title: Diffraction properties of periodic lattices under free electron laser radiation.
abstract: In this Letter, we report the pioneering use of free electron laser radiation for the investigation of periodic crystalline structures. The diffraction properties of silver behenate single nanocrystals (5.8 nm periodicity) with the dimensions of 20 nm x 20 nm x 20 microm and as powder with grain sizes smaller than 200 nm were investigated with 8 nm free electron laser radiation in single-shot modus with 30 fs long free electron laser pulses. This work emphasizes the possibility of using soft x-ray free electron laser radiation for these crystallographic studies on a nanometer scale.
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, 37070 Goettingen, Germany.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rajkovic
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Busse
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hallmann
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Moré
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Petri
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Quevedo
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Krasniqi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rudenko
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tschentscher
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Stojanovic
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Düsterer
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Treusch
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tolkiehn
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Techert
mesh_terms: D003461:Crystallography / Q000379:methods*; D004583:Electrons; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D007834:Lasers; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D012834:Silver / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D012834:Silver; C007547:behenic acid