Chemistry and catalysis

Using X-ray free-electron lasers like SLAC’s LCLS, researchers study how enzymes catalyze reactions, which could help them develop drugs and other medical treatments.

Announced by the DOE today, the funded project will explore the use of Super Intelligence to accelerate our understanding of a process central to energy and chemical production. SLAC will also play a key role in eight other Genesis Mission...

New research reveals how a molecule absorbs light and gains a proton while its watery environment reorganizes in response. 

Researchers have documented the ultrafast motion of electrons, including two processes never before captured on their natural timescales.

In a SLAC-led study, four laboratories collaborated to ensure reproducibility in AI training data to predict new catalysts for future fuel production.

Explore how SLAC advances energy research, partnering with Stanford University, the U.S. Department of Energy and industry, to help create a more reliable, affordable and sustainable energy future.

Using the powerful LCLS X-ray laser, researchers at SLAC have directly imaged for the first time how molecules rearrange during a chemical reaction controlled by light.

The lab’s contributions to the national AI initiative are bolstered by its breakthrough scientific tools, unprecedented data and unique partnerships that help illuminate nature from the expansion of the universe to the motions of electrons.

Batteries power everything from medical devices to electronic devices, yet the core technology hasn't fundamentally changed in decades. At the SLAC-Stanford Battery Center, scientists are working with industry to change that.

Researchers reengineered an ePix10k detector for use in ultrafast electron diffraction, empowering studies of chemical processes that were previously out of reach. 

SLAC researchers and collaborators trained a neural network that can use ion momentum to work backward and predict the pre-blast geometry of a molecule.

Water is all around us, yet its surface layer is surprisingly hard to study. Experiments at SLAC’s X-ray laser are bringing it into focus.