Varian has introduced the Supernova dual-wavelength X-ray diffractometer from Oxford Diffraction for the analysis of small molecules and proteins.
The Supernova is a dual-wavelength diffraction system that uses entirely high-intensity micro-source X-ray technology.
Single crystal X-ray diffraction is used to determine the structure of small molecules and proteins at high resolution.
Applications include chemistry, geology, physics, structural biology and pharmaceutical research.
The system is suitable for the study of challenging samples in small molecule and protein crystallography.
It includes co-mounted, dual-wavelength and high-intensity X-ray micro-sources of both molybdenum and copper wavelength.
The high-intensity X-ray radiation from the dual Nova and Mova X-ray micro-sources allows shorter X-ray exposure, as does the high-sensitivity, large-area Atlas CCD (charge-coupled device), for faster data collection.
In addition, the duty cycle (the dead time required for the CCD detector to transfer data to the computer), has been reduced.
Autochem software automates crystal structure solution, refinement and report generation.
Data analysis is concurrent with data collection, reducing the time spent solving and refining the crystal structure.
