2015

Short electron pulses make it possible to observe a structural change in a complex molecule as if watching a film Chemistry is now ready for the movies: an international team including researchers from the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter at CFEL in Hamburg has used a type of ...

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Computer simulations that predict the light-induced change in the physical and chemical properties of complex systems, molecules, nanostructures and solids usually ignore the quantum nature of light. ... The basic building blocks of atoms, molecules and solids are positively charged nuclei and negatively charged electrons. Their mutual interactions determine most physical and chemical properties of ...

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Cornelius Gati has been awarded a long term postdoctoral fellowship by the International Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO). The CFEL scientist from the group of Prof Henry Chapman ... HFSP postdoctoral fellowships are given to young scientists who wish to broaden their training in a laboratory in another country. Already in a few days, Gati will start at his new workplace in the ...

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CFEL scientists Andrea Cavalleri, Director of the Condensed Matter Dynamics department, and Melanie Schnell, leader of the Max Planck Research Group Structure and Dynamics of Cold and Controlled ... PD Dr. Melanie Schnell was awarded the Academy Prize for Chemistry 2015 in recognition of her pioneering development of new methods to study the rotational spectra of state-selected molecules in ...

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Experience science with all your senses More than 18,000 visitors set off Saturday 7th November to get insight into the research facilities during the DESY DAY and Night of Knowledge on campus Bahrenfeld. 9,500 visitors came alone to ...

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Our sense of vision is based on highly choreographed, ultrafast molecular motions The detection of light by pigments in the retina, called rhodopsin or visual purple, leads to our sense of vision. New experiments by scientists from the Max Planck Institute for the Structureand ...

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Three million euros for European Plasma Research Accelerator with eXcellence In Applications (EuPRAXIA) project [Kick-off meeting of the Horizon2020 Design Study EuPRAXIA] The European Union supports the development of a novel plasma particle accelerator with three million euros from the Horizon2020 program. ...

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Prototype demonstrates feasibility of building terahertz accelerators An interdisciplinary team of researchers has built the first prototype of a miniature particle accelerator that uses terahertz radiation instead of radio frequency structures. A single accelerator ...

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Findings may advance development of accurately targeted drugs Using the world's strongest X-ray laser, scientists have gained unprecedented insights into the regulation of biological cells. Like a super microscope, the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) at ...

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Femtochemistry scientists gather for their biannual meeting in Hamburg At the 12th International Conference on Femtochemistry FEMTO12 world leading experts gather at DESY main lecture hall in Hamburg this week. Femtochemistry deals with the ultrafast chemical ...

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Researchers explore ultrafast control of magnetism across interfaces A new study discovers how the sudden excitation of lattice vibrations in a crystal can trigger a change of the magnetic properties of an atomically-thin layer that lies on its surface. A research ...

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Interdisciplinary program features fundamentals and applications of ultrafast X-ray science More than 100 participants from 19 countries have attended this year's Ultrafast X-ray Summer School UXSS 2015 at the Center for Free-Electron Laser Science CFEL on the Bahrenfeld campus this ...

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CFEL hosts International Summer School of Crystallography This week, the Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL) hosts the second International Summer School of Crystallography.  Following the success of the first Summer School last year, this ...

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Scientist produces innovative high-power X-ray lens A team led by CFEL & DESY scientists has designed, fabricated and successfully tested a novel X-ray lens that produces sharper and brighter images of the nano world. The lens employs an ...

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Promising step towards new and better medication With a sophisticated X-ray analysis, a US-German team of scientists has solved the molecular structure of an important regulator for blood pressure in the human body. The study, appearing in the ...

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Study resolves molecular structures of Spiegelmers for the first time Using PETRA III, DESY's ultra bright X-ray source, scientists have decoded the molecular and three-dimensional structure of two promising drug candidates from the new group of Spiegelmers for the ...

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A new rotational spectroscopy approach facilitates the analysis of large molecules. In a recent publication in Physical Chemistry ... CFEL Publications

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Researchers at CFEL lay the theoretical foundation for more efficient magnetic storage The results, described in a paper published in the current issue of CFEL Publications

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Our present digital information processing and storage is based on two properties of the electron. The first is its charge, which is used in electronic circuits to process information. The second is ... CFEL Publications

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In many materials, macroscopic magnetic properties emerge when microscopically small magnets align in a fixed pattern throughout the whole solid. In a publication in CFEL Publications

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Antonia Karamatskou, PhD student in the group of Prof. Dr. Robin Santra at CFEL, DESY,  will participate in  this year’s Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. The junior researcher belongs ...

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Synchronised rotations for novel investigations Scientists in Hamburg have resorted to a physical trick to persuade entire groups of molecules to perform synchronized cartwheels, virtually ... CFEL Publications

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Study demonstrates potential of future X-ray laser investigations. Using the world´s most powerful X-ray laser LCLS, an international team of researchers, including scientists from CFEL, have produced a 3-D image of an intact, infectious virus. The experiment at ...

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For the first time, scientists observe the transition state in a chemical reaction on a catalyst’s surface. For the first time, an international scientists’ team observed the volatile intermediate stages which appear when carbon monoxide oxidizes on a hot ruthenium surface, an ordinary catalyst. The ...

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X-ray imaging method captures living cells with unprecedented speed and resolution. An international team led by Uppsala University and including scientists from CFEL, DESY and the European XFEL has for the first time successfully imaged whole living bacterial cells with an X-ray ...

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CFEL OSA Student Chapter Kickoff Event on February 5th, 2015 We are happy to announce that the Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL) OSA Student Chapter has been established. Being the first one in Hamburg, it currently consists of 11 students and is ...

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DESY light source becomes most precisely synchronised facility in the world. CFEL and DESY scientists have developed and implemented an optical synchronization system for the soft X-ray free-electron laser FLASH, achieving facility-wide synchronization with femtosecond ...

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DESY scientist Robin Santra is leading of the CFEL theory group and he is a physics professor at the University of Hamburg. He is awarded for his successful theoretical description of light-matter ... CFEL Publications

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