Sample delivery approaches for synchrotron & XFEL light sources-a bottom up approach

<p>Peter Docker</p>

Sample delivery approaches for synchrotron & XFEL light sources-a bottom up approach

Peter Docker

Diamond Light Source, UK

: J Nanomater Mol Nanotechnol

Abstract

This workshop will cover many different microfluidic approaches to sample manipulation and delivery for XFEL and Synchrotron protein crystallography experiments. After touching on microfluidic ‘on chip’ approaches the workshop will review and describe other novel approaches to handling samples as small as 10 picolitres at rates approaching 50KHz. I will be describing acoustic manipulation, acoustic levitation, optical trapping, flexible microfluidics, digital microfluidics to name a few.

Biography

Peter Docker holds the position of Senior Engineer at the Diamnd light source the UK’s synchrotron. He has 19 years’ experience in micro, nano and pico device and sample handling systems. His current positon involves developing such systems for sample delivery for Xray interrogation.

E-mail: Peter.docker@Diamond.ac.uk