I am working on protein isolates. i am having the data of XRD analysis of protein isolates. how to calculate the crystallinity index for protein isolates?
The crystallinity index is calculated depended on the particle size from (AFM or SEM or TEM) and crystal size that calculated by XRD data and Scherrer equation. You can read my loaded manuscript.
Crystallinity indices for protein structures can not be calculated. They are calculated from the Scherrer equation for good crystalline samples. The protein structures are almost always obtained with water. They are a mixture of structures with different molar masses, they are almost always amorphous. Your diffraction pattern with sharp peaks or wide peaks?
Herwith, i have attcahed the image of XRD pattern of protein isolate. kindly suggest me the method to calculate the crystallinity index for this pattern.