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Photocrystallography – design and methodology for the use of a light‐emitting diode device
Author(s) -
Brayshaw Simon K.,
Knight Jason W.,
Raithby Paul R.,
Savarese Teresa L.,
Schiffers Stefanie,
Teat Simon J.,
Warren John E.,
Warren Mark R.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of applied crystallography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.429
H-Index - 162
ISSN - 1600-5767
DOI - 10.1107/s0021889810004759
Subject(s) - diode , light emitting diode , optoelectronics , metastability , materials science , diffraction , laser , optics , light source , physics , quantum mechanics
With the increase in interest in photocrystallographic experiments, the use of light‐emitting diodes (LEDs) provides an alternative, low‐budget light source (by comparison to lasers) and allows photocrystallographic experiments to be carried out readily. Here the design of an LED array device suitable for use in single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction experiments is reported, and the experimental methodology used for determining the structures of metastable species is described.