title: Correlated single-crystal electronic absorption spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography at NSLS beamline X26-C.
abstract: The research philosophy and new capabilities installed at NSLS beamline X26-C to support electronic absorption and Raman spectroscopies coupled with X-ray diffraction are reviewed. This beamline is dedicated full time to multidisciplinary studies with goals that include revealing the relationship between the electronic and atomic structures in macromolecules. The beamline instrumentation has been fully integrated such that optical absorption spectra and X-ray diffraction images are interlaced. Therefore, optical changes induced by X-ray exposure can be correlated with X-ray diffraction data collection. The installation of Raman spectroscopy into the beamline is also briefly reviewed. Data are now routinely generated almost simultaneously from three complementary types of experiments from the same sample. The beamline is available now to the NSLS general user population.
authors.affiliation: Biology Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973-5000, USA. amorv@bnl.gov
authors.forename: Allen M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Orville
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Buono
authors.forename: Matt
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cowan
authors.forename: Annie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Héroux
authors.forename: Grace
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Shea-McCarthy
authors.forename: Dieter K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Skinner
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Skinner
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stoner-Ma
authors.forename: Robert M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Sweet
mesh_terms: D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray / Q000379:methods*