Nanosecond X-Ray Diffraction from Biological Samples with a Laser-Produced Plasma Source
- 11 May 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 204 (4393) , 622-624
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.432665
Abstract
By using 4.45-angstrom radiation generated by Cl+15 ions in a laser plasma and nanosecond exposures, low-angle x-ray diffraction patterns were obtained from dried rat spinal nerves and a powder of cholesterol. Three to four 400-picosecond, 45-joule pulses were required for the exposure. This new technique should have wide application in structural kinetic studies.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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