Using X-ray free-electron lasers for spectroscopy of molecular catalysts and metalloenzymes

U Bergmann, J Kern, RW Schoenlein, P Wernet… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
The metal centres in metalloenzymes and molecular catalysts are responsible for the
rearrangement of atoms and electrons during complex chemical reactions, and they enable …

Recent advances in ultrafast X-ray sources

R Schoenlein, T Elsaesser… - … of the Royal …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Over more than a century, X-rays have transformed our understanding of the fundamental
structure of matter and have been an indispensable tool for chemistry, physics, biology …

Experimental observation of the liquid-liquid transition in bulk supercooled water under pressure

KH Kim, K Amann-Winkel, N Giovambattista, A Späh… - Science, 2020 - science.org
We prepared bulk samples of supercooled liquid water under pressure by isochoric heating
of high-density amorphous ice to temperatures of 205±10 kelvin, using an infrared …

Hard X-ray free-electron laser with femtosecond-scale timing jitter

HS Kang, CK Min, H Heo, C Kim, H Yang, G Kim… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
The hard X-ray free-electron laser at the Pohang Accelerator Laboratory (PAL-XFEL) in the
Republic of Korea achieved saturation of a 0.144 nm free-electron laser beam on 27 …

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 …

Photon beam transport and scientific instruments at the European XFEL

T Tschentscher, C Bressler, J Grünert, A Madsen… - Applied Sciences, 2017 - mdpi.com
Featured Application This article describes the layout of the European XFEL, a soft and hard
X-ray free-electron laser user facility starting operation in 2017. Emphasis is put on the …

High-resolution XFEL structure of the soluble methane monooxygenase hydroxylase complex with its regulatory component at ambient temperature in two oxidation …

V Srinivas, R Banerjee, H Lebrette… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Soluble methane monooxygenase (sMMO) is a multicomponent metalloenzyme that
catalyzes the conversion of methane to methanol at ambient temperature using a nonheme …

Time-resolved experiments on gas-phase atoms and molecules with XUV and X-ray free-electron lasers

D Rolles - Advances in Physics: X, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Over the last 20 years, XUV and X-ray free-electron lasers have enabled a wide variety of
time-resolved experiments that have dramatically advanced our understanding of ultrafast …

Hard x-ray single-shot spectrometer at the European X-ray Free-Electron Laser

N Kujala, W Freund, J Liu, A Koch, T Falk… - Review of Scientific …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
The European X-ray Free-Electron Laser Facility in Germany delivers x-ray pulses with
femtosecond pulse duration at a repetition rate of up to 4.5 MHz. The free-electron laser …

Towards an optimal sample delivery method for serial crystallography at XFEL

RKY Cheng - Crystals, 2020 - mdpi.com
The advent of the X-ray free electron laser (XFEL) in the last decade created the discipline of
serial crystallography but also the challenge of how crystal samples are delivered to X-ray …