On the feasibility of nanocrystal imaging using intense and ultrashort x-ray pulses

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 139-146

  Carl Caleman, ^a,b   Huldt, Gösta ^c   Maia, Filipe R N C ^c   Ortiz, Carlos ^d   Parak, Fritz G ^a   Hajdu, Janos ^c   Van Der Spoel, David ^c   Chapman, Henry N ^b,e   Timneanu, Nicuşor ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b DESY   (Germany)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coherent diffraction imaging; Molecular dynamics; Nanocrystallography; Radiation damage; X ray free electron laser

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULE; BIOLOGICAL SUBSTANCE; COHERENT DIFFRACTION IMAGING; COHERENT X-RAYS; CRYSTALLINE SAMPLES; DAMAGE PROCESS; NANOCRYSTALLOGRAPHY; PROTEIN CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; PULSE DURATIONS; SECONDARY IONIZATION; SINGLE MOLECULE; SINGLE-SHOT; STRUCTURAL STUDIES; ULTRA-FAST; ULTRASHORT X-RAY PULSE; X RAY PULSE; X-RAY FLUENCE; X-RAY FREE ELECTRON LASERS; X-RAY SOURCES;

CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; DIFFRACTION; FREE ELECTRON LASERS; MINERALOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOCRYSTALS; RADIATION DAMAGE; UREA; X RAY OPTICS; X RAYS;

X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

NANOPARTICLE; UREA;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; LASER; X RAY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

FEASIBILITY STUDIES; LASERS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOPARTICLES; UREA; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; X-RAYS;

EID: 79951885439     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn1020693     Document Type: Article

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