Mitigation of radiation damage in macromolecules via tunable ultrafast stroboscopic TEM
Choe, H.; Ponomarev, I.; Montgomery, E.; Lau, J. W.; Zhu, Y.; Zhao, Y.; Liu, A.; Kanareykin, A.; Jing, C.
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We report mitigation of electron-beam-induced radiation damage in biological macromolecules using rapid, low-dose transmission electron microscopy (TEM) with a new, tunable, retrofittable picosecond pulser. Damage mitigation strategies historically consisted of sample cryoprotection and ultra-low beam current; ultrafast laser-pulsed systems have shown promise, but with day-long acquisition times. We show the first practical, fast, laser-free tunable system, with acquisition of diffraction series in minutes at 5.2 GHz and 10 pA. This is the largest study to date: two materials (C36H74 paraffin and purple membrane), two beam energies (200 keV and 300 keV), two independent microscopes (Schottky and LaB6), two modes (pulsed and continuous), and unsurpassed repetition rate tunability. Critical dose at room temperature doubled versus continuous beam for [~]100 MHz single-electron repetition rates. Results herald a new class of highly-tunable, ultrafast pulsers with future applications in cryogenic electron microscopy (CryoEM), high resolution single particle imaging, and rapid low-dose TEM.
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