Recent progress in utilizing ultrafast light-matter interaction to control the macroscopic
properties of quantum materials is reviewed. Particular emphasis is placed on photoinduced …

Since the discovery of electron-wave duality, electron scattering instrumentation has
developed into a powerful array of techniques for revealing the atomic structure of matter …

The crystal structure of a solid largely dictates its electronic, optical and mechanical
properties. Indeed, much of the exploration of quantum materials in recent years including …

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 …

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 …

Many ultrafast solid phase transitions are treated as chemical reactions that transform the
structures between two different unit cells along a reaction coordinate, but this neglects the …

Electrochemical ion insertion involves coupled ion–electron transfer reactions, transport of
guest species and redox of the host. The hosts are typically anisotropic solids with 2D …

This article reviews static and dynamic interfacial effects in magnetism, focusing on
interfacially driven magnetic effects and phenomena associated with spin-orbit coupling and …

We propose and demonstrate a novel scheme to produce ultrashort and ultrastable MeV
electron beam. In this scheme, the electron beam produced in a photocathode radio …

Phonon scattering in metals is one of the most fundamental processes in materials science.
However, understanding such processes has remained challenging and requires detailed …