Why travel to a synchrotron to perform crystallography when you can have a tabletop laser synchrotron x-ray source in your own home laboratory? You are no longer trapped at the Cu-kα line in your home lab. No travelling long distances to synchrotron facilities for confirmatory studies with the ensuing delays engendered by long lead-times for beamline availability. Now perform protein crystallography 24/7 with no waiting, airport hassles, special permits or crystal loss in transport.

The technology developed by MXISystems enables performance of standard protein crystallography, MAD, Laue and powder diffraction, etc., all within a widely tunable range of energies from 8-20keV (1.55-0.62A) with a 0.1% - 10% adjustable bandwidth and high flux.

There are no hutches to contend with. The radiation environment around both the machine and the beamline is shirtsleeves. Neither heavy shielding nor a radiation vault is required.

Our tabletop device interfaces with all standard crystallographic data acquisition equipment. Additionally, the X-ray beam can be focused from 20-50 microns at the crystal, allowing study of smaller specimens immediately after crystal growth. The X-ray source is also customizable for additional ease of use. Some crystallographers may not desire Laue capability, higher keV nor lower energies. This kind of flexibility, tunability and availability improves productivity at reasonable cost in this dynamic field.