A micro-patterned silicon chip as sample holder for macromolecular crystallography experiments with minimal background scattering

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Roedig, P ^a   Vartiainen, I ^b   Duman, R ^c   Panneerselvam, S ^a   Stube N ^a   Lorbeer, O ^a   Warmer, M ^a   Sutton, G ^d   Stuart, D I ^c,d   Weckert, E ^a   David, C ^b   Wagner, A ^c   Meents, A ^a  

^a DESY   (Germany)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LTD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84930637193     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep10451     Document Type: Article

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