page_title: Serial femtosecond crystallography
hierarchical_section_title: Serial femtosecond crystallography
caption_attribution_description: English: Experimental setup for a typical SFX experiment at X-ray Free Electron Lasers (XFELs) using a gas dynamic virtual nozzle (GDVN) for sample delivery. Parts (b) and (c) show details about the sample delivery system.
context_page_description: Serial femtosecond crystallography is a form of X-ray crystallography developed for use at X-ray free-electron lasers. Single pulses at free-electron lasers are bright enough to generate resolvable Bragg diffraction from sub-micron crystals. However, these pulses also destroy the crystals, meaning that a full data set involves collecting diffraction from many crystals. This method of data collection is referred to as serial, referencing a row of crystals streaming across the X-ray beam, one at a time.
context_section_description: Serial femtosecond crystallography (SFX) is a form of X-ray crystallography developed for use at X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs). Single pulses at free-electron lasers are bright enough to generate resolvable Bragg diffraction from sub-micron crystals. However, these pulses also destroy the crystals, meaning that a full data set involves collecting diffraction from many crystals. This method of data collection is referred to as serial, referencing a row of crystals streaming across the X-ray beam, one at a time.
caption: Serial Femtosecond Crystallography (SFX) schematic
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