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Beyond crystallography: Diffractive imaging using coherent x-ray light sources

Journal Article · · Science
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4]
  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy and California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
  2. RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Kouto 1-1-1, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan.
  3. London Centre for Nanotechnology, University College London, 17-19 Gordon Street, WC1H 0AH, UK., Research Complex at Harwell, Harwell Campus, Didcot, Oxford OX11 0DE, UK.
  4. JILA, University of Colorado, and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA.

X-ray crystallography has been central to the development of many fields of science over the past century. It has now matured to a point that as long as good-quality crystals are available, their atomic structure can be routinely determined in three dimensions. However, many samples in physics, chemistry, materials science, nanoscience, geology, and biology are noncrystalline, and thus their three-dimensional structures are not accessible by traditional x-ray crystallography. Overcoming this hurdle has required the development of new coherent imaging methods to harness new coherent x-ray light sources. Here we review the revolutionary advances that are transforming x-ray sources and imaging in the 21st century.

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
OSTI ID:
1353294
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1194671
Journal Information:
Science, Journal Name: Science Journal Issue: 6234 Vol. 348; ISSN 0036-8075
Publisher:
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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