Femtosecond X-ray diffraction from an aerosolized beam of protein nanocrystals
Abstract
High-resolution Bragg diffraction from aerosolized single granulovirus nanocrystals using an X-ray free-electron laser is demonstrated. The outer dimensions of the in-vacuum aerosol injector components are identical to conventional liquid-microjet nozzles used in serial diffraction experiments, which allows the injector to be utilized with standard mountings. As compared with liquid-jet injection, the X-ray scattering background is reduced by several orders of magnitude by the use of helium carrier gas rather than liquid. Such reduction is required for diffraction measurements of small macromolecular nanocrystals and single particles. High particle speeds are achieved, making the approach suitable for use at upcoming high-repetition-rate facilities.
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- Research Org.:
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Institutes of Health (NIH); European Union (EU); National Science Foundation (NSF); German Research Foundation (DFG)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1418182
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1425348
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-76SF00515; P41GM103393; P41RR001209; ERC-Kupper-614507; 1231306
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Applied Crystallography (Online)
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Journal of Applied Crystallography (Online) Journal Volume: 51 Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 1600-5767
- Publisher:
- International Union of Crystallography (IUCr)
- Country of Publication:
- Denmark
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
Citation Formats
Awel, Salah, Kirian, Richard A., Wiedorn, Max O., Beyerlein, Kenneth R., Roth, Nils, Horke, Daniel A., Oberthür, Dominik, Knoska, Juraj, Mariani, Valerio, Morgan, Andrew, Adriano, Luigi, Tolstikova, Alexandra, Xavier, P. Lourdu, Yefanov, Oleksandr, Aquila, Andrew, Barty, Anton, Roy-Chowdhury, Shatabdi, Hunter, Mark S., James, Daniel, Robinson, Joseph S., Weierstall, Uwe, Rode, Andrei V., Bajt, Saša, Küpper, Jochen, and Chapman, Henry N.. Femtosecond X-ray diffraction from an aerosolized beam of protein nanocrystals. Denmark: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1107/S1600576717018131.
Awel, Salah, Kirian, Richard A., Wiedorn, Max O., Beyerlein, Kenneth R., Roth, Nils, Horke, Daniel A., Oberthür, Dominik, Knoska, Juraj, Mariani, Valerio, Morgan, Andrew, Adriano, Luigi, Tolstikova, Alexandra, Xavier, P. Lourdu, Yefanov, Oleksandr, Aquila, Andrew, Barty, Anton, Roy-Chowdhury, Shatabdi, Hunter, Mark S., James, Daniel, Robinson, Joseph S., Weierstall, Uwe, Rode, Andrei V., Bajt, Saša, Küpper, Jochen, & Chapman, Henry N.. Femtosecond X-ray diffraction from an aerosolized beam of protein nanocrystals. Denmark. https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600576717018131
Awel, Salah, Kirian, Richard A., Wiedorn, Max O., Beyerlein, Kenneth R., Roth, Nils, Horke, Daniel A., Oberthür, Dominik, Knoska, Juraj, Mariani, Valerio, Morgan, Andrew, Adriano, Luigi, Tolstikova, Alexandra, Xavier, P. Lourdu, Yefanov, Oleksandr, Aquila, Andrew, Barty, Anton, Roy-Chowdhury, Shatabdi, Hunter, Mark S., James, Daniel, Robinson, Joseph S., Weierstall, Uwe, Rode, Andrei V., Bajt, Saša, Küpper, Jochen, and Chapman, Henry N.. Thu .
"Femtosecond X-ray diffraction from an aerosolized beam of protein nanocrystals". Denmark. https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600576717018131.
@article{osti_1418182,
title = {Femtosecond X-ray diffraction from an aerosolized beam of protein nanocrystals},
author = {Awel, Salah and Kirian, Richard A. and Wiedorn, Max O. and Beyerlein, Kenneth R. and Roth, Nils and Horke, Daniel A. and Oberthür, Dominik and Knoska, Juraj and Mariani, Valerio and Morgan, Andrew and Adriano, Luigi and Tolstikova, Alexandra and Xavier, P. Lourdu and Yefanov, Oleksandr and Aquila, Andrew and Barty, Anton and Roy-Chowdhury, Shatabdi and Hunter, Mark S. and James, Daniel and Robinson, Joseph S. and Weierstall, Uwe and Rode, Andrei V. and Bajt, Saša and Küpper, Jochen and Chapman, Henry N.},
abstractNote = {High-resolution Bragg diffraction from aerosolized single granulovirus nanocrystals using an X-ray free-electron laser is demonstrated. The outer dimensions of the in-vacuum aerosol injector components are identical to conventional liquid-microjet nozzles used in serial diffraction experiments, which allows the injector to be utilized with standard mountings. As compared with liquid-jet injection, the X-ray scattering background is reduced by several orders of magnitude by the use of helium carrier gas rather than liquid. Such reduction is required for diffraction measurements of small macromolecular nanocrystals and single particles. High particle speeds are achieved, making the approach suitable for use at upcoming high-repetition-rate facilities.},
doi = {10.1107/S1600576717018131},
journal = {Journal of Applied Crystallography (Online)},
number = 1,
volume = 51,
place = {Denmark},
year = {2018},
month = {2}
}
https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600576717018131
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