(Emeritus) Prof. Dr. Anthony L. Spek (1944)

CV

Crystal & Structural Chemistry
Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research
Utrecht University
Padualaan 8
Utrecht
The Netherlands

Phone (+31) 30 2532538
E-mail address: a.l.spek@uu.nl


Distributed PLATON Software

PLATON A Multipurpose Crystallographics Tool, including:
PLUTON - Molecular Graphics (Ball & Sticks),
SQUEEZE - Handling the Contribution of Disordered Solvent,
ADDSYM - Search for Missed Symmetry,
ASYM - Data Averaging and Analysis.,
LEPAGE - Search for Higher Metrical Symmetry,
STRUCTURE TIDY - Parthe & Gelato - Standard Form for Inorganic Structures,
VALIDATION - Structure Validation,
S - Automated Structure Determination Shell

PLATON may be obtained via Download Page


PowerPoint Presentations of lectures of A.L.S. at various meetings.


Video's giving an impression of the IUCr Computing Schools

Siena-2005 Computing School (126MB;m4v Format)

Kyoto-2008 Computing School (95MB;m4v Format)


Single Crystal Structure Validation

Powerpoint Presentation Validation and Checking of Crystal Structures by A.J. Blake and A. Linden

Paper on PLATON Structure Validation

Paper: Structure Validation in Chemical Crystallography


Absolute Structure Determination

Hooft y parameter: Journal of Applied Crystallography, 2008, Volume 41, pages 96-103
See also Rob Hooft's Website on Absolute Structure.


Author Statistics in the CSD

Authors with 100+ Published Structures and Full Author List (CSD-Oct-1998)

Authors with 100+ Published Structures and Full Author List (CSD-Oct-1999)

Authors with 100+ Published Structures and Full Author List (CSD-Oct-2000)

Authors with 100+ Published Structures and Full Author List (CSD-Oct-2001)

Authors with 100+ Published Structures and Full Author List (CSD-Dec-2002)

Authors with 100+ Published Structures and Full Author List (CSD-Dec-2003)

Authors with 100+ Published Structures and Full Author List (CSD-Dec-2004)

Authors with 250+ Published Structures and Full Author List (CSD-Jan-2006)


Rigaku MSC

Agilent Crystallography

Bruker-Nonius/AXS

Stoe

Oxford Cryosystems


Pointers to Selected World Wide Web Sites

IUCr-Computing Commission
International Union of Crystallography
I.C.S.D. WWW Site (CAOS/CAMM-Nijmegen-account required)
CAMM WWW Site (CAOS/CAMM-Nijmegen-account required)
European Crystallographic Association
American Crystallographic Association
British Crystallographic Association
ACA Service Crystallography SIG
American Chemical Society
Nederlandse Vereniging voor Kristallografie
Cambridge Crystallographic Data Center
PLATON for MS-Windows - Home Page (Dr L.J. Farrugia, Glasgow)
Home of DIRDIF and CRUNCH
CCP14-Collaborative Computational Project
The SHELX Homepage
The DRAWxtl Homepage (drawing polyhedra)
ps2pdf
Video taped lectures 'Physics for future Presidents' by R.A. Muller, Berkeley
Interesting UK-based Forum
CCDC/Referee
UU-Library/Chemistry (local)
WEBofScience (local)
IUCr-World Directory


On-Line IUCR-Journals

Acta Crystallographica Section A

Acta Crystallographica Section B

Acta Crystallographica Section C

Acta Crystallographica Section D

Acta Crystallographica Section E

Journal of Applied Crystallography

Journal of Synchrotron Radiation

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Last update: 03-Apr-2013, A.L.Spek