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Fredericks, W. J.

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Dynamic light scattering analysis of solutions from which lysozyme crystals grow

The variation of the friction factor was measured by photon correlation spectroscopy during isothermal growth of chicken egg white lysozyme crystals. It was observed to initially increase to a maximum as crystals formed, and then to decrease to a constant value. The change in the friction factors was measured as a function of temperature at concentrations of lysozyme varying from one sufficiently low that molecular interactions were undetectable to concentrations near those at which crystals grow in solutions, in all cases the ionic strength was below that required for crystallization.

Bishop, J. B.↗

Evaluation of advanced light scattering technology for microgravity experiments

The capabilities of modern light scattering equipment and the uses it might have in studying processes in microgravity are evaluated. Emphasis is on the resolution of polydisperse systems. This choice was made since a major use of light scattering was expected to be the study of crystal growth of macromolecules in low gravity environments. An evaluation of a modern photon correlation spectrometer and a Mie spectrometer is presented.

Fredericks, W. J.↗