Communication: X-ray coherent diffractive imaging by immersion in nanodroplets

Structural Dynamics
Rico Mayro P TanyagAndrey F Vilesov

Abstract

Lensless x-ray microscopy requires the recovery of the phase of the radiation scattered from a specimen. Here, we demonstrate a de novo phase retrieval technique by encapsulating an object in a superfluid helium nanodroplet, which provides both a physical support and an approximate scattering phase for the iterative image reconstruction. The technique is robust, fast-converging, and yields the complex density of the immersed object. Images of xenon clusters embedded in superfluid helium droplets reveal transient configurations of quantum vortices in this fragile system.

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Citations

Dec 15, 2015·The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters·Mikhail N SlipchenkoAndrey F Vilesov
Aug 9, 2016·The Journal of Physical Chemistry. a·Evgeny LoginovAndrey F Vilesov
Sep 28, 2017·Physical Review Letters·Adam S ChatterleyHenrik Stapelfeldt
Apr 2, 2018·The Review of Scientific Instruments·Timur OsipovNora Berrah
Jun 9, 2019·Annual Review of Physical Chemistry·Oliver Gessner, Andrey F Vilesov
Jan 13, 2019·Nature Communications·Adam S ChatterleyHenrik Stapelfeldt
Jan 5, 2019·Physical Review Letters·Bruno LangbehnThomas Möller
Jun 13, 2020·Physical Review Letters·Sean M O O'ConnellAndrey F Vilesov
Jul 21, 2017·The Journal of Physical Chemistry. a·Evgeny LoginovAndrey F Vilesov
Jul 6, 2019·The Journal of Physical Chemistry. a·Curtis F JonesAndrey F Vilesov
Dec 11, 2021·Science Advances·Alexandra J FeinbergAndrey F Vilesov

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Methods Mentioned

BETA
imaging techniques
circular diffraction
transmission electron microscopy
x-ray scattering
x-ray atomic scattering

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