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ArticleJournal of applied crystallography2026

Thomas D Smith, Alexandra Longcake, Michael J Hall, Michael R Probert

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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. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Thomas D SmithSchool of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0000-9708-6207
Alexandra LongcakeSchool of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2881-3938
Michael J HallSchool of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6475-9161
Michael R ProbertSchool of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2412-7917

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The long-range internal order of crystals enables them to exhibit a well known and long-exploited phenomenon: birefringence. Simple assessment of the interaction of crystals with a polarized light source has guided the hand of many crystallographers through history in matters of crystal selection. Historically the interaction of plane-polarized light has been analysed manually by the user. However, adapting the use of a motorized polarized light microscope to a modern small-molecule-optimized high-throughput workflow can allow for more efficient screening of crystals, in turn alleviating the analysis bottleneck previously encountered in parallel crystallization techniques, such as encapsulated nanodroplet crystallization. Presented herein are developments to an existing open-source imaging robot, including the novel integration of a commercial imaging device and a new software suite for analysis. The open-source program

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automationcrystallizationhigh-throughput experimentsroboticssoftware

Identifiers

PMID42835928
PMCPMC13636031

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