Minibeam Capabilities

GM/CA @ APS offers a unique minibeam capabilies through user-selectable quad collimators. With just one click of a button on the JBluIce-EPICS application users can select between 5, 10, and 20µm pinholes or 300µm scatterguard.


Minibeam Controls on JBluIce-EPICS Sample Tab

More about GM/CA @ APS minibeam functionality can be found in these publications:

  1. Sanishvili et.al. 'A 7 µm mini-beam improves diffraction data from small or imperfect crystals of macromolecules', Acta Cryst. (2008) D64, p.425-435
  2. Fischetti et.al. 'Mini-beam collimator enables microcrystallography experiments on standard beamlines', J. Synchrotron Rad. (2009). 16, p.217-225

 

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