Beamline Phone Number:
+44 (0) 1235 778707
Principal Beamline Scientist:
Katherine McAuley
Tel: +44 (0) 1235 778405
E-mail: Katherine.McAuley@diamond.ac.uk
8th June 2020: Access to MX beamlines is currently operating under new guidelines. Please read carefully.
I03 is one of five macromolecular crystallography (MX) beamlines at Diamond. I03 is a tuneable beamline with a working wavelength range of 0.6 - 2.48 Å. The standard working wavelength is 0.976 Å (12.7 keV) with a focused beam size of 90 x 30 um (FWHM). As with all the MX beamlines, I03 uses SPINE standard pins and Unipucks for cryo-cooled samples.
I03 can provide containment measures for experiments involving biological agents in Hazard Groups 2 and 3.
I03 and I04 are equipped with Eiger2 XE 16M detectors - collect at up to 560 Hz!
The SmarGon is back from repair, but still has "issues". The chi angle can be changed, but the crystal will need to be re-centred after changing it. The phi rotation is currently unavailable.
New robot dewar installed - now holds 37 puck, 592 samples.
Go to GDA - Messages- Beamline notes to read the message of the day. Click here for more.
| Standard energy (Å / keV) | 0.98 / 12.7 |
| Flux at 12.7 keV, focus at sample (ph/s) | 1.7 x 1012 |
| Beam size options:
| 90 x 20 µm 90 x 30 µm 100 x 100 µm 55 x 10 µm |
| Wavelength range (Å) | 0.6 - 2.3 |
| Energy range(keV) | 5.2- 21.0 |
| Detector | Eiger2 XE 16M |
| Time to collect 180 ° data set (seconds) | 3.2 + |
| Sample Changer | BART |
| No. of pins in dewar | 592 |
| Sample exchange time (seconds) | 18 |
| Guide to samples screened/hour (X-ray Centring) | 15 |
+ 1800 frames, 0.1 ° oscillation at 560Hz
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Eiger2 XE 16M
In-situ diffraction experiments available since Jan 2012
BART robot
SmarGon goniometry, installed November 2017
Puck barcodes