![A group of particles, some highlighted in reds and oranges to show which have begun to break apart.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/Battery%20particles.jpg?h=b3527b96&itok=iQfbT2A_)
Staff engineer Bruis van Vlijmen demonstrates how he works in the Battery Informatics Lab at SLAC.
![Staff engineer Bruis van Vlijmen demonstrates how he works in the Battery Informatics Lab at SLAC](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2021_0212_ASC_Battery_Research_Orrell-100%20%282%29%20websize%20copy.jpg?h=7de9594d&itok=C-nZX4jA)
![Cryoplant flow animation](/sites/default/files/lclsII_cooldown_pr_sv_flow_anim_final.gif)
This illustration shows snapshots of the light-triggered transition of the ring-shaped 1,3-cyclohexadiene (CHD) molecule (background) to its stretched-out 1,3,5-hexatriene (HT) form (foreground).
![Molecular Movie in HD Art](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/nature_chemistry_artwork_wolf_final.jpg?h=1e194adf&itok=W0-ECeoU)
Diagram with icons depicting how X-ray studies, machine learning and lab work (left) were used to study electrode nanoparticles (center) for batteries used in...
![Studies of electrode nanoparticles for batteries.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/battery_dynamics_la_final.jpg?h=5a5fc591&itok=DTNsi9pF)
An animation shows how an infrared laser beam (orange) triggers atomic vibrations in a thin layer of iron selenide, which are then recorded by...
![infrared laser beam triggers atomic vibrations in a thin layer of iron selenide](/sites/default/files/fese_animated_v01.gif)
![Illustration from SLAC Public Lecture series titled Improving batteries from the atoms up.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-09/public_lecture_feb2021_backgroundimage.jpg?h=1bede6ae&itok=7pG0xzDQ)
X-ray laser pulses probe water droplets like these to discover water’s hidden (and sometimes bizarre) properties.
![X-ray laser pulses probe water droplets like these to discover water’s hidden (and sometimes bizarre) properties.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-10/cover_nilsson_nomansland_final_landscape_highres_1200x768.jpg?h=67ab0815&itok=RgXSbKpu)
Studies of atomic-level processes that drain battery life and efficiency help improve battery performance.
![Studies of atomic-level processes that drain battery life and efficiency help improve battery performance.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-10/lithium_ion_oxygen_migration_la_final_1200x768.jpg?h=e735519e&itok=MsQNidT4)
Ultra-bright X-ray laser pulses can be used to strip electrons away from atoms, creating ions with strong charges.
![Illustration of X-ray laser pulses stripping electrons away from atoms](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-09/nature_lcls_rgb.jpg?h=c1adbf8b&itok=XbnpsFl9)
At LCLS, crystallized ribosomes travel through a capillary into the interaction region, where they are zapped with a beam of X-rays.
![At LCLS, crystallized ribosomes travel through a capillary into the interaction region, where they are zapped with a beam of X-rays.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-10/44943593144_f53c15a6cc_o_1200x768.jpg?h=07c03992&itok=C5Vf0B9Q)