14 BM-C Beamline

The 14-BM-C station is as a fixed-wavelength bending magnet station especially well suited for crystallography of viruses and proteins with large unit cells, as well as collection of atomic ultra-high resolution data. Fiber diffraction is also supported.

Optics

• Bent conical Si-mirror (Rh coated)
• Bent Ge(111) monochromator

Beam Characteristics

• Energy range:
  • fixed energy 14 keV (0.886Å)
• Bandpass:
  • ΔE/E: 3.1 x 10^-4
• Beam size, horizontal x vertical (FWHM):
  • 0.13 x 0.34 mm²

Station

• Sample positioning:
  • Kappa diffractometer; inclined detector geometry supported
    goniometer head with remote xyz-translation
    B&W and color sample alignment camera
    automated crystal centering
• Sample to detector distance:
  • 100 to 1000 mm remotely adjustable
• Sample temperature control:
  • liquid nitrogen sample cooler
• Pilatus3 S 2M Detector

Other Equipment/Facilities Available

• On-line microspectrophotometer
• Carl Zeiss microscope for sample preparation
• Station is embedded in a BSL-2 Facility
• Laser Lab
• Chemistry Lab