Diffraction by nanocrystals

• Published in: Journal of the Optical Society of America. A, Optics, image science, and vision Vol. 30; no. 12; p. 2627
• Main Authors: Chen, Joe P J, Millane, Rick P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.12.2013
• Subjects: Algorithms; Computer Simulation; Crystallography, X-Ray - methods; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; Lasers; Monte Carlo Method; Nanoparticles - chemistry; Nanotechnology - methods; X-Ray Diffraction

X-ray femtosecond nanocrystallography is a new, potentially powerful technique for imaging biological macromolecules that uses ensemble-averaged measurements of diffraction of x-ray free-electron laser pulses from nanocrytalline specimens. Nanocrystals have some diffraction characteristics that are...