1. Acoustically Mounted Microcrystals Yield High-Resolution X-ray Structures.
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Alexei S. Soares, Matthew A. Engel, Richard Stearns, Sammy Datwani, Joe Olechrio, Richard Ellson, Skinner, John M., Allaire, Marc, and Orville, Allen M.
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CRYSTALS , *X-ray diffraction , *MICROMETERS , *ENERGY transfer , *SPEED - Abstract
We demonstrate a general strategy for determining structures from showers of microcrystals. It uses acoustic droplet ejection to transfer 2.5 nL droplets from the surface of microcrystal slunies, through the air, onto mount- ing nucromesh pins. Individual microcrystals are located by raster-scanning a several-micrometer X-ray beam across the cryocooled nsicromeshes. X-ray diffraction data sets merged from several micrometer-sized crystals are used to determine 1.8 Á resolution crystal structures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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