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Ab initio structure determination of nanocrystals of organic pharmaceutical compounds by electron diffraction at room temperature using a Timepix quantum area direct electron detector

van Genderen, E. and Clabbers, M. T. B. and Das, P. P. and Stewart, A. and Nederlof, I. and Barentsen, K. C. and Portillo, Q. and Pannu, N. S. and Nicolopoulos, S. and Gruene, T. and Abrahams, J. P.. (2016) Ab initio structure determination of nanocrystals of organic pharmaceutical compounds by electron diffraction at room temperature using a Timepix quantum area direct electron detector. Acta Crystallographica Section A : Foundations and Advances, 72 (2). pp. 236-242.

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Abstract

Until recently, structure determination by transmission electron microscopy of beam-sensitive three-dimensional nanocrystals required electron diffraction tomography data collection at liquid-nitrogen temperature, in order to reduce radiation damage. Here it is shown that the novel Timepix detector combines a high dynamic range with a very high signal-to-noise ratio and single-electron sensitivity, enabling ab initio phasing of beam-sensitive organic compounds. Low-dose electron diffraction data (∼ 0.013 e(-) Å(-2) s(-1)) were collected at room temperature with the rotation method. It was ascertained that the data were of sufficient quality for structure solution using direct methods using software developed for X-ray crystallography (XDS, SHELX) and for electron crystallography (ADT3D/PETS, SIR2014).
Faculties and Departments:05 Faculty of Science > Departement Biozentrum > Structural Biology & Biophysics > Nano-diffraction of Biological Specimen (Abrahams)
UniBasel Contributors:Abrahams, Jan Pieter
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:International Union of Crystallography
ISSN:0108-7673
e-ISSN:1600-5724
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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Deposited On:25 Oct 2017 13:43

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