An acoustic on-chip goniometer for room temperature macromolecular crystallography.
Burton, C.G., Axford, D., Edwards, A.M.J., Gildea, R.J., Morris, R.H., Newton, M.I., Orville, A.M., Prince, M., Topham, P.D., Docker, P.T.(2017) Lab Chip 17: 4225-4230
- PubMed: 29124258 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/c7lc00812k
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5O8N - PubMed Abstract: 
This paper describes the design, development and successful use of an on-chip goniometer for room-temperature macromolecular crystallography via acoustically induced rotations. We present for the first time a low cost, rate-tunable, acoustic actuator for gradual in-fluid sample reorientation about varying axes and its utilisation for protein structure determination on a synchrotron beamline. The device enables the efficient collection of diffraction data via a rotation method from a sample within a surface confined droplet. This method facilitates efficient macromolecular structural data acquisition in fluid environments for dynamical studies.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Aston Institute of Material Research, Aston University, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK.