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ArticleJournal of applied crystallography2026

Compact tape-driven sample delivery system for serial femtosecond crystallography.

Jungmin Kang, Yoshiaki Shimazu, Fangjia Luo, Ayumi Yamashita, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Yuichi Inubushi, Kensuke Tono, Nipawan Nuemket, Allen M Orville, So Iwata and 2 more

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Article in Journal of applied crystallography, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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12 authors.

Jungmin KangRIKEN SPring-8 Center, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo679-5148, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3506-6400
Yoshiaki ShimazuRIKEN SPring-8 Center, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo679-5148, Japan.
Fangjia LuoJapan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho Sayo-gun Hyogo679-5198 Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0631-6236
Ayumi YamashitaRIKEN SPring-8 Center, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo679-5148, Japan.
Tomoyuki TanakaRIKEN SPring-8 Center, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo679-5148, Japan.
Yuichi InubushiRIKEN SPring-8 Center, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo679-5148, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1608-3819
Kensuke TonoRIKEN SPring-8 Center, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo679-5148, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1218-3759
Nipawan NuemketRIKEN SPring-8 Center, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo679-5148, Japan.
Allen M OrvilleDiamond Light Source Harwell Science and Innovation Campus Didcot OxfordshireOX11 0DE United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7803-1777
So IwataRIKEN SPring-8 Center, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo679-5148, Japan.
Eriko NangoRIKEN SPring-8 Center, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo679-5148, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9851-7355
Makina YabashiRIKEN SPring-8 Center, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo679-5148, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2472-1684

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We have developed a compact tape drive (CoT) with on-demand sample delivery for time-resolved serial femtosecond crystallography (SFX) experiments, which can deliver sample droplets and/or initiate reactions with a drop-on-drop strategy. Two disposable piezoelectric injectors are positioned in tandem along the tape to produce a queue of nanolitre-scale droplets. X-ray free-electron laser pulses arrive perpendicular to and pass through the broad face of the tape. The pulse is synchronized and aligned to the droplets, thereby enabling highly efficient SFX data collection. The tape transport speed and the delivery distance can be varied to control the mixing time from approximately 130 ms to tens of seconds. We conducted time-resolved SFX experiments utilizing a basic enzymatic reaction model of hen egg white lysozyme (HEWL) and

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conveyor beltsdrop-on-tape sample deliverynanolitre dropletsroom-temperature crystallographyserial femtosecond crystallographyX-ray free-electron lasers

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PMCPMC13060467

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