Journal article
X-ray diffractive imaging of controlled gas-phase molecules: Toward imaging of dynamics in the molecular frame
Thomas Kierspel, Andrew Morgan, Joss Wiese, Terry Mullins, Andy Aquila, Anton Barty, Richard Bean, Rebecca Boll, Sebastien Boutet, Philip Bucksbaum, Henry N Chapman, Lauge Christensen, Alan Fry, Mark Hunter, Jason E Koglin, Mengning Liang, Valerio Mariani, Adi Natan, Joseph Robinson, Daniel Rolles Show all
The Journal of Chemical Physics | AMER INST PHYSICS | Published : 2020
DOI: 10.1063/1.5133963
Abstract
We report experimental results on the diffractive imaging of three-dimensionally aligned 2,5-diiodothiophene molecules. The molecules were aligned by chirped near-infrared laser pulses, and their structure was probed at a photon energy of 9.5 keV (λ ≈ 130 pm) provided by the Linac Coherent Light Source. Diffracted photons were recorded on the Cornell-SLAC pixel array detector, and a two-dimensional diffraction pattern of the equilibrium structure of 2,5-diiodothiophene was recorded. The retrieved distance between the two iodine atoms agrees with the quantum-chemically calculated molecular structure to be within 5%. The experimental approach allows for the imaging of intrinsic molecular dynam..
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Awarded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft through the Clusters of Excellence "Center for Ultrafast Imaging" (CUI)
Awarded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft through the Clusters of Excellence "Advanced Imaging of Matter" (AIM)
Awarded by European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Grant
Awarded by European Research Council under the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme
Awarded by U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences
Awarded by Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy
Funding Acknowledgements
This work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft through the Clusters of Excellence "Center for Ultrafast Imaging" (CUI, EXC 1074, Grant No. 194651731) and "Advanced Imaging of Matter" (AIM, EXC 2056, Grant No. 390715994), the Helmholtz Association through the Virtual Institute 419 "Dynamic Pathways in Multidimensional Landscapes" and the "Initiative and Networking Fund," the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Grant Agreement MEDEA (Grant No. 641789), and the European Research Council under the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (Grant No. FP7/2007-2013) through the Consolidator Grant COMOTION (ERC-Kupper-614507).Use of the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences (Grant No. DE-AC02-76SF00515). D.R. and A.R. acknowledge support from the Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy (Grant No. DE-FG02-86ER13491).