Bundling with x rays
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.024047
Science : In the natural sciences, x-ray crystallography has clarified how the shapes of proteins and related complexes relate to their cellular function, and x-ray scattering has elucidated the structure and dynamics, mechanical properties, and intermolecular interactions of countless materials.In Science, H. Cui and coworkers report a new twist in the application of x-ray scattering, where synchrotron x-ray irradiation, in addition to its usual role in probing structure, acts as a reversible switch for self-assembly from a disordered to an ordered state of bundled filaments.
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