From femtoseconds to hours—measuring dynamics over 18 orders of magnitude with coherent x-rays

F Lehmkühler, W Roseker, G Grübel - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy (XPCS) enables the study of sample dynamics
between micrometer and atomic length scales. As a coherent scattering technique, it …

[PDF][PDF] Microsecond hydrodynamic interactions in dense colloidal dispersions probed at the European XFEL

F Dallari, A Jain, M Sikorski, J Möller, R Bean… - IUCrJ, 2021 - journals.iucr.org
Many soft-matter systems are composed of macromolecules or nanoparticles suspended in
water. The characteristic times at intrinsic length scales of a few nanometres fall therefore in …

The synchrotron radiation source PETRA III and its future ultra-low-emittance upgrade PETRA IV

CG Schroer, HC Wille, OH Seeck… - … Physical Journal Plus, 2022 - epjplus.epj.org
Abstract PETRA III at DESY is one of the brightest synchrotron radiation sources worldwide.
It serves a broad international multidisciplinary user community from academia to industry at …

[HTML][HTML] Three-step colloidal gelation revealed by time-resolved x-ray photon correlation spectroscopy

A Jain, F Schulz, F Dallari, V Markmann… - The Journal of …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The gelation of PEGylated gold nanoparticles dispersed in a glycerol–water mixture is
probed in situ by x-ray photon correlation spectroscopy. Following the evolution of structure …

Analysis strategies for MHz XPCS at the European XFEL

F Dallari, M Reiser, I Lokteva, A Jain, J Möller… - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The nanometer length-scale holds precious information on several dynamical processes
that develop from picoseconds to seconds. In the past decades, X-ray scattering techniques …

[PDF][PDF] Selected advances in small-angle scattering and applications they serve in manufacturing, energy and climate change

AJ Allen - Journal of Applied Crystallography, 2023 - journals.iucr.org
Innovations in small-angle X-ray and neutron scattering (SAXS and SANS) at major X-ray
and neutron facilities offer new characterization tools for researching materials phenomena …

X-ray driven and intrinsic dynamics in protein gels

S Timmermann, ND Anthuparambil, A Girelli… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
We use X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy to investigate how structure and dynamics of
egg white protein gels are affected by X-ray dose and dose rate. We find that both, changes …

Single and multi-pulse based X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy

W Jo, S Stern, F Westermeier, R Rysov, M Riepp… - Optics express, 2023 - opg.optica.org
The ability of pulsed nature of synchrotron radiation opens up the possibility of studying
microsecond dynamics in complex materials via speckle-based techniques. Here, we …

Unconventional Fast Nanorod Diffusion in Entangled Solutions of PEO Revealed by Mössbauer Spectroscopy

ME Sudakova, VM Cherepanov, TN Ponamareva… - …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Macromolecular crowding plays an important role in the diffusion of nanoparticles (NPs)
across various biological barriers. The transport of NPs in the confined environments …

[PDF][PDF] The PERCIVAL detector: first user experiments

J Correa, M Mehrjoo, R Battistelli… - Journal of …, 2023 - journals.iucr.org
The PERCIVAL detector is a CMOS imager designed for the soft X-ray regime at photon
sources. Although still in its final development phase, it has recently seen its first user …