Highly efficient data-collection methods are required for successful macromolecular
crystallography (MX) experiments at X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs). XFEL beamtime is …

The advent of ultrafast X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) opens the tantalizing possibility of
the atomic-resolution imaging of reproducible objects such as viruses, nanoparticles, single …

Dynamics of optically excited plasmonic nanoparticles are presently understood as a series
of scattering events involving the initiation of nanoparticle breathing oscillations. According …

The idea of using ultrashort X-ray pulses to obtain images of single proteins frozen in time
has fascinated and inspired many. It was one of the arguments for building X-ray free …

The success of ptychographic imaging experiments strongly depends on achieving high
signal-to-noise ratio. This is particularly important in nanoscale imaging experiments when …

Ptychography is a computational imaging technique that aims to reconstruct the object of
interest from a set of diffraction patterns. Each of these is obtained by a localized illumination …

Until recently X-ray crystallography has been the standard technique for virus structure
determinations. Available X-ray sources have continuously improved over the decades …

An aerodynamic lens injector was developed specifically for the needs of single-particle
diffractive imaging experiments at free-electron lasers. Its design allows for quick changes of …

The ultrafast spontaneous electron-density fluctuation dynamics in molecules is studied
theoretically by off-resonant multiple X-ray diffraction events. The time-and wavevector …

Nanoscience studies the production, manipulation and properties of materials on the
nanometer scale. In this size regime many materials change their behavior compared to …