Macromolecular Neutron Diffractometer

for the Spallation Neutron Source

The conceptual design paper has been published:

Conceptual design of a macromolecular neutron diffractometer (MaNDi) for the SNS.

A. J. Schultz, P. Thiyagarajan, J. P. Hodges, C. Rehm, D. A. A. Myles, P. Langan and A. D. Mesecar, J. Appl. Cryst. (2005), 38, 964-974.

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July 12-13, 2005
Spallation Neutron Source
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA

The Conference Report is now available.

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MaNDi proposal to the Experimental Facilities Advisory Committee (EFAC), July 2004.
Figure-of-Merit document, July 2004.
Workshop Report on Neutron Macromolecular Crystallography at the Spallation Neutron Source, October 2-3, 2003, Argonne National Laboratory.
Letter of Intent (LOI) to EFAC, March, 2003.

Links to existing macromolecular single crystal neutron diffractometers:

BIX-3 at JAERI - neutron image plate monochromatic diffractometer.
LADI at ILL - neutron image plate pseudo-Laue diffractometer for small proteins.
PCS at LANSCE - pulsed spallation neutron time-of-flight Laue diffractometer.