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  • Crystallography
  • Materials Science
  • Analytical Chemistry

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  • Quantitative analysis of complex mixtures with similar chemical properties is challenging.
  • Sub-micron crystals are common in small-molecule powders but difficult to analyze.
  • Existing methods often require diffraction standards for compositional analysis.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To demonstrate an automatic and high-throughput approach to MicroED for complex mixture analysis.
  • To enable accurate compositional analysis without diffraction standards.
  • To reliably detect small amounts of compounds in mixtures.

Main Methods:

  • Utilizing an automatic and high-throughput microcrystal electron diffraction (MicroED) workflow.
  • Employing SerialEM software for automated data collection.
  • Analyzing crystal structure properties for compound identification and quantification.

Main Results:

  • Accurate quantitative compositional analysis of organic and inorganic compounds was achieved.
  • Small amounts of compounds in mixtures were reliably detected with sufficient statistics.
  • Crystal structures were generated on the fly for complete sample analysis.
  • Distinguishing compounds by crystal structure properties was possible prior to structure solution.

Conclusions:

  • Automatic, high-throughput MicroED is an effective method for analyzing sub-micron crystals in complex mixtures.
  • The developed approach allows for accurate analysis without the need for diffraction standards.
  • Sufficient data from thousands of crystals ensures reliable detection of minor components.