Twisted X-rays unravel the complexity of helical structures
Tuesday, February 9, 2016 - 15:40
in Physics & Chemistry
Since the discovery of the diffraction of X-rays by crystals just over 100 years ago, X-ray diffraction as a method of structure determination has dominated structural research in materials science and biology. However, many of the most important materials whose structures remain unknown do not readily crystallize as three-dimensional periodic structures.