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A Droplet‐Based, Composite PDMS/Glass Capillary Microfluidic System for Evaluating Protein Crystallization Conditions by Microbatch and Vapor‐Diffusion Methods with On‐Chip X‐Ray Diffraction
Author(s) -
Zheng Bo,
Tice Joshua D.,
Roach L. Spencer,
Ismagilov Rustem F.
Publication year - 2004
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/anie.200453974
Subject(s) - polydimethylsiloxane , crystallization , diffraction , microfluidics , materials science , composite number , diffusion , microfluidic chip , protein crystallization , x ray crystallography , chip , capillary action , nanotechnology , chemical engineering , optics , composite material , computer science , physics , engineering , thermodynamics , telecommunications
On‐chip protein crystallization and diffraction: Proteins can be crystallized in nanoliter volumes by using both microbatch and vapor‐diffusion techniques inside composite PDMS/glass microfluidic devices (PDMS=polydimethylsiloxane). The quality of crystals can be assessed directly by on‐chip X‐ray diffraction (see picture).