• DocumentCode
    2922373
  • Title

    Femtosecond laser processing of lysozyme crystals

  • Author

    Kashii, Masafumi ; Kitano, Hiroshi ; Hosokawa, Yoichiroh ; Adachi, Hiroaki ; Mori, Yusuke ; Sasaki, Takatomo ; Yoshikawa, Hideki

  • Author_Institution
    Department of Electrical Engineering, Osaka University Graduate School of Engineering, Japan; E-mail address: kashii@ssk.pwr.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    30-02 Aug. 2005
  • Firstpage
    555
  • Lastpage
    556
  • Abstract
    We have developed a novel processing technique for lysozyme crystals using femtosecond laser ablation. This procedure enables us to make problematic protein crystals suitable for X-ray diffraction measurements to determine the three-dimensional (3D) protein structure.
  • Keywords
    Crystallization; Crystals; Laser ablation; Laser theory; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Protein engineering; Surface cracks; Surface emitting lasers; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2005. Pacific Rim Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-9242-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOPR.2005.1569506
  • Filename
    1569506