An inexpensive automatically operated device for the flash annealing of crystals of macromolecules

2008 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 125-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thierry Giraud ◽  
Fabien Dobias ◽  
José Gabadinho ◽  
Vicente Rey-Bakaikoa ◽  
Didier Nurizzo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
User Interface ◽  
Graphical User Interface ◽  
Standard Technique ◽  
Life Time ◽  
Crystal Quality ◽  
Macromolecular Crystallography ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Flash Annealing ◽  
Flash Cooling ◽  
Control Cabin

In order to prolong the life-time of crystals in an X-ray beam, modern macromolecular crystallography is mainly performed using cryogenically cooled samples. However, in many cases flash cooling can degrade crystal quality if cryoprotection conditions are not ideal. Annealing or tempering of samples adversely affected by cryocooling can often, at least partially, restore diffraction quality and is now considered a standard technique in macromolecular crystallography. A small, inexpensive, automatically operated annealing device that is installed on all ESRF macromolecular crystallography beamlines is presented here. The device allows,viathe beamline control graphical user interface mxCuBE, the flash annealing of samples either from the beamline control cabin or by users accessing the beamline remotely.

ID14 `Quadriga', a Beamline for Protein Crystallography at the ESRF

1998 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 215-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Wakatsuki ◽  
H. Belrhali ◽  
E. P. Mitchell ◽  
W. P. Burmeister ◽  
S. M. McSweeney ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
User Interface ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Graphical User Interface ◽  
Macromolecular Crystallography ◽  
Double Crystal ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Double Crystal Monochromator ◽  
Diamond Crystals ◽  
Ccd Detector ◽  
First Results

The ESRF undulator beamline ID14 `Quadriga' is dedicated to monochromatic macromolecular crystallography. Using two undulators with 23 mm and 42 mm periods and a minimum gap of 16 mm installed on a high-β section, it will provide high-brilliance X-ray beams at around 13.5 keV, as well as a wide tuneability between 6.8 and 40 keV. Based on the Troika concept, this beamline has four simultaneously operating experimental stations: three side stations, EH1, EH2 and EH3, using thin diamond crystals, and an end station, EH4, with a fast-scan double-crystal monochromator. Station EH3 has a κ-diffractometer, and an off-line Weissenberg camera with a large 80 × 80 cm active area combined with a 2048 × 2048 CCD detector. During data collection the image plates are placed and removed by a robot located inside the hutch using a cassette system. After data collection the image plates are scanned with an off-line drum scanner. Station EH4 is designed for MAD applications, including Xe K-edge anomalous experiments, and is equipped with a 2048 × 2048 CCD detector on a pseudo 2θ arm. A common graphical user interface and a database will be available to cover all aspects of data collection, including strategy optimization. First results on the performance of the optics elements and initial crystallographic results are presented.

scholarly journals Integrating macromolecular X-ray diffraction data with the graphical user interface iMosflm

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 1310-1325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harold R Powell ◽  
T Geoff G Battye ◽  
Luke Kontogiannis ◽  
Owen Johnson ◽  
Andrew G W Leslie
Keyword(s):  
User Interface ◽  
Graphical User Interface ◽  
Diffraction Data ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
X Ray

scholarly journals xINTERPDF: a graphical user interface for analyzing intermolecular pair distribution functions of organic compounds from X-ray total scattering data

2018 ◽  
Vol 51 (5) ◽  
pp. 1498-1499
Author(s):  
Chenyang Shi
Keyword(s):  
User Interface ◽  
Organic Compounds ◽  
Graphical User Interface ◽  
Distribution Functions ◽  
Scattering Data ◽  
Total Scattering ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Software Program ◽  
Pair Distribution Functions

A new software program, xINTERPDF, that analyzes the intermolecular correlations in organic compounds via measured X-ray total scattering data is described.

X-Light: an open-source software written in Python to determine the residual stress by X-ray diffraction

2021 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tu-Quoc-Sang Pham ◽  
Guillaume Geandier ◽  
Nicolas Ratel-Ramond ◽  
Charles Mareau ◽  
Benoit Malard
Keyword(s):  
Residual Stress ◽  
User Interface ◽  
Synchrotron Radiation ◽  
Stress Analysis ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Graphical User Interface ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Diffraction Data ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
X Ray

X-Light is an open-source software that is written in Python with a graphical user interface. X-Light was developed to determine residual stress by X-ray diffraction. This software can process the 0D, 1D and 2D diffraction data obtained with laboratory diffractometers or synchrotron radiation. X-Light provides several options for stress analysis and five functions to fit a peak: Gauss, Lorentz, Pearson VII, pseudo-Voigt and Voigt. The residual stress is determined by the conventional sin2ψ method and the fundamental method.

XOP: A graphical user interface for spectral calculations and x‐ray optics utilities

1996 ◽  
Vol 67 (9) ◽  
pp. 3356-3356 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger J. Dejus ◽  
Manuel Sanchez del Rio
Keyword(s):  
User Interface ◽  
Graphical User Interface ◽  
Ray Optics ◽  
X Ray

scholarly journals EDDIDAT: a graphical user interface for the analysis of energy-dispersive diffraction data

2020 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 1130-1137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Apel ◽  
Martin Genzel ◽  
Matthias Meixner ◽  
Mirko Boin ◽  
Manuela Klaus ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
User Interface ◽  
Residual Stresses ◽  
Graphical User Interface ◽  
Diffraction Data ◽  
Measurement Data ◽  
Energy Dispersive ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Subsequent Phase ◽  
Energy Dispersive Diffraction ◽  
Different Levels

EDDIDAT is a MATLAB-based graphical user interface for the convenient and versatile analysis of energy-dispersive diffraction data obtained at laboratory and synchrotron sources. The main focus of EDDIDAT up to now has been on the analysis of residual stresses, but it can also be used to prepare measurement data for subsequent phase analysis or analysis of preferred orientation. The program provides access to the depth-resolved analysis of residual stresses at different levels of approximation. Furthermore, the graphic representation of the results also serves for the consideration of microstructural and texture-related properties. The included material database allows for the quick analysis of the most common materials and is easily extendable. The plots and results produced with EDDIDAT can be exported to graphics and text files. EDDIDAT is designed to analyze diffraction data from various energy-dispersive X-ray sources. Hence it is possible to add new sources and implement the device-specific properties into EDDIDAT. The program is freely available to academic users.

scholarly journals FXD-CSD-GUI: a graphical user interface for the X-ray-diffraction-based determination of crystallite size distributions

2019 ◽  
Vol 52 (6) ◽  
pp. 1437-1439
Author(s):  
Sigmund H. Neher ◽  
Helmut Klein ◽  
Werner F. Kuhs
Keyword(s):  
User Interface ◽  
Graphical User Interface ◽  
Crystal Size ◽  
Data Handling ◽  
Size Distributions ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
User Friendly

Bragg intensities can be used to analyse crystal size distributions in a method called FXD-CSD, which is based on the fast measurement of many Bragg spots using two-dimensional detectors. This work presents the Python-based software and its graphical user interface FXD-CSD-GUI. The GUI enables user-friendly data handling and processing and provides both graphical and numerical crystal size distribution results.

SU-GG-I-184: New Graphical User Interface for the Solid State X-Ray Image Intensifier (SSXII)

2010 ◽  
Vol 37 (6Part5) ◽  
pp. 3144-3144
Author(s):  
Weiyuan Wang ◽  
A Kuhls-Gilcrist ◽  
C Ionita ◽  
Y Huang ◽  
B Qu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
User Interface ◽  
Solid State ◽  
Graphical User Interface ◽  
Image Intensifier ◽  
X Ray
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