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
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