Dear Theresa, We recently collected a room temperature data set from one single crystal at Petra III. The beam line was equipped with a Pilatus detector. Data were good to 2.7 A. In contrast, at 100 K similar crystals diffracted very poorly. So, it is perfectly possible to obtain useful room temperature data sets from synchrotron sources. I have to admit that in our case it certainly helped that the crystal belonged to a high-symmetry space and full completeness was achieved after 40 degrees angular range.
Regards, Joern Sent from my iPad > On 06.02.2014, at 10:51, Theresa Hsu <theresah...@live.com> wrote: > > Dear crystallographers > > Just out of curiosity, is it possible to collect datasets from crystals at > room temperature at synchrotron? Are fast detectors like Pilatus useful for > this? > > Thank you. > > Theresa
