Small-angle scattering (SAS) is a powerful tool for the detailed structural analysis of objects at the nanometer scale. In contrast to techniques such as electron microscopy, SAS data are presented as reciprocal space information, which hinders the intuitive interpretation of SAS data. This study presents a workflow: (1) creating objects, (2) 3D scanning, (3) the representation of the object as point clouds on a laptop, (4) computation of a distance distribution function, and (5) computation of SAS, executed via the computer program Phone2SAS. This enables us to realize SAS and perform the interactive modeling of SAS of the object of interest. Because 3D scanning is easily accessible through smartphones, this workflow driven by Phone2SAS contributes to the widespread use of SAS. The application of Phone2SAS for the structural assignment of SAS to Y-shaped antibodies is reported in this study.
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