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Diffraction and Scattering by X-Rays and Neutrons

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X-ray and neutron scattering methods have played a historically pivotal role in the development of molecular biophysics and biochemistry. Today a large proportion of papers that address a question in macromolecular structure carry with them a pictorial representation based on structural features derived from scattering methods. These images are often compelling and yet it is often difficult to assess the presented information based on pictures alone. The purpose of this chapter is to allow the non-expert to develop a sense of how much can be accepted or what can be learned from the images derived from scattering methods.

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    Ivan Rayment

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Rayment, I. (2013). Diffraction and Scattering by X-Rays and Neutrons. In: Allewell, N., Narhi, L., Rayment, I. (eds) Molecular Biophysics for the Life Sciences. Biophysics for the Life Sciences, vol 6. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8548-3_4

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