Femtosecond X-ray diffraction from an aerosolized beam of protein nanocrystals

A new particle-injection approach is demonstrated that achieves very low background in the measurement of diffraction from macromolecular nanocrystals by using an aerosol-focusing injector with an X-ray free-electron laser.

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