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Ultrafast Electron Diffraction: How It Works

This animation explains how researchers use high-energy electrons at SLAC to study faster-than-ever motions of atoms and molecules relevant to important material properties and chemical processes.

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Combined with the lab’s LCLS X-ray laser, it’ll provide unprecedented atomic views of some of nature’s speediest processes.

Alex Reid, ultrafast electron diffraction (UED)

Method creates new opportunities for studies of extremely fast processes in biology, chemistry and materials science.

Ultrafast Electron Diffraction Reveals Rapid Motions of Atoms and Molecules

Understanding Motions of Thin Layers May Help Design Solar Cells, Electronics and Catalysts of the Future

a three-atom-thick layer of a promising material as it wrinkles in response to a laser pulse

Method’s unprecedented combination of atomic resolution and extraordinary speed opens up new opportunities for ultrafast science.

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