Diamond Light Source
Beamline I03 - Macromolecular Crystallography

I03 is one of five macromolecular crystallography (MX) beamlines at Diamond. I03 is a tuneable beamline with a working wavelength range of 0.6 - 2.48 Å. The standard working wavelength is 0.976 Å (12.7 keV) with a focused beam size of 80 x 20 um (FWHM). As with all the MX beamlines, I03 uses SPINE standard pins and Unipucks for cryo-cooled samples. I03 also offers in situ experiments using SBS format plates.

I03 can provide containment measures for experiments involving biological agents in Hazard Groups 2 and 3.

Features include:

  • In-situ data collection
  • Containment for Hazard Group 2 and Hazard Group 3 biological agents
  • Apertures (20, 50 or 100 µm for cryo samples; 10, 30, 100 µm for in-situ experiments) .
  • Rigaku ACTOR sample changer - 10 Unipucks / 160 samples
  • Pilatus 6M-F
  • Vortex fluorescence detector
  • Automated data processing
  • Possibility to focus at sample position or at detector
  • Remote access

 

 

Beamline Energy Range
5.2 - 21 [eV]
Max Flux On Sample
1.7 * 1012 [ph/s] @ 12.7 [eV]
Spot Size On Sample Hor
90 - 100 [um]
Spot Size On Sample Vert
10 - 100 [um]
contacts
Dave Hall
Techniques
Diffraction
  • Crystallography (biological macromolecules)
Imaging
  • Medical application
control/Data analysis
Control Software Type
  • GDA
Data Output Type
  • Image
Data Output Format
  • cbf