Ultrafast electron diffraction: Visualizing dynamic states of matter

D Filippetto, P Musumeci, RK Li, BJ Siwick… - Reviews of Modern …, 2022 - APS
Since the discovery of electron-wave duality, electron scattering instrumentation has
developed into a powerful array of techniques for revealing the atomic structure of matter …

Review on experimental and theoretical investigations of the early stage, femtoseconds to microseconds processes during laser ablation in liquid-phase for the …

A Kanitz, MR Kalus, EL Gurevich… - Plasma Sources …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Laser ablation in liquid-phase (LAL) has been developed since the 1990s, but the interest in
laser synthesis of colloids has emerged in the last decade due to a significant improvement …

Electron-phonon coupling in metals at high electronic temperatures

N Medvedev, I Milov - Physical Review B, 2020 - APS
Even though electron-phonon coupling is one of the most important parameters governing
material evolution after ultrafast energy deposition it remains the most unexplored one. In …

[HTML][HTML] Atomic-scale observation of premelting at 2D lattice defects inside oxide crystals

HS Kim, JS An, HB Bae, SY Chung - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Since two major criteria for melting were proposed by Lindemann and Born in the early
1900s, many simulations and observations have been carried out to elucidate the …

Direct observation of strong momentum-dependent electron-phonon coupling in a metal

M Mo, A Tamm, E Metsanurk, Z Chen, L Wang… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Phonon scattering in metals is one of the most fundamental processes in materials science.
However, understanding such processes has remained challenging and requires detailed …

Kinetics of laser-induced melting of thin gold film: How slow can it get?

MI Arefev, MV Shugaev, LV Zhigilei - Science Advances, 2022 - science.org
Melting is a common and well-studied phenomenon that still reveals new facets when
triggered by laser excitation and probed with ultrafast electron diffraction. Recent …

Dynamic properties of the warm dense electron gas based on path integral Monte Carlo simulations

P Hamann, T Dornheim, J Vorberger, ZA Moldabekov… - Physical Review B, 2020 - APS
There is growing interest in warm dense matter (WDM), an exotic state on the border
between condensed matter and plasmas. Due to the simultaneous importance of quantum …

Evidence for phonon hardening in laser-excited gold using x-ray diffraction at a hard x-ray free electron laser

A Descamps, BK Ofori-Okai, O Bistoni, Z Chen… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Studies of laser-heated materials on femtosecond timescales have shown that the
interatomic potential can be perturbed at sufficiently high laser intensities. For gold, it has …

[HTML][HTML] A kiloelectron-volt ultrafast electron micro-diffraction apparatus using low emittance semiconductor photocathodes

WH Li, CJR Duncan, MB Andorf, AC Bartnik… - Structural …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
We report the design and performance of a time-resolved electron diffraction apparatus
capable of producing intense bunches with simultaneously single digit micrometer probe …

Laser-induced thermal processes: heat transfer, generation of stresses, melting and solidification, vaporization, and phase explosion

MV Shugaev, M He, Y Levy, A Mazzi, A Miotello… - Handbook of Laser …, 2021 - Springer
The vast field of laser-enabled material synthesis, manufacturing, and processing to a large
degree relies on the ability to induce and control a range of thermal processes triggered by …