How appropriate that someone whose name is Picot would be
the first one to have the answer.
If you don't get it, put define:picot in a google search box.
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On Mon, 3 Nov 2014, Daniel Picot wrote:
> Hi Phhilippe,
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> T. Y. Teng, J. Appl. Crystallogr.
> 23,
> J. Appl. Crystallography 23:387?391 (1990)
> Mounting of crystals for macromolecular crystallography in a free-standing thin film
>
> A method for mounting single crystals in macromolecular crystallographic studies is described
> in which the crystal is suspended in a thin film. The film is formed from a mixture of the
> crystallization buffer and a hydrophilic viscous material, confined within a thin-wire loop by
> surface tension. Compared with conventional crystal mounting methods, this method greatly
> simplifies and speeds the mounting procedure, is well suited to shock freezing and to optical
> monitoring of the crystals, deforms fragile crystals less and gives a lower and more uniform
> background in the X-ray diffraction patterns.
>
> I do not have a copy, but if I remember well it was done with a copper wire, hair and nylon
> loops came later.
> Daniel
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> Le 03/11/2014 18:23, DUMAS Philippe (VIE) a ?crit :
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> I am looking for the reference of this little paper (in J. Appl. Cryst ?) describing how to mak
> e a loop and fish crystals...
> You know, this kind of humble method used by all crystallographers (apart FEL users).
> Thank you in advance
>
> Philippe Dumas
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