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Large Molecules from the Virtual Bakery— Filling a Gap in Structure Research
Author(s) -
Luger Peter
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-3773(19981231)37:24<3353::aid-anie3353>3.0.co;2-i
Subject(s) - molecule , closing (real estate) , atom (system on chip) , shake , nanotechnology , materials science , chemical physics , crystallography , chemistry , computer science , physics , business , quantum mechanics , organic chemistry , embedded system , finance
Traditional direct methods alone are not potent enough to solve the crystal structures of mid‐sized molecules (over 200 non‐hydrogen atoms). Considerably more efficient are the new methods such as shake‐and‐bake and SHELXD. Even the 1000‐atom barrier has now been overcome, so the gap between small and large molecules is closing.