Search research articles

ABOUT JoVE

Overview Leadership Blog JoVE Help Center

AUTHORS

Publishing Process Editorial Board Scope & Policies Peer Review FAQ Submit

LIBRARIANS

Testimonials Subscriptions Access Resources Library Advisory Board FAQ

RESEARCH

JoVE Journal Methods Collections JoVE Encyclopedia of Experiments Archive

EDUCATION

JoVE Core JoVE Business JoVE Science Education JoVE Lab Manual Faculty Resource Center Faculty Site

Terms & Conditions of Use

Related Concept Videos

Raman Spectroscopy: Overview

Raman Spectroscopy: Overview

The underlying principle of Raman spectroscopy is based on the interaction between light and matter, specifically molecules' inelastic scattering of photons. When a monochromatic beam of light, typically from a laser source, interacts with a sample, most scattered light has the same frequency as the incident light. This is known as Rayleigh scattering.
However, a small fraction of the scattered light exhibits a frequency shift due to the exchange of energy between the incident photons and...

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by

Same author

Graphene oxide-modified Ni<sub>1.5</sub>Mg<sub>1.5</sub>Al<sub>1</sub>-LDH/g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub> composites for efficient photocatalytic degradation toward ciprofloxacin.

Environmental research·2026

Same author

Watershed Fingerprints in Reservoir Sediments: Microeukaryotic Sedimentary DNA Tracks Decades of Anthropogenic Disturbance.

Molecular ecology·2026

Same author

Reclaim water from real leachates reverse osmosis concentrate by pervaporation.

Environmental science and pollution research international·2026

Same author

Enhanced proton conductivity in azole-functionalized three-dimensional crystalline covalent organic frameworks.

Nature communications·2026

Same author

Research Progress of 1,2,3-Triazole Derivatives in Pesticide Discovery.

Journal of agricultural and food chemistry·2026

Same author

Progress of organic small-molecules and ultra-small fluorescent nanoprobes for pesticide residue detection.

Food chemistry·2025

Same journal

Case study of using the single-atom R1 method to solve a small protein structure.

Acta crystallographica. Section A, Foundations and advances·2026

Same journal

Beyond complementarity: a reverse-engineering framework for de novo crystal structure determination from EXAFS.

Acta crystallographica. Section A, Foundations and advances·2026

Same journal

Crystallography in Open Science and its open educational resources.

Acta crystallographica. Section A, Foundations and advances·2026

Same journal

From atoms to a data bank: optimizing transferability of electron-density symmetry.

Acta crystallographica. Section A, Foundations and advances·2026

Same journal

Twenty-Sixth General Assembly and International Congress of Crystallography, Melbourne, Australia, 22-29 August 2023.

Acta crystallographica. Section A, Foundations and advances·2026

Same journal

MIDAS: a quantitative framework for high-energy diffraction microscopy. Part II: accuracy, robustness and best practices.

Acta crystallographica. Section A, Foundations and advances·2026

See all related articles

Search research articles

Related Experiment Video

Updated: Mar 12, 2026

Scattering And Absorption of Light in Planetary Regoliths

Scattering And Absorption of Light in Planetary Regoliths

Published on: July 1, 2019

Residue-based scattering factors.

Hongliang Xu¹

¹Mathematics Department, SUNY Buffalo State, 1300 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14222, USA.

Acta Crystallographica. Section A, Foundations and Advances

|November 4, 2016

Summary

This summary is machine-generated.

Researchers developed new scattering factors for "globs" made of amino-acid residues. These globs can be used as scattering elements in crystal structure determination, offering a novel approach to analyzing molecular structures.

Keywords:

X-ray diffraction ab initio structure determination amino-acid residues macromolecular crystallography residue-based scattering factors

More Related Videos

Contrast-Matching Detergent in Small-Angle Neutron Scattering Experiments for Membrane Protein Structural Analysis and Ab Initio Modeling

Contrast-Matching Detergent in Small-Angle Neutron Scattering Experiments for Membrane Protein Structural Analysis and Ab Initio Modeling

Published on: October 21, 2018

In situ Grazing Incidence Small Angle X-ray Scattering on Roll-To-Roll Coating of Organic Solar Cells with Laboratory X-ray Instrumentation

In situ Grazing Incidence Small Angle X-ray Scattering on Roll-To-Roll Coating of Organic Solar Cells with Laboratory X-ray Instrumentation

Published on: March 2, 2021

Related Experiment Videos

Last Updated: Mar 12, 2026

Scattering And Absorption of Light in Planetary Regoliths

Scattering And Absorption of Light in Planetary Regoliths

Published on: July 1, 2019

Contrast-Matching Detergent in Small-Angle Neutron Scattering Experiments for Membrane Protein Structural Analysis and Ab Initio Modeling

Contrast-Matching Detergent in Small-Angle Neutron Scattering Experiments for Membrane Protein Structural Analysis and Ab Initio Modeling

Published on: October 21, 2018

In situ Grazing Incidence Small Angle X-ray Scattering on Roll-To-Roll Coating of Organic Solar Cells with Laboratory X-ray Instrumentation

In situ Grazing Incidence Small Angle X-ray Scattering on Roll-To-Roll Coating of Organic Solar Cells with Laboratory X-ray Instrumentation

Published on: March 2, 2021

Area of Science:

Crystallography
Structural Biology
Biophysics

Background:

Traditional crystal structure determination relies on atomic scattering factors.
The concept of 'globs' as adaptable units within crystal structures has been proposed.
Amino-acid residues are fundamental building blocks of proteins and play crucial roles in molecular structure.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce and define the concept of 'globs' as adaptable scattering units in crystallography.
To develop empirical formulas for residue-based scattering factors for these globs.
To explore the application of globs in the theory of structure determination.

Main Methods:

Defining 'globs' as selectable groups of atoms within a crystal lattice.
Selecting amino-acid residues as the basis for forming these globs.
Deriving empirical formulas for scattering factors specific to amino-acid residue-based globs.

Main Results:

A clear definition of 'globs' and their potential as scattering elements was established.
Empirical formulas for residue-based scattering factors were successfully developed.
The study lays the groundwork for using globs as an alternative to atoms in structure determination.

Conclusions:

Amino-acid residue-based globs offer a promising new paradigm for crystal structure determination.
The developed scattering factors provide a foundation for future research in glob-based structural analysis.
This approach could potentially simplify or enhance the interpretation of crystallographic data.