Synchrotron Radiation in Chemistry and Biology III

Synchrotron radiation as a source for X-ray diffraction the beginning.- Applications of synchrotron radiation to the study of biopolymers in solution: Time-resolved X-ray scattering of microtubule self-assembly and oscillations.- High angle fiber diffraction studies on conformational transitions in DNA using synchrotron radiation.- The laue method and its use in time-resolved crystallography.- Structural, mesomorphic and time-resolved studies of biological liquid crystals and lipid membranes using synchrotron X-radiation.- Research on synthetic polymers by means of experimental techniques employing synchrotron radiation.- Use of synchrotron radiation to study state-selected ion-molecule reactions.- Time-resolved X-ray absorption spectroscopy using an energy dispersive optics: Strengths and limitations.- Experimental possibilities in small angle scattering at the European synchrotron radiation facility.