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International Tables for Crystallography (2006). Vol. F, Section 19.5.7.6
Fibre diffraction
R. Chandrasekaran and G. Stubbs. International Tables for Crystallography (2012). Vol. F, ch. 19.5, pp. 583-592  [ doi:10.1107/97809553602060000871 ]

Abstract

Fibre diffraction, diffraction from a specimen in which the diffracting units are randomly oriented about an axis (the fibre axis), is a powerful technique for determining the structural details of helical polymers, often at atomic resolution. Fibre specimens may be noncrystalline or polycrystalline. Expressions are given for diffraction from both types of fibre. Diffraction patterns are recorded photographically or using imaging plates or charge-coupled devices (CCDs). Data processing includes correction for experimental effects, background subtraction and integration of reflections. Initial models, constructed so as to be consistent with the helical parameters or determined directly, are refined against diffraction data by various methods. Difference Fourier–Bessel syntheses are used to locate missing fragments of the structure, including ions and water molecules. Developments in theory and practice and the availability of fast computers have led to descriptions of the molecular architecture of a wide variety of biopolymers, ranging from simple polypeptides, polynucleotides and polysaccharides to complex filamentous viruses, cytoskeletal filaments and other large macromolecular assemblies.


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International Tables for Crystallography is the definitive resource and reference work for crystallography. The multi-volume series comprises articles and tables of data relevant to crystallographic research and to applications of crystallographic methods in all sciences concerned with the structure and properties of materials.