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Phasing in crystallography: a modern perspective

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Abstract

Phasing by crystallographic methods dramatically contributed to the development of the modern Sciences. As effect of their application, hundreds of thousands structures have been deposited in appropriate databases, a mine of information for chemistry, physics, geosciences and biology, so far only partially exploited. In this paper the historical development of the phasing approaches and the connected scientific paradigms are discussed. A short presentation of the state of the art is also given, together with short term perspectives.

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Giacovazzo, C. Phasing in crystallography: a modern perspective. Rend. Fis. Acc. Lincei 24 (Suppl 1), 71–76 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12210-012-0209-x

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Keywords

  • Crystallographic methods
  • The phase problem
  • History of phasing techniques