The macromolecular crystallography station at beamline BM16 at the ESRF
- CELLS, Campus UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona (Spain)
A beamline previously used for powder diffraction (BM16) at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility has been redesigned and rebuilt to carry out both mcromolecular crystallography (MX) and noncrystalline diffraction/scattering (NCD/S) experiments. The MX station has become available for routine user experiments since September 2003 and the NCD/S station is currently being commissioned. The optics are designed so that both the focal spot and flux are good in the 6-17 keV energy range (2.1-0.73 A), while the performance is optimal at the selenium K-edge (12.658 keV,0.98 A). The MX facility is fully equipped to carry out multiwavelength anomalous dispersion experiments, in particular at the Se K-edge. Moreover, experiments using lower energies such as those of the Mn and Fe K-edges are also possible. Here we describe the optical configuration and the setup for MX experiments, as well as a typical example of the experiments carried out so far.
- OSTI ID:
- 20723108
- Journal Information:
- Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 76, Issue 8; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.1947509; (c) 2005 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0034-6748
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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