The reaction products can then be directly examined by X-ray crystallographic methods. Japanese researchers from the University of Tokyo have made a complex that crystallizes as a porous solid.

Barends et al. 1 used a method called time-resolved X-ray diffraction (TR-XRD) to study crystals of the carbon monoxide complex of the protein myoglobin (MbCO; only part of the complex is shown).

Chemical reactions rarely go from start to finish in a single step, as intermediates form during the transition between starting materials and final products. For example, when our bodies ...

Crystals in a pink X-ray beam Serial crystallography using broad-spectrum X-rays at a synchrotron source Date: November 3, 2017 Source: Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY ...

By embedding a silver catalyst inside a porous crystal, KAUST researchers have improved a chemical reaction that converts carbon dioxide (CO2) into carbon monoxide (CO), which is a useful ...

Using X-ray laser pulses, the structure of matter can be studied with previously unprecedented accuracy. However, the pulses are so violent that they destroy the sample being irradiated.

A newly developed experimental set-up allows the structure determination of biomolecules such as proteins with far smaller samples and shorter exposure times than before at synchrotron X-ray sources.

The researchers squeezed crystals of copper(I) m-carborane-9-thiolate (Cu-S-M9) in a diamond anvil cell.At 12 gigapascals of pressure, a copper-sulfur bond broke and copper(I) got reduced to ...