Authors
Franz X Kaertner, Frederike Ahr, A-L Calendron, H Çankaya, S Carbajo, G Chang, G Cirmi, K Dörner, U Dorda, A Fallahi, A Hartin, M Hemmer, R Hobbs, Yi Hua, WR Huang, R Letrun, N Matlis, V Mazalova, OD Mücke, E Nanni, W Putnam, K Ravi, F Reichert, I Sarrou, X Wu, A Yahaghi, Hong Ye, L Zapata, D Zhang, C Zhou, RJD Miller, KK Berggren, H Graafsma, A Meents, RW Assmann, HN Chapman, Petra Fromme
Publication date
2016/9/1
Journal
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume
829
Pages
24-29
Publisher
North-Holland
Description
X-ray crystallography is one of the main methods to determine atomic-resolution 3D images of the whole spectrum of molecules ranging from small inorganic clusters to large protein complexes consisting of hundred-thousands of atoms that constitute the macromolecular machinery of life. Life is not static, and unravelling the structure and dynamics of the most important reactions in chemistry and biology is essential to uncover their mechanism. Many of these reactions, including photosynthesis which drives our biosphere, are light induced and occur on ultrafast timescales. These have been studied with high time resolution primarily by optical spectroscopy, enabled by ultrafast laser technology, but they reduce the vast complexity of the process to a few reaction coordinates. In the AXSIS project at CFEL in Hamburg, funded by the European Research Council, we develop the new method of attosecond serial X-ray …
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