New sources and instrumentation for neutrons in biology

• Published in: Chemical physics Vol. 345; no. 2; pp. 133 - 151
• Main Authors: Teixeira, S.C.M., Zaccai, G., Ankner, J., Bellissent-Funel, M.C., Bewley, R., Blakeley, M.P., Callow, P., Coates, L., Dahint, R., Dalgliesh, R., Dencher, N.A., Forsyth, V.T., Fragneto, G., Frick, B., Gilles, R., Gutberlet, T., Haertlein, M., Hauß, T., Häußler, W., Heller, W.T., Herwig, K., Holderer, O., Juranyi, F., Kampmann, R., Knott, R., Krueger, S., Langan, P., Lechner, R.E., Lynn, G., Majkrzak, C., May, R.P., Meilleur, F., Mo, Y., Mortensen, K., Myles, D.A.A., Natali, F., Neylon, C., Niimura, N., Ollivier, J., Ostermann, A., Peters, J., Pieper, J., Rühm, A., Schwahn, D., Shibata, K., Soper, A.K., Strässle, Th, Suzuki, J., Tanaka, I., Tehei, M., Timmins, P., Torikai, N., Unruh, T., Urban, V., Vavrin, R., Weiss, K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.01.2008
• Subjects: BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; BIOLOGY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; Inelastic neutron scattering; Macromolecular structure and dynamics; MEMBRANES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; Neutron crystallography; Neutron scattering; NEUTRON SOURCES; NEUTRONS; PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; PROTEINS; Quasi-elastic neutron scattering; RADIATIONS; Reflectometry; SCATTERING; Small angle neutron scattering; Proteins; Neutron crystallography; Membranes; Neutron scattering; Small angle neutron scattering; Inelastic neutron scattering; Reflectometry; Quasi-elastic neutron scattering; Macromolecular structure and dynamics
• ISSN: 0301-0104
• DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2008.02.030

Neutron radiation offers significant advantages for the study of biological molecular structure and dynamics. A broad and significant effort towards instrumental and methodological development to facilitate biology experiments at neutron sources worldwide is reviewed.