Rotating sample holder at low temperature
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An All-in-one Sample Holder for Macromolecular X-ray Crystallography with Minimal Background Scattering
Published on: July 6, 2019
Sebastien Pasternak1, Florian Perrin, Gianluca Ciatto
1European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 38043 Grenoble, France.
The Review of Scientific Instruments
|August 4, 2007
Abstract:
A low temperature rotary device (cryoturbine) for use in extended x-ray-absorption fine structure measurements in fluorescence mode has been designed and manufactured. The instrument works at a temperature close to liquid Nitrogen and can reach frequencies up to 100 Hz with good stability. The rotation speed is measured with a light-emitting diode driven in stroboscopic mode by a simple electronic circuit.

