LMX will address the larger crystallographic systems being developed by the academic and industrial communities with applications in health care and structural biology
Technique: Large-molecule single crystal diffractometry
Contact: Nick Funnell
What will LMX do?
LMX will be optimised to study highly complex and large crystal structures beyond ISIS’ current capability. Such complex structures have applications in diverse areas such as Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and therapeutics. As such there is a strong alignment with UK governmeent strategies from the life sciences vision to the Net Zero strategy.
LMX will enable studies in supramolecular chemistry, functional materials, molecular magnets, energy harvesting materials and biomolecular science, including the interaction of drug molecules with virus proteins.
Watch Peter Moody from the University of Leicester provide an overview of what LMX research into Bioscience and Health:
Watch Paul Saines from the University of Kent discuss the role of LMX in Materials for the future:
Technical success criteria:
• Ability to measure a minimum d-spacing of 2Å for macromolecular materials and 1Å for other solid state materials
• Ability to resolve for a cubic unit cell edge of 120Å the (k00) / (k10) reflection class with k=60
• Wide wavelength band of 4Å
• High brilliance transfer at all wavelengths
• High flux in wavelength region of 2.2 – 2.5Å
• Small beam of 2.5x2.5mm2 with a divergence of 0.3o
