography.
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Combination and completion of former seperately handled methods and
simplification of their handling for maximizing scientific productivity.
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Utilization of new or less common used methods by translating them into
user-friendly software and embedding into integrated systems
Fields of interest
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Visualization of Crystal Structure Data
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Structural and Material Databases and Data Mining
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Materials Design
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Structure Solution from Powder Diffraction Data
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Phase Identification from Powder Diffraction Data
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Solid State Modelling
Products & projects
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DIAMOND
The original intent was a visualization tool especially for inorganic crystal
structures with a special focus on educational and research aspects. Thus
functions which allows a better understanding of structural details have been
implemented even in the first version. You will find no easier way to get
perfect presentations from real structures than using DIAMOND.
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ENDEAVOUR
Based upon the well experienced DIAMOND visualization techniques, ENDEAVOUR is
designed to solve crystal structures from powder diffraction data. Therefore it
provides a structure model generator, which uses "Pareto-optimization" of
pattern difference and potential energy. This closes the remaining gap in the
process of structure solution from powder diffraction data.
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MATCH!
Phase identification from powder diffraction data has become a daily task in
material scientists work. Match! feeds the needs. Its intuitive user interface
and its moderate price makes it valuable for novices as well as professionals.
Cooperations
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Material Phases Data System (MPDS), Vitznau, Switzerland
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Bruker AXS,
Karlsruhe, Germany - Bundling of DIAMOND with DIFFRACplus TOPAS
Software
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Contact
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