The BioCAT undulator beamline 18ID: a facility for biological non-crystalline diffraction and X-ray absorption spectroscopy at the Advanced Photon Source

J Synchrotron Radiat. 2004 Sep 1;11(Pt 5):399-405. doi: 10.1107/S0909049504016760. Epub 2004 Aug 17.

Abstract

The 18ID undulator beamline of the Biophysics Collaborative Access Team at the Advanced Photon Source, Argonne, IL, USA, is a high-performance instrument designed for, and dedicated to, the study of partially ordered and disordered biological materials using the techniques of small-angle X-ray scattering, fiber diffraction, and X-ray absorption spectroscopy. The beamline and associated instrumentation are described in detail and examples of the representative experimental results are presented.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Academies and Institutes*
  • Biopolymers / analysis
  • Biopolymers / chemistry*
  • Crystallography, X-Ray / instrumentation*
  • Crystallography, X-Ray / methods
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Illinois
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Research / instrumentation
  • Software*
  • Spectrometry, X-Ray Emission / instrumentation*
  • Spectrometry, X-Ray Emission / methods
  • Synchrotrons / instrumentation*
  • User-Computer Interface
  • X-Ray Diffraction / instrumentation*
  • X-Ray Diffraction / methods

Substances

  • Biopolymers