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 …

Direct observation of ultrafast hydrogen bond strengthening in liquid water

J Yang, R Dettori, JPF Nunes, NH List, E Biasin… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Water is one of the most important, yet least understood, liquids in nature. Many anomalous
properties of liquid water originate from its well-connected hydrogen bond network …

Ultrafast molecular movies: Probing chemical dynamics with femtosecond electron and X-ray diffraction

Q Wang, L Yun, J Yang - CCS Chemistry, 2024 - chinesechemsoc.org
Understanding the process of chemical reactions has always been a relentless pursuit for
chemists. The development of femtosecond pump-probe techniques since the 1980s has …

Imaging the short-lived hydroxyl-hydronium pair in ionized liquid water

MF Lin, N Singh, S Liang, M Mo, JPF Nunes… - Science, 2021 - science.org
The radiolysis of water is ubiquitous in nature and plays a critical role in numerous
biochemical and technological applications. Although the elementary reaction pathways for …

Sub-micron thick liquid sheets produced by isotropically etched glass nozzles

CJ Crissman, M Mo, Z Chen, J Yang, DA Huyke… - Lab on a Chip, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
We report on the design and testing of glass nozzles used to produce liquid sheets. The
sheet nozzles use a single converging channel chemically etched into glass wafers by …

Ultrafast visualization of phase transitions in nonequilibrium warm dense matter

M Mo, Z Chen, S Glenzer - MRS Bulletin, 2021 - Springer
Intense ultrafast laser excitation brings materials into highly nonequilibrium states with
complex solid–liquid phase transitions. These ultrafast processes yield warm dense matter …

Identification of the decay pathway of photoexcited nucleobases

X Mu, M Zhang, J Feng, H Yang, N Medvedev… - Ultrafast …, 2023 - spj.science.org
The identification of the decay pathway of the nucleobase uracil after being photoexcited by
ultraviolet light has been a long-standing problem. Various theoretical models have been …

[HTML][HTML] Photodissociation of aqueous I3− observed with liquid-phase ultrafast mega-electron-volt electron diffraction

K Ledbetter, E Biasin, JPF Nunes, M Centurion… - Structural …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Developing femtosecond resolution methods for directly observing structural dynamics is
critical to understanding complex photochemical reaction mechanisms in solution. We have …

[PDF][PDF] Thinner than a knife's edge: 3D-printed liquid sheet jet technology for solution phase XFEL experiments

M Trebbin - IUCrJ, 2023 - journals.iucr.org
Thinner than a knife's edge: 3D-printed liquid sheet jet technology for solution phase XFEL
experiments Page 1 scientific commentaries 638 https://doi.org/10.1107/S2052252523009429 …

[HTML][HTML] Observation of a highly conductive warm dense state of water with ultrafast pump–probe free-electron-laser measurements

Z Chen, X Na, CB Curry, S Liang, M French… - Matter and Radiation …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The electrical conductivity of water under extreme temperatures and densities plays a
central role in modeling planetary magnetic fields. Experimental data are vital to test theories …