Publications by authors named "G Borchers"
J Synchrotron Radiat
May 2019
Article Synopsis
- The European X-ray Free-Electron Laser (FEL), launched in May 2017, is the world's first high-repetition-rate hard X-ray FEL, enhancing biological structure determination through advanced serial crystallography.
- Its ability to perform experiments at significantly higher data rates allows for groundbreaking discoveries and access to complex experiments that weren’t possible with older systems.
- The paper details the SPB/SFX instrument's features, which support various techniques like serial crystallography and single particle imaging, as well as its current capabilities and future potential.
Article Synopsis
- The investigation of noncrystalline biological materials using advanced x-ray techniques is gaining traction due to the development of brighter x-ray sources like synchrotrons and free electron lasers.
- The use of coherent diffractive imaging (CDI), particularly ptychographic CDI (PCDI), allows for efficient imaging without losing scattered x-ray photons, offering quantitative information about the sample's electron density.
- A successful demonstration of PCDI with a cryogenically cooled budding yeast cell highlights its ability to provide sensitive three-dimensional insights into biological structures, opening up opportunities for high-resolution studies of unique biological samples.
