An acoustic on-chip goniometer for room temperature macromolecular crystallography

Lab Chip. 2017 Dec 5;17(24):4225-4230. doi: 10.1039/c7lc00812k.

Abstract

This paper describes the design, development and successful use of an on-chip goniometer for room-temperature macromolecular crystallography via acoustically induced rotations. We present for the first time a low cost, rate-tunable, acoustic actuator for gradual in-fluid sample reorientation about varying axes and its utilisation for protein structure determination on a synchrotron beamline. The device enables the efficient collection of diffraction data via a rotation method from a sample within a surface confined droplet. This method facilitates efficient macromolecular structural data acquisition in fluid environments for dynamical studies.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't