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 …

XFEL beamline optical instrumentation for ultrafast science

CDM Hutchison, S Perrett… - The Journal of Physical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Free electron lasers operating in the soft and hard X-ray regime provide capabilities for
ultrafast science in many areas, including X-ray spectroscopy, diffractive imaging, solution …

[PDF][PDF] EIGER2 hybrid-photon-counting X-ray detectors for advanced synchrotron diffraction experiments

T Donath, D Šišak Jung, M Burian… - Journal of …, 2023 - journals.iucr.org
The ability to utilize a hybrid-photon-counting detector to its full potential can significantly
influence data quality, data collection speed, as well as development of elaborate data …

AI-NERD: Elucidation of relaxation dynamics beyond equilibrium through AI-informed X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy

JP Horwath, XM Lin, H He, Q Zhang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Understanding and interpreting dynamics of functional materials in situ is a grand challenge
in physics and materials science due to the difficulty of experimentally probing materials at …

Phase transition dynamics in a complex oxide heterostructure

Q Zhang, G Hu, V Starchenko, G Wan, EM Dufresne… - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
Understanding the behavior of defects in the complex oxides is key to controlling myriad
ionic and electronic properties in these multifunctional materials. The observation of defect …

[HTML][HTML] The Timepix4 analog front-end design: Lessons learnt on fundamental limits to noise and time resolution in highly segmented hybrid pixel detectors

R Ballabriga, JA Alozy, FN Bandi, G Blaj… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2023 - Elsevier
This manuscript describes the optimization of the front-end readout electronics for high
granularity hybrid pixel detectors. The theoretical study aims at minimizing the noise and …

[PDF][PDF] Improvement of ultra-small-angle XPCS with the Extremely Brilliant Source

W Chèvremont, T Zinn, T Narayanan - Journal of Synchrotron …, 2024 - journals.iucr.org
Recent technical developments and the performance of the X-ray photon correlation
spectroscopy (XPCS) method over the ultra-small-angle range with the Extremely Brilliant …

[HTML][HTML] Achieving high spatial resolution in a large field-of-view using lensless x-ray imaging

Y Jiang, J Deng, Y Yao, JA Klug, S Mashrafi… - Applied Physics …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
X-ray ptychography, a powerful scanning lensless imaging technique, has become attractive
for nondestructively imaging internal structures at nanoscale. Stage positioning overhead in …

Single Photon Counting Readout IC With 44 e rms ENC and 5.5 e rms Offset Spread With Charge Sensitive Amplifier Active Feedback Discharge

R Kleczek, P Kmon, P Maj, R Szczygiel… - … on Circuits and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The paper presents the design and measurements of a low noise integrated circuit in a
CMOS 130 nm for the readout of a hybrid pixel detector operating in a single photon …

Nanoparticle Diffusion in Miscible Polymer Nanocomposite Melts

NF Mendez, D Dhara, Q Zhang, S Narayanan… - …, 2023 - ACS Publications
X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy measurements were used to quantify the dynamics of
bare and bimodal grafted silica nanoparticles mixed with PEO melts of different molecular …