A new scientific frontier opened in 2009 with the start of operations of the world's first x-ray
free-electron laser (FEL), the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), at SLAC National …

This article reviews the static and dynamic properties of spontaneous superstructures
formed by electrons. Representations of such electronic crystals are charge density waves …

The updated guide to the fundamental concepts, techniques and applications of synchrotron
radiation and its applications in this rapidly develo** field Synchrotron light is recognized …

The understanding and management of strain is of fundamental importance in the design
and implementation of materials. The strain properties of nanocrystalline materials are …

The properties of soft-matter thin films (eg liquid films, polymer coatings, Langmuir-Blodgett
multilayers) nowadays play an important role in materials science. They are also very …

X-ray-based analytics are routinely applied in many fields, including physics, chemistry,
materials science, and engineering. The full potential of such techniques in the life sciences …

Water exists in high-and low-density amorphous ice forms (HDA and LDA), which could
correspond to the glassy states of high-(HDL) and low-density liquid (LDL) in the metastable …

X-ray sources are develo** rapidly and their coherent output is growing correspondingly.
The increased coherent flux from modern X-ray sources is being matched with an …

The techniques of neutron diffraction and x-ray diffraction, as applied to structural studies of
liquids and glasses, are reviewed. Emphasis is placed on the explanation and discussion of …

Inverse problems arise frequently in physics: The magnitude of the Fourier transform of
some function is measurable, but not its phase. The “phase problem” in crystallography …