Figure 11
Evidence that beam damage continues when the sample is no longer being exposed to X-rays. Appearance of the HII phase (10) reflection in an Lα-phase background after exposing hydrated DiPOPE to (a) an accumulated dose of 46 Mrad or (b) a sub-threshold dose of 16 Mrad, before closing the shutter for 5 min then reopening to collect diffraction data. Data were collected on the ID2 beamline at the ESRF (12.5 keV, 6.3 × 1011 photons s−1, 640 krad s−1). Measurements were made with samples at 50% w/w buffer (150 mM NaCl, 20 mM TES, pH 7.4) and 305.5 K. Sample preparation is similar to the protocol described by Cherezov et al. (2000). |