Incommensurate Modulation

An indication of an incommensurate lattice is the existence of satellite spots near the main spots at spacings that don't agree with the lattice repeat.

References

• Borgstahl, G. E. O. "Incommensurate Crystallography by Sander van Smaalen" Crystallography reviews 14 , 259-260 (2008).

• J. J. Lovelace, C. R. Murphy, L. Daniels, K. Narayan, C. E. Schutt, U. Lindberg, C. Svensson and G. E. O. Borgstahl (2008) J. Appl. Cryst. 41, 600-605. Protein crystals can be incommensurately modulated. [1]. PDF at [2]