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Diffraction data of core-shell nanoparticles from an X-ray free electron laser.

ABSTRACT: X-ray free-electron lasers provide novel opportunities to conduct single particle analysis on nanoscale particles. Coherent diffractive imaging experiments were performed at the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), SLAC National Laboratory, exposing single inorganic core-shell nanoparticles to femtosecond hard-X-ray pulses. Each facetted nanoparticle consisted of a crystalline gold core and a differently shaped palladium shell. Scattered intensities were observed up to about 7?nm resolution. Analysis of the scattering patterns revealed the size distribution of the samples, which is consistent with that obtained from direct real-space imaging by electron microscopy. Scattering patterns resulting from single particles were selected and compiled into a dataset which can be valuable for algorithm developments in single particle scattering research.

SUBMITTER: Li X

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5387922 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Diffraction data of core-shell nanoparticles from an X-ray free electron laser.

Li Xuanxuan X Chiu Chun-Ya CY Wang Hsiang-Ju HJ Kassemeyer Stephan S Botha Sabine S Shoeman Robert L RL Lawrence Robert M RM Kupitz Christopher C Kirian Richard R James Daniel D Wang Dingjie D Nelson Garrett G Messerschmidt Marc M Boutet Sébastien S Williams Garth J GJ Hartmann Elisabeth E Jafarpour Aliakbar A Foucar Lutz M LM Barty Anton A Chapman Henry H Liang Mengning M Menzel Andreas A Wang Fenglin F Basu Shibom S Fromme Raimund R Doak R Bruce RB Fromme Petra P Weierstall Uwe U Huang Michael H MH Spence John C H JC Schlichting Ilme I Hogue Brenda G BG Liu Haiguang H

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X-ray free-electron lasers provide novel opportunities to conduct single particle analysis on nanoscale particles. Coherent diffractive imaging experiments were performed at the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), SLAC National Laboratory, exposing single inorganic core-shell nanoparticles to femtosecond hard-X-ray pulses. Each facetted nanoparticle consisted of a crystalline gold core and a differently shaped palladium shell. Scattered intensities were observed up to about 7 nm resolution. Anal ...[more]

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Diffraction data of core-shell nanoparticles from an X-ray free electron laser.

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Diffraction data of core-shell nanoparticles from an X-ray free electron laser.

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