AR-NE3A : Macromolecular Crystallography

Beamline group	Group 4 (Protein Crystallography)
Techniques	X-ray crystallography
Features	High-throughput diffraction measurements with a highly intense X-ray beam and a pixel array detector. Fully automated unattended data collection from a large number of samples with a high-capacity sample exchanger.
Area of research	Structural biology Organic/In-organic chemistry, nano-structure science
Contacts	Yusuke YAMADA yusuke.yamada(at)kek.jp Please change (at) to @ in the e-mail address.
Special notes

Source	6.5GeV PF-AR In-vacuum Undulator
Optics	Collimating mirror (19.2 m): Rhodium coated silicon single crystal (Flat shaped, 1000 mm (L) x 80 mm (W) x 70 mm (T)) with 3.5 mrad glancing angle Monochromator (20.8 m): Numerical link type Si(111) double crystal monochromator, liquid nitrogen cooling Focusing mirror (22.9 m): Rhodium coated SiO₂ (Troidal, 1000 mm (L) x 100 mm (W) x 65 mm (T)) with 3.5 mrad glancing angle
Energy range	0.75 - 1.9 Å
Resolution (ΔE/E)	~ 2 x 10^-4
Beam size	φ 0.10 mm
Photon flux	2.5 x 10¹¹ photons/s
Instruments	Cryocooling device : Rigaku CryoCooler Fluorescence detector : Amptek XR-100CR(Si-PIN) Sample changer: PAM (in-house developed)
Detectors	PILATUS 2M-F (DECTRIS Co.)
Remote / Mail-in	Available
Special notes

Y. Yamada, M. Hiraki, K. Sasajima, N. Matsugaki, N. Igarashi, Y. Amano, M. Warizaya, H. Sakashita, T. Kikuchi, T. Mori, A. Toyoshima, S. Kishimoto and S. Wakatsuki, AIP Conf. Proc., 1234, 415-418 (2009), doi:10.1063/1.3463228
M. Hiraki, S. Watanabe, N. Honda, Y. Yamada, N. Matsugaki, N. Igarashi, Y. Gaponov and S. Wakatsuki, J. Synchrotron Rad., 15, 300-303 (2008), doi:10.1107/S0909049507064680

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