Neutron scattering studies biological macromolecules

Ruffle, S. V. Michalarias, I. Ei, ].-C. Ford, R. C. Inelastic Incoherent Neutron Scattering Studies of Water Interacting with Biological Macromolecules. /. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 565-569. 

Inelastic incoherent neutron scattering studies of water interacting with biological macromolecules. 

William T. Heller obtained his PhD in physics from Rice University in 1999. After postdoctoral training at Los Alamos National Laboratory, he moved to Oak Ridge National Laboratory for additional postdoctoral training before accepting a post as chemist/biophysicist in the Chemical Sciences Division of Oak Ridge National Laboratory. His work entails the application of neutron and x-ray scattering methods to the study of the structure and function of biological macromolecules and the characterization of materials. 

We next describe the state-of-the-art techniques used to study both dynamical crossovers in such macromolecules of biological interest as proteins, RNA, and DNA. For both crossovers we will consider the related physics by examining experimental findings and MD simulations. Our approach to neutron scattering in biomolecules is essentially the same—with some minor adjustments—as that used in confined water. The mean squared atomic displacement (MSD) X (T) (MSD)... 

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