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 …

XPCS: Nanoscale motion and rheology

RL Leheny - Current opinion in colloid & interface science, 2012 - Elsevier
X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy (XPCS) has emerged as a powerful technique for
investigating slow, nanometer-scale structural dynamics in materials. This paper reviews …

X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy

OG Shpyrko - Journal of synchrotron radiation, 2014 - journals.iucr.org
In recent years, X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy (XPCS) has emerged as one of the
key probes of slow nanoscale fluctuations, applicable to a wide range of condensed matter …

MAXIPIX, a fast readout photon-counting X-ray area detector for synchrotron applications

C Ponchut, JM Rigal, J Clément… - Journal of …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract A 2D photon-counting X-ray detector system with 1.4 kHz frame rate and 55 μm
spatial resolution has been developed and commissionned on ESRF beamlines. The …

Beyond simple exponential correlation functions and equilibrium dynamics in x-ray photon correlation spectroscopy

A Madsen, RL Leheny, H Guo, M Sprung… - New Journal of …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
We discuss the complex dynamics in condensed matter studied with x-ray photon correlation
spectroscopy (XPCS) in which non-exponential correlation functions and dispersion …

A micro-mechanical study of coarsening and rheology of colloidal gels: Cage building, cage hopping, and Smoluchowski's ratchet

RN Zia, BJ Landrum, WB Russel - Journal of Rheology, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
We study via theory and dynamical simulation the evolving structure, particle dynamics, and
time-dependent rheological properties of an aging colloidal gel, with a focus on the micro …

Microdynamics and arrest of coarsening during spinodal decomposition in thermoreversible colloidal gels

Y Gao, J Kim, ME Helgeson - Soft Matter, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Coarsening and kinetic arrest of colloidal systems undergoing spinodal decomposition (SD)
is a conserved motif for forming hierarchical, bicontinuous structures. Although the …

Nanoparticle motion within glassy polymer melts

H Guo, G Bourret, MK Corbierre, S Rucareanu… - Physical review …, 2009 - APS
X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy is employed to investigate the motion of dilute
suspensions of gold nanoparticles in low-molecular-weight polystyrene melts. At high …

Kinetics of network formation and heterogeneous dynamics of an egg white gel revealed by coherent X-ray scattering

N Begam, A Ragulskaya, A Girelli, H Rahmann… - Physical review …, 2021 - APS
The kinetics of heat-induced gelation and the microscopic dynamics of a hen egg white gel
are probed using x-ray photon correlation spectroscopy along with ultrasmall-angle x-ray …

Dynamics of nanoparticles in a supercooled liquid

C Caronna, Y Chushkin, A Madsen, A Cupane - Physical review letters, 2008 - APS
The dynamic properties of nanoparticles suspended in a supercooled glass forming liquid
are studied by x-ray photon correlation spectroscopy. While at high temperatures the …