Speaker
Dr
Abodou Jules Tenon
(University Félix Houphouët-Boigny)
Description
First and foremost, I would like to express my infinite gratitude to IUCr, UNESCO and
BRUKER for equipping the Abidjan center with a single-crystal diffractometer and a powder
diffractometer. These thanks also go to Professor Claude LECOMTE for his great involvement
in obtaining this material. It should be recalled that the inauguration of this center took place on
March 22 and 23, 2018 followed by a week-long "Openlab" on the theory and practice of
determination of single-crystal structure and powder.
Crystal engineering finds its substance in the determination of structures resulting from different
modes of synthesis. The knowledge of these structures allows an explanation of their physico-
chemical properties. The determination of the structures of these compounds is therefore a very
important step for a significant advance in crystal engineering. This is why we are going to
present the equipment of the Abidjan diffractometer center which can offer a real contribution to
the measurement and the determination of the structures resulting from the crystal engineering.
The presentation of this center will revolve around the equipment and structures determined
since the installation of these diffractometers.
Primary author
Dr
Abodou Jules Tenon
(University Félix Houphouët-Boigny)
