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Microfluidic Chips for In Situ Crystal X-ray Diffraction and In Situ Dynamic Light Scattering for Serial Crystallography
Published on: April 24, 2018
Tracking of individual nanocrystals using diffracted x rays
1Experimental Division, Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI), Spring-8,1-1-1 Kouto, Mikazuki-cho, Sayou-gun, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan and Unit Process and Combined Circuit, PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Osak.
Abstract:
We demonstrated dynamical observation of an individual nanocrystal in supercooled liquid water with the guidance of x-ray diffracted spots from the nanocrystal itself. This new system, which we call diffracted x-ray tracking, monitored small Brownian motions (D=0.68 mrad(2)/s at 233 K) of a single nanoparticle in real time and real space.
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