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ArticleActa crystallographica. Section A, Foundations and advances2016

Ab initio structure determination of nanocrystals of organic pharmaceutical compounds by electron diffraction at room temperature using a Timepix quantum area direct electron detector.

E van Genderen, M T B Clabbers, P P Das, A Stewart, I Nederlof, K C Barentsen, Q Portillo, N S Pannu, S Nicolopoulos, T Gruene and 1 more

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Article in Acta crystallographica. Section A, Foundations and advances, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 70 papers.

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11 authors.

E van GenderenBiophysical Structural Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC Leiden, The Netherlands.
M T B ClabbersBiophysical Structural Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC Leiden, The Netherlands.
P P DasNanomegas SPRL, Boulevard Edmond Machtens 79, B 1080, Brussels, Belgium.
A StewartDepartment of Physics and Energy, Materials and Surface Science Institute (MSSI), University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
I NederlofBiophysical Structural Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC Leiden, The Netherlands.
K C BarentsenBiophysical Structural Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC Leiden, The Netherlands.
Q PortilloNanomegas SPRL, Boulevard Edmond Machtens 79, B 1080, Brussels, Belgium.
N S PannuBiophysical Structural Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC Leiden, The Netherlands.
S NicolopoulosNanomegas SPRL, Boulevard Edmond Machtens 79, B 1080, Brussels, Belgium.
T GrueneBiology and Chemistry, Laboratory of Biomolecular Research, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), 5232 Villigen, Switzerland.
J P AbrahamsBiophysical Structural Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC Leiden, The Netherlands.

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Abstract

Until recently, structure determination by transmission electron microscopy of beam-sensitive three-dimensional nanocrystals required electron diffraction tomography data collection at liquid-nitrogen temperature, in order to reduce radiation damage. Here it is shown that the novel Timepix detector combines a high dynamic range with a very high signal-to-noise ratio and single-electron sensitivity, enabling ab initio phasing of beam-sensitive organic compounds. Low-dose electron diffraction data (∼ 0.013 e(-) Å(-2) s(-1)) were collected at room temperature with the rotation method. It was ascertained that the data were of sufficient quality for structure solution using direct methods using software developed for X-ray crystallography (XDS, SHELX) and for electron crystallography (ADT3D/PETS, SIR2014).

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CarbamazepineCrystallography, X-RayModels, MolecularNanoparticlesNiacinOrganic ChemicalsTemperatureX-Ray DiffractionCarbamazepineNiacinOrganic Chemicalscarbamazepineelectron diffraction structure determinationelectron nanocrystallographynicotinic acidTimepix quantum area detector

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PMID26919375
PMCPMC4770873

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