Roland P. May

Small angle x-ray and neutron scattering from solutions of biological macromolecules

Introduction PART I. THEORY AND EXPERIMENT 1. Basics of small-angle scattering 2. X-ray and neutron scattering instruments 3. Experimental practice and data processing PART II. DATA ANALYSIS METHODS 4. Monodisperse systems 5. Polydisperse and interacting systems PART III. BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS OF SOLUTION SAS 6. Static structral studies 7. Kinetic and perturbation studies 8. Analysis of interparticle interactions 9. SAS in multidisciplinary studies Conclusions and future outlook Appendix 1: Waves, complex number, Fourier transforms, convolution, correlation Appendix 2: Spherical harmonics formalism Appendix 3: Interactions between spherical molecules Appendix 4: List of Web resources