Crystal Impact GbR

CRYSTAL IMPACT 的基本目标是开发高质量的软件，让非专业用户也能应用最新的科学和软件技术。主要活动领域是晶体结构解决方案、可视化、粉末相位识别以及晶体结构数据库。来自全球 60 多个国家/地区的工业和学术机构的化学家、物理学家和材料科学家使用 Crystal Impact 的创新软件工具来确定、可视化和了解其化合物的晶体结构，通过粉末衍射研究其样品的成分，或在晶体学数据库中搜索有关其研究领域最新进展的信息。

CRYSTAL IMPACT 最初是波恩大学的一个项目，G. Bergerhoff 的研究小组早在 1983 年就在那里建立了 ICSD（无机晶体结构数据库）。通过研究在结构数据库中检测系统隐藏模式的新方法，我们在晶体学编程方面积累了大量经验。 20 世纪 90 年代初，我们为 ICSD 开发了全新的检索和可视化软件，该软件于 1993 年荣获国际软件奖。1997 年，“Prof. Dr. G. Bergerhoff Software-Entwicklung” 被“CRYSTAL IMPACT K. Brandenburg & M. Berndt GbR”接管。我们仍然与波恩大学无机化学研究所的“先驱”保持密切合作。

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, phase identification from powder, as well as crystal structure databases. Chemists, physicists and material scientists from industry and academic institutions in more than 60 countries all over the world use Crystal Impact’s innovative software tools to determine, visualize and understand the crystal structures of their compounds, investigate the composition of their samples by powder diffraction, or search crystallographic databases for information about recent advancements in their area of research.

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.