D19 high-lights

updated 29 April 1998

PHYSICS & MAGNETISM

Relatively small part of D19. Frey, de Boissieu et al - quasi-crystals etc

CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY

*H atoms in complexes of heavy metals e.g. U, Pb, Os, Re, Hf... J.

BASHALL A., GADE L.H., LEWIS J., JOHNSON B.F.G., MCINTYRE G.J., MCPARTLIN M. - Direct location of the hydrido ligands in the dianion (H4Os10(CO)24)2-by a neutron diffraction study of its [(Ph3P)2N]+ salt at 20 K.

Angewandte Chemie International Edition English 30, 1164-1167 (1991)

*The many Th. Steiner papers on interesting H-bonding situations,e.g. flip-flops

STEINER T., MASON S.A., TAMM M. - First neutron diffraction study ofaromatic hydrogen bonds: 5-ethynyl-5H-dibenzo[a,d]cyclohepten-5-ol at 20 K

Acta Crystallographica B - Preprint Accepted for publication (1997)

*The vitamin B12 coenzyme papers of Hugh Savage, e.g. very full analysis of solvent channels .

BOUQUIERE J.P., FINNEY J.L., LEHMANN M.S., LINDLEY P.F., SAVAGE H.F.J. -High-resolution neutron study of vitamin B12 coenzyme at 15 K : Structure analysis and comparison with the structure at 279 K.

Acta Crystallographica B 49, 79-89 (1993)

*Contrast enhancement of different solvent molecules interacting with proteins, e.g.

BOUQUIERE J.P., FINNEY J.L., LEHMANN M.S. - Interaction of thetetramethylammonium ion with the lysozyme molecule

Faraday Transactions 89, 2701-2705 (1993)

*Some of the DNA fiber papers:

"A high angle neutron fibre diffraction study of the hydration of A DNA"

Langan et al J.Biomol.Struct.Dyn. (1992) 10 489-503

"DNA Hydration studied by neutron fibre diffraction"

Fuller et al in "Neutrons in Biology" (Eds Schönborn & Knott), Plenum Press (1996) 345-358.

"Neutron fibre diffraction: recent results at the ILL", Langan Physica B 234-235, 213-214.

"High angle fibre diffraction studies of DNA", Forsyth et al, Neutron News (1992) 3 21-24.