[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in synchrotron scattering methods for probing the structure and dynamics of colloids

T Narayanan - Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Recent progress in synchrotron based X-ray scattering methods applied to colloid science is
reviewed. An important figure of merit of these techniques is that they enable in situ …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

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 …

Relaxation processes and physical aging in metallic glasses

B Ruta, E Pineda, Z Evenson - Journal of Physics: Condensed …, 2017‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Since their discovery in the 1960s, metallic glasses have continuously attracted much
interest across the physics and materials science communities. In the forefront are their …

Microscopic dynamics of liquid-liquid phase separation and domain coarsening in a protein solution revealed by X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy

A Girelli, H Rahmann, N Begam, A Ragulskaya… - Physical Review Letters, 2021‏ - APS
While the interplay between liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) and glass formation in
biological systems is highly relevant for their structure formation and thus function, the exact …

Hierarchical aging pathways and reversible fragile-to-strong transition upon annealing of a metallic glass former

I Gallino, D Cangialosi, Z Evenson, L Schmitt… - Acta Materialia, 2018‏ - Elsevier
The change of physical properties during aging and the associated microscopic dynamics of
the Au 49 Cu 26.9 Si 16.3 Ag 5.5 Pd 2.3 bulk metallic glass are investigated using a broad …

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

F Lehmkühler, F Dallari, A Jain, M Sikorski… - Proceedings of the …, 2020‏ - pnas.org
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 …

Hard x-ray photon correlation spectroscopy methods for materials studies

AR Sandy, Q Zhang, LB Lurio - Annual Review of Materials …, 2018‏ - annualreviews.org
Understanding and designing sophisticated new materials require measurements of not
only their average structural properties but also their dynamic behavior. X-ray photon …

Recent applications of synchrotron radiation and neutrons in the study of soft matter

T Narayanan, H Wacklin, O Konovalov… - Crystallography …, 2017‏ - Taylor & Francis
The broad range of applications of synchrotron and neutron scattering in the investigation of
soft condensed matter is reviewed. Appropriate combinations of these techniques allow …

X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy of protein dynamics at nearly diffraction-limited storage rings

J Möller, M Sprung, A Madsen, C Gutt - IUCrJ, 2019‏ - journals.iucr.org
This study explores the possibility of measuring the dynamics of proteins in solution using X-
ray photon correlation spectroscopy (XPCS) at nearly diffraction-limited storage rings …