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 …

Active research is ongoing that investigates the properties of matter under extreme pressure.
Such condensed matter is found inside planets at millions of atmospheres and thousands of …

Polymorphism and polymorphic transitions are attracting considerable interest because of
their significant effect on the phase stability, switchable properties, and the atomic …

Nanostructured high-entropy alloys (HEAs) with excellent properties have recently attracted
extensive attention from both academia and industry in recent years. However, as a …

The National Ignition Facility (NIF)[EI Moses, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 112, 012003 (2008);
https://lasers. llnl. gov/], completed in March 2009, is the highest energy laser ever …

This review is focused on free-electron lasers (FELs) in the hard to soft x-ray regime. The
aim is to provide newcomers to the area with insights into: the basic physics of FELs, the …

The ultrafast evolution of microstructure is key to understanding high-pressure and strain-
rate phenomena. However, the visualization of lattice dynamics at scales commensurate …

Manipulating magnetic materials is the cornerstone of hard drive technology. This modern
information technology era has led to an explosive increase in the rate of data generation …

Despite its fundamental importance for a broad range of applications, little is understood
about the behaviour of metals during the initial phase of shock compression. Here, we …

The study of structure, thermodynamic state, equation of state (EOS) and transport properties
of warm dense matter (WDM) has become one of the key aspects of laboratory astrophysics …