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Reducing dynamical electron scattering reveals hydrogen atoms

Clabbers, Max T. B. and Gruene, Tim and van Genderen, Eric and Abrahams, Jan Pieter. (2019) Reducing dynamical electron scattering reveals hydrogen atoms. Acta crystallographica. Section A, Foundations and advances, 75 (Pt 1). pp. 82-93.

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Abstract

Compared with X-rays, electron diffraction faces a crucial challenge: dynamical electron scattering compromises structure solution and its effects can only be modelled in specific cases. Dynamical scattering can be reduced experimentally by decreasing crystal size but not without a penalty, as it also reduces the overall diffracted intensity. In this article it is shown that nanometre-sized crystals from organic pharmaceuticals allow positional refinement of the hydrogen atoms, even whilst ignoring the effects of dynamical scattering during refinement. To boost the very weak diffraction data, a highly sensitive hybrid pixel detector was employed. A general likelihood-based computational approach was also introduced for further reducing the adverse effects of dynamic scattering, which significantly improved model accuracy, even for protein crystal data at substantially lower resolution.
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
ISSN:2053-2733
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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Last Modified:30 Mar 2020 11:39
Deposited On:30 Mar 2020 11:39

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