Biological Small Angle Scattering Techniques and Applications
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Physics General".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 January 2023) | Viewed by 3170
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
I would like to invite you to contribute to a Special Issue on “Biological Small Angle Scattering: Techniques and Applications” in the Journal Applied Sciences.
Small angle scattering (SAS) in either X-ray or Neutron (SAXS/SANS) has become an essential technique in understanding biological structures and processes. The technique is amenable to samples in solution without crystallization and cryogenic preparation, providing an opportunity to study biomolecules in a more physiologically relevant condition. For example, the ensemble of structural conformations from SAS provides a critical understanding of large flexible and disordered systems. The contrast manipulation by SANS and deuterium labeling provides a viable approach to understand subunit structure in the context of the whole complex.
In this Special Issue, we invite original articles, review articles, and case reports highlighting new developments of the technique and their applications to explore new aspects of biological systems. Those include but are not limited to new instrumentation, sample preparation, sample environment, data process, and analysis methods/software.
Dr. Shuo Qian
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- small angle scattering
- SAXS
- SANS
- biological SAS
- solution SAS
- protein structure
- membrane structure
- biomolecule structure
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