Abstract
Micro-electron diffraction, or MicroED, is a structure determination method that uses a cryo-transmission electron microscope to collect electron diffraction data from nanocrystals. This technique has been successfully used to determine the high-resolution structures of many targets from crystals orders of magnitude smaller than what is needed for X-ray diffraction experiments. In this review, we will describe the MicroED method and recent structures that have been determined. Additionally, applications of electron diffraction to the fields of small molecule crystallography and materials science will be discussed.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1-8 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Emerging topics in life sciences |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 2018 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
- Medicine(all)