First light on ELDICO's electron diffractometer

Significant milestone for ELDICO: our engineers have achieved getting the first light on our alpha-system, followed by some nice diffraction patterns a couple of days later. The first STEM imaging experiment has also been successful. This is no surprise, considering the strong target specifications of the new device: refinement down to R₁ values <10% in 75% of the cases, resolution of up to 0.84 Å with 60-70% complete datasets having an R_int <20% and up to 160 kV source acceleration. ''We are well on track with the development of the first commercially available electron diffractometer. ELDICO is ready to equip the crystallographic community with a powerful tool that will change the way research of MOFs, zeolithes, minerals, natural products and obviously inorganic as well as organic compounds is done in the future'' says Dr. Eric Hovestreydt, CEO. 

Where can you e-meet us? ELDICO's spring agenda

The vivid spring-summer crystallographic season has switched to the online mode. We are fully prepared to talk about how ED can help the community and to showcase the benefits of our device in the upcoming weeks. Read more

Lottery: Win a ticket and join us at the BCA meeting!

ELDICO is presenting during the BCA  panel “A dedicated device for 3D-ED: Where are the limits of other available  instrumentation?” Drop us your answer and win one out of our 5 tickets to the event. Email us

About Eldico

ELDICO Scientific AG (The Electron Diffraction Company) is a Swiss hardware company founded in 2019 and based in the Switzerland Innovation Park Innovaare at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), a globally leading Swiss research institute for natural and engineering sciences. ELDICO develops, manufactures and sells novel instruments for electron diffraction in crystallography, enabling nanocrystalline solid state analysis in the sub-micrometer range. Specific instruments are not yet available on the market today. ELDICO will be launching the first instrument specifically designed for nano-crystallographic investigations. The proof of concept was achieved in 2018 (ETH Zurich, C-CINA Basel) as part of a Nano-Argovia project of the Swiss Nanoscience Institute (SNI) on scientifically and industrially relevant samples. It was published in 2018 and awarded as a Top 5 "Breakthrough of the Year 2018" by leading scientific journal SCIENCE. In 2020, ELDICO took second place in the competition for the prestigious pioneer prize awarded by Technopark Zurich and the Zürcher Kantonalbank (ZKB). www.eldico-scientific.com