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 …

Liquid-liquid phase separation in supercooled water from ultrafast heating of low-density amorphous ice

K Amann-Winkel, KH Kim, N Giovambattista… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Recent experiments continue to find evidence for a liquid-liquid phase transition (LLPT) in
supercooled water, which would unify our understanding of the anomalous properties of …

Direct observation of ultrafast hydrogen bond strengthening in liquid water

J Yang, R Dettori, JPF Nunes, NH List, E Biasin… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Water is one of the most important, yet least understood, liquids in nature. Many anomalous
properties of liquid water originate from its well-connected hydrogen bond network …

High-resolution inelastic X-ray scattering I: Context, spectrometers, samples, and superconductors

AQR Baron - Synchrotron Light Sources and Free-Electron Lasers …, 2020 - Springer
This chapter reviews nonresonant, meV-resolution inelastic x-ray scattering (IXS), as applied
to the measurement of atomic dynamics of crystalline materials. It, in conjunction with a …

Imaging the short-lived hydroxyl-hydronium pair in ionized liquid water

MF Lin, N Singh, S Liang, M Mo, JPF Nunes… - Science, 2021 - science.org
The radiolysis of water is ubiquitous in nature and plays a critical role in numerous
biochemical and technological applications. Although the elementary reaction pathways for …

Emergence of anomalous dynamics in soft matter probed at the European XFEL

F Lehmkühler, F Dallari, A Jain… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Dynamics and kinetics in soft matter physics, biology, and nanoscience frequently occur on
fast (sub) microsecond but not ultrafast timescales which are difficult to probe …

Direct observation of ultrafast cluster dynamics in supercritical carbon dioxide using X-ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy

A Majumdar, H Li, P Muhunthan, A Späh… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Supercritical fluids exhibit distinct thermodynamic and transport properties, making them of
particular interest for a wide range of scientific and engineering applications. These …

Towards molecular movies with X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy

F Perakis, C Gutt - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
In this perspective article we highlight research opportunities and challenges in probing
structural dynamics of molecular systems using X-ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy …

[HTML][HTML] Origin of the anomalous properties in supercooled water based on experimental probing inside “no-man's land”

A Nilsson - Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids: X, 2022 - Elsevier
Austen Angell conducted pioneering work that opened up the field of supercooled water by
observing the temperature dependent divergence of the thermodynamic response functions …

Liquid-liquid phase transitions and amyloid aggregation in proteins related to cancer and neurodegenerative diseases

GAP de Oliveira, Y Cordeiro, JL Silva… - Advances in protein …, 2019 - Elsevier
Liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) and phase transition (LLPT) of proteins and nucleic
acids have emerged as a new paradigm in cell biology. Here we will describe the recent …