AR-NW12A : Macromolecular Crystallography

Beamline group	Group 4 (Protein Crystallography)
Techniques	X-ray crystallography
Features	SAD/MAD experiments using a beam of wide energy range High-speed and accurate data collection with a pixel array detector Special experiments such as the introduction of laser optics for the light-induced experiment are available under the large space around the sample environment
Area of research	Structural biology Organic/Inorganic chemistry, nano-structure science
Contacts	Masahide HIKITA masahide.hikita(at)kek.jp Please change (at) to @ in the e-mail address.
Special notes

Source	6.5GeV PF-AR In-vacuum undulator (with taper option)
Optics	Collimating mirror (23.5 m): Rhodium coated silicon single crystal (Flat shaped, 1000 mm (L) x 100 mm (W) x 70 mm (T)) with 3.5 mrad glancing angle Monochromator (25.4 m): Numerical link type Si(111) double crystal monochromator, liquid nitrogen cooling Focusing mirror (27.0 m): Rhodium coated silicon single crystal (Troidal, 1000 mm (L) x 100 mm (W) x 60 mm (T)) with 3.5 mrad glancing angle
Energy range	0.75 - 1.9 Å
Resolution (ΔE/E)	~2 x 10^-4
Beam size	0.2 mm (H) x 0.13 mm (V)
Photon flux	1.3 x 10¹¹ photons/s (1.0 Å)
Instruments	Cryocooling device: Rigaku CryoCooler Fluorescence detector: Amptek XR-100CR(Si-PIN) Sample changer: PAM (in-house developed)
Detectors	PILATUS3 S2M (DECTRIS Co.)
Remote / Mail-in	Available）
Special notes	The following devices are available in the laser booth beside of beamline. Microspectroscopic systems for UV/Vis absorption and Raman spectroscopy Crystal processing machine using a deep-UV laser

L. M. G. Chavas, N. Matsugaki, Y. Yamada, M. Hiraki, N. Igarashi, M. Suzuki and S. Wakatsuki, J. Synchrotron Rad., 19, 450-454 (2012), doi:10.1107/S0909049512009727
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

Last updated: 2021-9-30