ID23-2

Synopsis

ID23-2 is a fixed energy beamline dedicated to MX. ID23-2 offers a standard MX sample environment, but with a focused microbeam (10x4 micron).

Status: open

Disciplines

Life Sciences

Applications

Macromolecular crystallography

Techniques

MX - macromolecular crystallography
Microbeam

Energy range

14.2 keV

Beam size

Minimum (H x V) : 1.0 x 2.0 µm²
Maximum (H x V) : 8.0 x 25.0 µm²

Sample environments

Microdiffractometer MD3Up
UNIPUCK+SPINE pins only (no SC3)

Detectors

DECTRIS EIGER X 9M

Technical details

This beamline offers diffraction data collection on microcrystalline MX samples and on fine needle MX samples, as well as determination of the region of highest diffraction quality from larger MX samples.

ID23-2: an automated and high-performance microfocus beamline for macromolecular crystallography at the ESRF

partners

European Synchrotron Radiation Facility - 71, avenue des Martyrs, CS 40220, 38043 Grenoble Cedex 9, France.