JB Cohen X-ray Diffraction Facility — Northwestern University (EXT-038)
JB Cohen X-ray Diffraction Facility — Northwestern University is documented in the DePaul Resource Map as external partner at DePaul University, External partner organization, JB Cohen X-ray Diffraction Facility (Northwestern University), Off-campus (Evanston, IL — Northwestern). Documentation is partial or indirect, so the listing is treated as likely current. Access: 🟡 Yellow — Needs an appointment or affiliation.
Summary 🟡 ~
- College / school: External partner organization
- Sub-unit: JB Cohen X-ray Diffraction Facility (Northwestern University)
- Campus/Location: Off-campus (Evanston, IL — Northwestern)
- Last Verified: October 5, 2026
Access (availability): 🟢 Green — open or routine · 🟡 Yellow — appointment or affiliation · 🔴 Red — restricted · ⚪/⚫ White/Black — not yet classified
Verification: ✓ confirmed · ~ likely · ? needs review · ✕ archived
Organization
The JB Cohen X-ray Diffraction Facility at Northwestern University provides laboratory X-ray diffraction instrumentation used by DePaul materials researchers as a partner core (not DePaul-owned inventory).
Access status
- Access: 🟡 Yellow — Needs an appointment or affiliation
- Rationale: Northwestern JB Cohen X-ray Lab — external laboratory XRD; DePaul access via collaboration / core policies.
- Access URL: www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/materials-science/research/facilities
- Contact name: Office of Research Services
- Contact email: ors@depaul.edu
- Verification date: 2026-10-05
- Source URLs:
- condor.depaul.edu/ggonza18/techniques.html
- via.library.depaul.edu/csh_etd/48
Relationship to DePaul
Gonzalez Materials Laboratory techniques page lists laboratory diffraction at Northwestern Cohen X-ray Lab (Scintag). Physics MS thesis work also names the Cohen XRD facility (Evanston) alongside APS beamtime (PUB-100).
Known collaborations & connections
- CSH-013 - Gonzalez Materials Laboratory
- EXT-003 - Advanced Photon Source — complementary synchrotron powder XRD
- PUB-100 (Mansourian) — Cohen XRD + APS
Verification
- Status: ~ Likely current
- Rationale: Named partner XRD facility in lab techniques page and DePaul thesis methods.
- Last verified: 2026-10-05
- Evidence:
- Gonzalez techniques page names JB Cohen X-ray Lab Scintag Diffractometer at Northwestern.
- Mansourian thesis (PUB-100) documents Cohen XRD facility (Evanston, IL).
Equipment
Find this resource from the Equipment catalog or site search by instrument or lab name.
| Category | Specific equipment |
|---|---|
| X-ray sources | JB Cohen X-ray Diffraction Facility laboratory XRD — Scintag diffractometer (Northwestern University, Evanston) |
Source: Gonzalez techniques.html + Mansourian thesis Cohen XRD (Oct 2026). Northwestern partner inventory — not DePaul-owned.. Last verified: July 29, 2026.
Contacts (resource-level)
- Website: Northwestern Materials Science facilities
- DePaul liaison: Office of Research Services —
ors@depaul.edu
People & contacts
Named contacts when publicly documented.
- Gabriela Gonzalez Aviles (Collaborator) — ggonza18@depaul.edu · Profile
Documented connections
Generated from documented publication and people connections. Superscript numbers open Sources below. Multiple sources on one claim are grouped as 1,4. Grant links are listed on publication and grant pages.
Publications
- The Effect of Grain Size and Forming Gas Reduction on the Electrical Properties of Zinc Oxide (2013) — documented, uses1
Related facilities
- Advanced Photon Source — shared documented publication(s): PUB-1001
Sources
- Methods name Cohen XRD facility (Evanston, IL); Gonzalez techniques page names Scintag at JB Cohen X-ray Lab. Archived source retained by Resource Map maintainers. View current source