Image-plate synchrotron laue data collection and subsequent structural analysis of a small test crystal of a nickel-containing aluminophosphate

Image plates have advantages over photographic films, which include wider dynamic range, higher detector quantum efficiency, reduced exposure time and large size. In this study, an on-line image-plate system has been used to record crystallographic data from a small crystal. In particular, synchrotr...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of synchrotron radiation. - 1994. - 2(1995), Pt 1 vom: 01. Jan., Seite 22-6
1. Verfasser: Snell, E (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Habash, J, Helliwell, M, Helliwell, J R, Raftery, J, Kaucic, V, Campbell, J W
Format: Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 1995
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Journal of synchrotron radiation
Schlagworte:Journal Article
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Zusammenfassung:Image plates have advantages over photographic films, which include wider dynamic range, higher detector quantum efficiency, reduced exposure time and large size. In this study, an on-line image-plate system has been used to record crystallographic data from a small crystal. In particular, synchrotron Laue data were recorded with lambda(min) = 0.455, lambda(max) = 1.180 A, in 20 images 10 degrees apart and with an exposure time of 0.3 s each from a crystal (0.02 x 0.05 x 0.25 mm) of a nickel-containing aluminophosphate, NiAPO. The Laue data were analyzed with the Daresbury Laue software, including the application of an absorption correction. The structure was solved by a combination of the Patterson method and successive difference Fourier calculations using SHELXS86 and SHELXL93; the final R value for 1934 unique reflections (all data) and 310 parameters was 7.90%. The structure agrees with that determined by monochromatic diffractometry using the same crystal and reported by Helliwell, Gallois, Kariuki, Kaucic & Helliwell [Acta Cryst. (1993), B49, 420-428] with an r.m.s. deviation of 0.03 A. Hence, this study shows the image-plate device to be very effective for synchrotron data collection and subsequent structure analysis from small crystals, i.e. 0.02 x 0.05 x 0.25 mm, in chemical crystallography as well as providing further confirmation of the practicability of Laue data in structure solution and refinement
Beschreibung:Date Completed 02.10.2012
Date Revised 22.05.2006
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Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE
ISSN:1600-5775