Products: MicroMounts™
MicroMounts™ are the highest performance tools for manipulating and mounting protein crystals, virus crystals, and small molecule/inorganic crystals, as well as a wide range of other small, fragile samples. They are ideal for both conventional and high-throughput X-ray crystallography applications.
Their patented design provides an excellent combination of X-ray and optical transparency, mechanical rigidity and flexibility, and precision dimensions.
MicroMounts™ allow you to:
Easily and quickly retrieve and mount sub-50 μm and especially sub-100 μm crystals, which can now be routinely measured at synchrotron sources and on microfocused lab sources.
Easily retrieve crystals in viscous solutions.
Accurately match the mount size to the crystal size.
Accurately position the crystal in the same place every time, simplifying alignment in the X-ray beam.
Minimize the amount of liquid surrounding your crystal, to maximize cooling rates and reduce the need for cryoprotectants.
Maximize your X-ray signal-to-background and diffraction resolution by minimizing background scatter from the mount and surrounding liquid.
