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Smaller, faster, more complex? Watching a phase transition with X-ray eyes

Vapor condensing on your mirror after a shower, molten iron cooling into solid bars, and diamonds forming under intense pressure – these are all examples of phase transitions, when a material transforms from one state to another. But while phase transitions are defined by their... click to read more

Allan Johnson | Assistant Research Professor at IMDEA Nanoscience, Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies in Nanoscience

ultrafast imaging

free-electron lasers

Quantum materials

phase transition

nanoscale

Reading time 3 min

published on Sep 18, 2023

An eye-opening molecular explosion

Many macroscopic processes that are part of our everyday lives have their origins in the tiniest motions: a molecule absorbs light, causing atoms to move by fractions of the distance between them, individual bonds to form or break. This determines whether a plant can transform... click to read more

Rebecca Boll | Scientist at European XFEL, Schenefeld, Germany

Till Jahnke | Professor at European XFEL, Schenefeld, Germany

coulomb explosion

ultrafast imaging

free-electron lasers

molecular movies

Reading time 4 min

published on Dec 19, 2022