Project Description

Articles

2024

High-resolution ptychographic imaging at a seeded free-electron laser source using OAM beams

M. Pancaldi, F. Guzzi, C. S. Bevis, M. Manfredda, J. Barolak, S. Bonetti, I. Bykova, D. De Angelis, G. De Ninno, M. Fanciulli, L. Novinec, E. Pedersoli, A. Ravindran, B. Rosner, C. David, T. Ruchon, A. Simoncig, M. Zangrando, D. E. Adams, P. Vavassori, M. Sacchi, G. Kourousias, G. F. Mancini and F. Capotondi

Optica, 11, 403-411 (2024)

DOI: 10.1364/OPTICA.509745

2023

Ultrafast Energy Transfer from Photoexcited Tryptophan to the Haem in Cytochrome c

C. Bacellar, J. R. Rouxel, R. A. Ingle, G. F. Mancini, D. Kinschel, O. Cannelli, Y. Zhao, C. Cirelli, G. Knopp, J. Szlachetko, F. A. Lima, S. Menzi, D. Ozerov, G. Pamfilidis, K. Kubicek, D. Khakhulin, W. Gawelda, A. Rodriguez-Fernandez, M. Biednov, C. Bressler, C. A. Arrell, P. J. M. Johnson, C. J. Milne, and M. Chergui

J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 14, 2425–2432 (2023).

DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c00218

2022

Single-pulse, reference-free, spatiospectral measurement of ultrashort pulse-beams

D. Goldberger, J. Barolak, C. S. Bevis, B. Ivanic, D. Schmidt, Y. Lei, P. Kazansky, G. F. Mancini, C. G. Durfee, and D. E. Adams

Optica 9, 894-902 (2022).

DOI: 10.1364/OPTICA.462586

Hard X-ray helical dichroism of disordered molecular media

J. R. Rouxel, B. Rösner, D. Karpov, C. Bacellar, G. F. Mancini, F. Zinna, D. Kinschel, O. Cannelli, M. Oppermann, C. Svetina, A. Diaz, J. Lacour, C. David, and M. Chergui

Nat. Photonics 16, 570–574 (2022).

DOI: 10.1038/s41566-022-01022-x

Atomic-level description of Thermal Fluctuations in Inorganic Lead Halide Perovskites

O. Cannelli, J. Wiktor, N. Colonna, L. Leroy, M. Puppin, C. Bacellar, I. Sadykov, F. Krieg, G. Smolentsev, M. V. Kovalenko, A. Pasquarello, M. Chergui, G. F. Mancini

J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 13, 15, 3382–3391 (2022).  Journal cover

DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c00281

 

2021

Ultrafast electron localization in the EuNi2(Si0.21Ge0.79)2 correlated metal

J. R. L. Mardegan, S. Zerdane, G. F. Mancini, V. Esposito, J. R. Rouxel, R. Mankowsky, C. Svetina, N. Gurung, S. Parchenko, M. Porer, B. Burganov, Y. Deng, P. Beaud, G. Ingold, B. Pedrini, C. Arrell, C. Erny, A. Dax, H. Lemke, M. Decker, N. Ortiz, C. Milne, G. Smolentsev, L. Maurel, S. L. Johnson, A. Mitsuda, H. Wada, Y. Yokoyama, H. Wadati, U. Staub

Phys. Rev. Res. 3, 033211 (2021)

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.3.033211

Quantifying Photoinduced Polaronic Distortions in Inorganic Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals

O. Cannelli, N. Colonna, M. Puppin, T. C. Rossi, D. Kinschel, L. M. D. Leroy, J. Löffler, J. M. Budarz, A. M. March, G. Doumy, A. Al Haddad, M.-F. Tu, Y. Kumagai, D. Walko, G. Smolentsev, F. Krieg, S. C. Boehme, M. V. Kovalenko, M. Chergui, and G. F. Mancini

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 143, 24, 9048–9059 (2021). Journal cover

DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c02403

Hard X-ray transient grating spectroscopy on bismuth germanate

J. R. Rouxel, D. Fainozzi, R. Mankowsky, B. Rösner, G. Seniutinas, R. Mincigrucci, S. Catalini, L. Foglia, R. Cucini, F. Döring, A. Kubec, F. Koch, F. Bencivenga, A. Al Haddad, A. Gessini, A. A. Maznev, C. Cirelli, S. Gerber, B. Pedrini, G. F. Mancini, E. Razzoli, M. Burian, H. Ueda, G. Pamfilidis, E. Ferrari, Y. Deng, A. Mozzanica, P. J. M. Johnson, D. Ozerov, M. G. Izzo, C. Bottari, C. Arrell, E. J. Divall, Serhane Zerdane, M. Sander, G. Knopp, P. Beaud, H. T. Lemke, C. J. Milne, C. David, R. Torre, M. Chergui, K. A. Nelson, C. Masciovecchio, U. Staub, L. Patthey, C. Svetina

Nat. Photonics 15, 499–503 (2021).

DOI: 10.1038/s41566-021-00797-9

Femtosecond X-ray spectroscopy of haem proteins

C. Bacellar, D. Kinschel, O. Cannelli, B. Sorokin, T. Katayama, G. F. Mancini, J. R. Rouxel, Y. Obara, J. Nishitani, H. Ito, T. Ito, N. Kurahashi, C. Higashimura, S. Kudo, C. Cirelli, G. Knopp, K. Nass, P. J. M. Johnson, A. Wach, J. Szlachetko, F. A. Lima, C. J. Milne, M. Yabashi, T. Suzuki, K. Misawac, M. Chergui

Faraday Discuss. 228, 312-328 (2021).

DOI: 10.1039/D0FD00131G

Strain Wave Pathway to Semiconductor-to-Metal Transition revealed by time resolved X-ray powder diffraction and Quantitative Structural Analysis

C. Mariette, M. Lorenc, H. Cailleau, E. Collet, L. Guérin, A. Volte, E. Trzop, M. Levantino, M. Wulff, O Hernandez, E. Janod, L. Cairo, V Taphouc, S-I- Ohkoshi, H. Tokoro, P. Beaud, V. Esposito, Y Deng, G. Ingold, G. F. Mancini , R. Mankowsky, C. Svetina, S. Zerdane, A. Mozzanica, M. Chergui, H. Lemke, M. Cammarata

Nat. Commun. 12, 1239 (2021).

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-21316-y

2020

A compact and cost-effective hard X-ray free-electron laser driven by a high-brightness and low-energy electron beam

E. Prat, R. Abela, M. Aiba, et al.

Nat. Photonics 14, 748–754 (2020).

DOI: 10.1038/s41566-020-00712-8

Spin cascade and doming in ferric hemes: Femtosecond X-ray absorption and X-ray emission studies

C. Bacellar, D. Kinschel, G. F. Mancini, R. Ingle, J. R. Rouxel, O. Canelli, C. Cirelli, G. Knopp, J. Szlachetko, F. A. Lima, S. Menzi, G. Pamfilidis, K. Kubicek, D. Khakhulin, W. Gawelda, A. Rodriguez-Fernandez, M. Biednov, C. Bressler, C. A. Arrell, P. J. M. Johnson, C. Milne and M. Chergui

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 117, 21914–21920 (2020).

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2009490117

Femtosecond X-ray emission study of the spin cross-over dynamics in haem proteins

D. Kinschel, C. Bacellar, O. Cannelli, B. Sorokin, F. A. Lima, G. F. Mancini, J. R. Rouxel, T. Katayama, T. Keane, W. Gawelda, P. Zalden, S. Schulz, J. Budarz, D. Khakhulin, Y. Obara, J. Nishitani, H. Ito, T. Ito, N. Kurahashi, C. Higashimura, S. Kudo, C. Bressler, C. Milne, T. Penfold, T. Suzuki, K. Misawa and M. Chergui

Nat. Commun. 11, 4145 (2020).

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-17923-w

Taking a snapshot of the Triplet Excited State of an OLED Organometallic Luminophore using X-rays

G. Smolentsev, C. J. Milne, A. Guda, K. Haldrup, J. Szlachetko, N. Azzaroli, C. Cirelli, G. Knopp, R. Bohinc, S. Menzi, G. Pamfilidis,D. Gashi, M. Beck, A. Mozzanica, D. James, C. Bacellar, G. F. Mancini, A. Tereshchenko, V. Shapovalov, W. M. Kwiatek, J. Czapla-Masztafiak, A. Cannizzo, M. Gazzetto, M. Sander, M. Levantino, V. Kabanova, E. Rychagova, S. Ketkov, M. Olaru, J. Beckmann, M. Vogt

Nat. Commun. 11, 2131 (2020).

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15998-z

X-ray absorption linear dichroism at the Ti K-edge of rutile (001) TiO2 single crystal

T. C. Rossi, D. Grolimund, O. Cannelli, G. F. Mancini, C. Bacellar, D. Kinschel, J. R. Rouxel, N. Ohannessian, D. Pergolesi and M. Chergui

J. Synchrotron Rad. 27, 425-435 (2020).

DOI: 10.1107/S160057752000051X

2019

Toward time-resolved laser T-jump/X-ray probe spectroscopy in aqueous solutions

O. Cannelli, C. Bacellar, R. A. Ingle, R. Bohinc, D. Kinschel, B. Bauer, D. S. Ferreira, D. Grolimund, G. F. Mancini, M. Chergui

Structural Dynamics 6, 064303 (2019). Editor’s Highlight and journal cover

DOI: 10.1063/1.5129626

X-ray absorption linear dichroism at the Ti K edge of anatase TiO2 single crystals

T. C. Rossi, D. Grolimund, M. Nachtegaal, O. Cannelli, G. F. Mancini, C. Bacellar, D. Kinschel, J. R. Rouxel, N. Ohannessian, D. Pergolesi, T. Lippert, and M. Chergui

Phys. Rev. B 100, 245207 (2019).

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.100.245207

Local photo-mechanical stiffness revealed in gold nanoparticles supracrystals by ultrafast small-angle electron diffraction

G. F. Mancini, F. Pennacchio, T. Latychevskaia, J. Reguera, F. Stellacci, and F. Carbone

Structural Dynamics 6, 024304 (2019). Editor’s Choice

DOI: 10.1063/1.5091858

Towards X-ray transient grating spectroscopy

C. Svetina, R. Mankowsky, G. Knopp, F. Koch, G. Seniutinas, B. Rösner,1 A. Kubec, M. Lebugle, I. Mochi, M. Beck, C. Cirelli, J. Krempasky, C. Pradervand, J. R. Rouxel, G. F. Mancini, S. Zerdane, B. Pedrini, V. Esposito, G. Ingold, U. Wagner, U. Flechsig, R. Follath,1 M. Chergui, C. Milne, H.T. Lemke, C. David and P. Beaud

Opt. Lett. 44, 574-577 (2019).

DOI: 10.1364/OL.44.000574

Experimental station Bernina at SwissFEL: condensed matter physics on femtosecond time scales investigated by X-ray diffraction and spectroscopic methods

G. Ingold, R. Abela. C. Arrell, P. Beaud, P. Boehler, M. Cammarata, Y. Deng, C. Erny, V. Esposito, U. Flechsig, R. Follath, C. Hauri, S. Johnson, P. Juranic, G. F. Mancini, R. Mankowsky, A. Mozzanica, R. A. Oggenfuss, B. Patterson, L. Patthey, B. Pedrini, J. Rittmann, L. sala, M. Savoini, C. Svetina, T. Zamofing, S. Zerdane, H. Lemke

J. Synchrotron Rad. 26, 874-886 (2019).

DOI: 10.1107/S160057751900331X

2018

Full-Field Imaging of Thermal and Acoustic Dynamics in an Individual Nanostructure using Tabletop High Harmonic Beams

R. Karl, Jr., G. F. Mancini, J. L. Knobloch, T. Frazer, J. Hernandez-Charpak, B. Abad Mayor, D. Gardner, E. Shanblatt, M. Tanksalvala, C. Porter, C. Bevis, H. Kapteyn, D. Adams, M. Murnane

Sci. Adv. 4, eaau4295 (2018).

DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aau4295

Colloidal Crystal Order and Structure Revealed by Tabletop Extreme Ultraviolet Scattering and Coherent Diffractive Imaging

G. F. Mancini, R. M. Karl Jr., E. Shanblatt, C. Bevis, D. Gardner, M. Tanksalvala, J. Russell, D. E. Adams, H. C. Kapteyn, J. V. Badding, T. E. Mallouk, M. M. Murnane

Opt. Express 26, 11393-11406 (2018).

DOI: 10.1364/OE.26.011393

Multiple beam ptychography for large field-of-view, high throughput, quantitative phase contrast imaging

C. S. Bevis, R. M. Karl Jr., J. Reichanadter, D. F. Gardner, C. Porter, E. Shanblatt, M. Tanksalvala, G. F. Mancini, M. M. Murnane, H. C. Kapteyn, D. E. Adams

Ultramicroscopy 184, 164-171 (2018).

DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2017.08.018

2017

Subwavelength coherent imaging of periodic samples using a 13.5 nm tabletop high harmonic light source

D. F. Gardner, M. Tanksalvala, E. R. Shanblatt, X. Zhang, B. R. Galloway, C. R. Porter, R. M. Karl Jr., C. S. Bevis, M. Murnane, H. Kaptyen, D. E. Adams, and G. F. Mancini

Nat. Photonics 11, 259–263 (2017).

DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2017.33

Wide Field-of-View Reflection-Mode Ptychographic Imaging Microscope with Tabletop 12.7 nm High Harmonic Illumination

M. Tanksalvala, C. L. Porter, M. Gerrity, G. P. Miley, X. Zhang, C. S. Bevis, E. R. Shanblatt, R. Karl, G. F. Mancini, D. A. Adams, H. C. Kapteyn, M. M. Murnane

Microscopy and Microanalysis, 23(S1), 36-37 (2017).

DOI: 10.1017/S1431927617000861

Design and implementation of an optimal laser pulse front tilting scheme for ultrafast electron diffraction in reflection geometry with high temporal resolution

F. Pennacchio, G. M. Vanacore, G. F. Mancini, M. Oppermann, R. Jayaraman, P. Musumeci, P. Baum, F. Carbone

Structural Dynamics 4, 044032 (2017).

DOI: 10.1063/1.4991483

2016

Order/disorder dynamics in a dodecanethiol-capped gold nanoparticles supracrystal by small-angle ultrafast electron diffraction

G. F. Mancini, T. Latychevskaia, F. Pennacchio, J. Reguera, F. Stellacci and F. Carbone

Nano Lett. 16, 2705−2713 (2016). Editor’s Highlight

DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b00355

Quantitative Chemically-Specific Coherent Diffractive Imaging of Reactions at Buried Interfaces with Few Nanometer Precision

E. R. Shanblatt, C. L. Porter, D. F. Gardner, G. F. Mancini, R. M. Karl Jr., M. D. Tanksalvala, C. S. Bevis, V. Vartanian, H. C. Kapteyn, D. E. Adams, and M. M. Murnane

Nano Lett. 16, 5444–5450 (2016).

DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b01864

2015

Spatial, spectral, and polarization multiplexed ptychography

R. Karl, C. Bevis, R. Lopez-Rios, J. Reichanadter, D. Gardner, C. Porter, E. Shanblatt, M. Tanksalvala, G. F. Mancini, M. Murnane, H. Kapteyn, and D. Adams

Opt. Express 23, 30250–30258 (2015).

DOI: 10.1364/OE.23.030250

Filming the formation and fluctuation of Skyrmion domains by cryo-Lorentz Transmission Electron Microscopy

J. Rajeswari*, H. Ping*, G. F. Mancini, Y. Murooka, T. Latychevskaia, D. McGrouther, M. Cantoni, E. Baldini, J. S. White, A. Magrez, T. Giamarchi, H. M. Rønnow, F. Carbone

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 112, 14212–14217 (2015).

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1513343112

The role of the coherence in the cross-correlation analysis of diffraction patterns from two-dimensional dense mono-disperse systems

T. Latychevskaia, G. F. Mancini and F. Carbone
Sci. Rep. 5, 16573 (2015).

DOI: 10.1038/srep16573

Structural Investigation of Manganese Doped SrTiO3 Single Crystal and Ceramic

G. F. Mancini, P. Ghigna, M. C. Mozzati, P. Galinetto, M. Makarova, P. Syrnikov, L. Jastrabik, V. A. Trepakov

Ferroelectrics 463, 31-39 (2014).

DOI: 10.1080/00150193.2014.891916

2013

Temperature dependent electron-phonon coupling in a high Tc cuprate probed by femtosecond X-ray diffraction

B. Mansart, M. J. G. Cottet, G. F. Mancini, T. Jarlborg, S. B. Dugdale, S. L. Johnson, S. O. Mariager, C. J. Milne, P. Beaud, S. Grübel, J. A. Johnson, T. Kubacka, G. Ingold, K. Prsa, H. M. Rønnow, K. Conder, E. Pomjakushina, M. Chergui, and F. Carbone

Phys. Rev. B 88, 054507 (2013).

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.88.054507

2012

Design and implementation of a flexible beamline for fs electron diffraction experiments

G. F. Mancini, B. Mansart, S. Pagano, B. van der Geer, M. de Loos, and F. Carbone

Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A 691, 113-122 (2012).

DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2012.06.057

Spectroscopic enlightening of the local structure of VOX active sites in catalysts for the odh of propane

I. Rossetti, G. F. Mancini, P. Ghigna, M. Scavini, M. Piumetti, B. Bonelli, F. Cavani, and A. Comite

J. Phys. Chem. C 116, 22386–22398 (2012).

DOI: 10.1021/jp307031b