[HTML][HTML] A comparative review of time-resolved x-ray and electron scattering to probe structural dynamics

Y Lee, KY Oang, D Kim, H Ihee - Structural Dynamics, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
The structure of molecules, particularly the dynamic changes in structure, plays an essential
role in understanding physical and chemical phenomena. Time-resolved (TR) scattering …

[HTML][HTML] Recent Progress of the PAL-XFEL

I Eom, SH Chun, JH Lee, D Nam, R Ma, J Park, S Park… - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
The X-ray free-electron laser of the Pohang Accelerator Laboratory (PAL-XFEL) was opened
to users in 2017. Since then, significant progress has been made in PAL-XFEL operation …

Inverted nucleation for photoinduced nonequilibrium melting

J Hwang, Y Ihm, D Nam, J Shin, E Park, SY Lee… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Ultrafast photoinduced melting provides an essential platform for studying nonequilibrium
phase transitions by linking the kinetics of electron dynamics to ionic motions. Knowledge of …

Kinetics of laser-induced melting of thin gold film: How slow can it get?

MI Arefev, MV Shugaev, LV Zhigilei - Science Advances, 2022 - science.org
Melting is a common and well-studied phenomenon that still reveals new facets when
triggered by laser excitation and probed with ultrafast electron diffraction. Recent …

Ultrafast energy transfer process in confined gold nanospheres revealed by femtosecond x-ray imaging and diffraction

J Shin, C Jung, Y Ihm, SP Heo, D Nam, S Kim… - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Femtosecond laser pulses drive nonequilibrium phase transitions via reaction paths hidden
in thermal equilibrium. This stimulates interest to understand photoinduced ultrafast melting …

Probing Laser‐Driven Structure Formation at Extreme Scales in Space and Time

J Bonse, K Sokolowski‐Tinten - Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Irradiation of solid surfaces with high intensity, ultrashort laser pulses triggers a variety of
secondary processes that can lead to the formation of transient and permanent structures …

Intrinsic luminescence blinking from plasmonic nanojunctions

W Chen, P Roelli, A Ahmed, S Verlekar, H Hu… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Plasmonic nanojunctions, consisting of adjacent metal structures with nanometre gaps, can
support localised plasmon resonances that boost light matter interactions and concentrate …

Quantitative hyperspectral coherent diffractive imaging spectroscopy of a solid-state phase transition in vanadium dioxide

AS Johnson, JV Conesa, L Vidas, D Perez-Salinas… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Solid-state systems can host a variety of thermodynamic phases that can be controlled with
magnetic fields, strain, or laser excitation. Many phases that are believed to exhibit exotic …

Compressive effects in melting of palladium thin films studied by ultrafast x-ray diffraction

AF Suzana, R Koch, L Wu, TA Assefa, S Kim, S Choi… - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
With the advent of x-ray free electron lasers (XFELs), ultrafast laser excitation leading to
nonequilibrium states has become an important way to investigate thermal processes. Here …