ID23-2 is a fixed energy beamline dedicated to MX. ID23-2 offers a standard MX sample environment, but with a focused microbeam (10x4 micron).
Status:
open
Disciplines
Life Sciences
Applications
Macromolecular crystallography
Techniques
MX - macromolecular crystallography
Microbeam
Energy range
14.2
keV
Beam size
Minimum (H x V) : 1.0
x 2.0
µm²
Maximum (H x V) : 8.0
x 25.0
µm²
Sample environments
Microdiffractometer MD3Up
UNIPUCK+SPINE pins only (no SC3)
Detectors
DECTRIS EIGER X 9M
Technical details
This beamline offers diffraction data collection on microcrystalline MX samples and on fine needle MX samples, as well as determination of the region of highest diffraction quality from larger MX samples.
ID23-2: an automated and high-performance microfocus beamline for macromolecular crystallography at the ESRF
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