Ultrafast Electron Diffraction and Transient Complex Structures — From Gas Phase to Crystallography

Abstract

This article highlights the recent development of ultrafast electron diffraction at Caltech. This development has made it possible to resolve transient structures both spatially (0.01 Å) and temporally (picosecond and now femtosecond) in the gas phase and condensed media, surfaces and crystals, with wide ranging applications. We also present some advances made in the studies of mesoscopic ionic solvation and biological dynamics and function.

Additional details