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High Precision FRET at Single-molecule Level for Biomolecule Structure Determination
Published on: May 13, 2017
Simultaneous determination of highly precise Debye-Waller factors and multiple structure factors for chemically
Xiahan Sang1, Andreas Kulovits, Jorg Wiezorek
1Department of Materials Science and Mechanical Engineering, Swanson School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA. xis20@pitt.edu
Abstract:
Accurate Debye-Waller (DW) factors and low-index structure factors up to 222 of chemically ordered FePd have been measured at 120 K. Ordered FePd has a simple tetragonal unit cell (tP2, P4/mmm) with Fe and Pd atoms at 0, 0, 0 and at ½, ½, ½, respectively, requiring the measurement of four different DW factors. It was possible to simultaneously determine all four DW factors and several low-order structure factors using different, special off-zone-axis multi-beam convergent-beam electron diffraction patterns with high precision and accuracy. The different diffraction conditions exhibit different levels of sensitivity to changes in DW and structure factors. Here the sensitivity of different off-zone-axis convergent-beam electron diffraction patterns with respect to changes in DW factors and structure factors is discussed.
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