crystallography
crystallography
Definition
crys·tal·log·ra·phy (kris′tə lä′grə fē)
noun
the science of the form, structure, properties, and classification of crystals
Etymology: crystallo- + -graphy
crys′·tal·lo·graph′ic (kris′tə lō graf′ik) adjective or crys′·tal·lo·graph′i·cal
crystallography
Usage Examples
Converse of subject
- determine: Despite an enormous effort, only about 4,000 of the structures are known, with most determined by X-ray crystallography.
- solve: A protein structure solved by X-ray crystallography is regarded as the gold standard to which all other structures are compared.
Converse of object
- use: Working in Oxford she used x-ray crystallography, a technique based on the diffraction of x-rays by crystals.
- include: Headings include crystallography, chemical composition, physical and optical properties, as well as an alphabetical listing of mineral species.
Adjective modifier
- macromolecular: Each year this covers one aspect of macromolecular crystallography.
- high: High Pressure Crystallography The University of Edinburgh is at the forefront of extreme conditions science.
- small: John Warren will provide additional scientific support for small molecule crystallography.
- time-resolved: In 1997 we are in an era of synchrotrons and nanosecond time-resolved protein crystallography.
Modifies a noun
- laboratory: This is roughly one person per UK crystallography laboratory.
- software: CCP4 is based at Daresbury laboratory, was established existed in 1979, and co-ordinates the UK protein crystallography software suite.
- datum: Based on the open access model, the project has produced a prototype repository of crystallography data which enables self-archiving of data by chemists.
- facility: Funding: Membrane protein structures 8 June 2006 A membrane protein crystallography facility is to be established at the Diamond synchrotron in Oxford.
- study: It seems likely that this will occur in conjunction with X-ray crystallography studies.
- group: We are one of the UK's leading high resolution X-ray crystallography groups.
Noun used with modifier
- X-ray: Nobel prize for X-ray crystallography, shared with Dad, 1915.
- x-ray: They want to biology through x-ray crystallography is true of.
- protein: Protein X-ray crystallography was introduced in the summer of 2003.
- electron: Extension of the direct methods approach to structure solving by X-ray or electron crystallography based on the principle of maximum entropy.
- throughput: Astex Technology is a structure-based drug discovery company pioneering the use of high throughput X-ray crystallography.
- molecule: I also advise the small molecule crystallography service in the Chemistry Department.
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