Publications

Cryo-EM sample preparation with soft-landing and laser flash melting

B. SV; T. K. Esser; M. NJ; L. Eriksson; J. Hruby et al. 

Nature Communications. 2026. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-026-77723-6.

High-resolution liquid cells and sample depositions for microsecond time-resolved cryo-em

W. CURTIS; C. KRÜGER; J. HRUBY; M. DRABBELS; U. J. LORENZ 

WO2026185674.

2026.

Nonlinear reversal of photoexcitation on the attosecond time scale improves ultrafast X-ray diffraction images

A. Ulmer; P. J. Ho; B. Langbehn; S. Kuschel; L. Hecht et al. 

Nature Communications. 2026. Vol. 17, num. 1. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-026-75969-8.

Attosecond response of molecules to impulsive ionization

T. Driver; Z. Guo; E. Isele; G. Grell; M. Ruberti et al. 

Nature Physics. 2026. DOI : 10.1038/s41567-026-03360-x.

Photoinduced Enhancement of Chemical Shift Sensitivity to Local Vibrations

A. M. Gutiérrez; O. Alexander; P. E. Alonso; L. Paoloni; T. Mullins et al. 

Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2026. DOI : 10.1021/jacs.6c06538.

An instrument for physical vapor deposition onto cryo-electron microscopy samples for microsecond time-resolved cryo-electron microscopy

W. A. Curtis; C. R. Krüger; A. P. Tracol Gavard; J. Wenz; M. Drabbels et al. 

Review of Scientific Instruments. 2026. Vol. 97, num. 7. DOI : 10.1063/5.0319284.

Liquid jet capabilities for ultrafast chemistry at the SwissFEL Alvra instrument

C. Cirelli; E. V. Beale; F. Dworkowski; V. Kabanova; S. Augustin et al. 

Journal of Synchrotron Radiation. 2026. Vol. 33, p. 1219 – 1235. DOI : 10.1107/S1600577526003735.

Dichography: two-frame ultrafast imaging from a single diffraction pattern

L. Hecht; A. Al Haddad; B. Bastian; T. Baumann; J. Bielecki et al. 

Nature Communications. 2026. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-026-74442-w.

Second harmonic imaging of membrane potentials: comparing water and chromophores as probes

I. Swiderska; S. Lee; M. Flór; S. Roke 

Biophysical Journal. 2026. DOI : 10.1016/j.bpj.2026.06.014.

Extending microsecond time-resolved cryo-electron microscopy with laser flash melting

C. R. Krüger 

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 2026. DOI : 10.1038/s41580-026-00953-5.

Ultrathin liquid cells for microsecond time-resolved cryo-EM

W. A. Curtis; J. Wenz; C. R. Krüger; B. SV; M. Drabbels et al. 

Nature Communications. 2026. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-026-68515-z.

Coherent nonlinear X-ray four-photon interaction with core-shell electrons

A. S. Morillo-Candas; S. Augustin; E. Prát; A. Sarracini; J. Knurr et al. 

Nature. 2026. Vol. 649, num. 8097, p. 590 – 596. DOI : 10.1038/s41586-025-09911-1.

Unraveling Real-Time Chemical Shifts in the Ultrafast Regime

D. E. Rivas; L. Paoloni; R. Boll; A. De Fanis; A. M. Gutiérrez et al. 

Physical Review X. 2026. Vol. 16, num. 1, p. 011051. DOI : 10.1103/y6dt-1sfw.

Molecular magnetic X-ray scattering with ultrashort X-ray free-electron lasers: from spin–orbit dynamics to Berry phase detection

B. Dong; X. Mi; M. Zhang; L. Zhao; Z. Guo et al. 

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 2026. DOI : 10.1039/d6cp00599c.

SPRING, an effective and reliable framework for image reconstruction in single-particle Coherent Diffraction Imaging

A. Colombo; M. Sauppe; A. Al Haddad; K. Ayyer; M. Babayan et al. 

npj Computational Materials. 2025. Vol. 11, num. 1, p. 265. DOI : 10.1038/s41524-025-01661-y.

Visualizing the strong field–induced molecular breakup of C 60 via x-ray diffraction

K. Schnorr; S. Augustin; U. Saalmann; G. Schmid; A. Rouzée et al. 

Science Advances. 2025. Vol. 11, num. 47. DOI : 10.1126/sciadv.adz1900.

Attosecond X-Ray Core-Level Chronoscopy of Aromatic Molecules

J-B. Ji; Z. Guo; T. Driver; C. S. Trevisan; D. Cesar et al. 

Physical Review X. 2025. Vol. 15, num. 4. DOI : 10.1103/dp5w-qxqc.

High magnification optical imaging systems for the characterization of soft X-ray focii

A. Al Haddad; A. Sarracini; K. Schnorr; G. Knopp; J. Krempaský et al. 

Journal of Synchrotron Radiation. 2025. Vol. 32, num. 6. DOI : 10.1107/s160057752500774x.

Overcoming Preferred Orientation in Cryo-EM With Ultrasonic Excitation During Vitrification

H. M. Williams; W. A. Curtis; M. Haubner; J. Hruby; M. Drabbels et al. 

2025

Sturcutre and dynamics of supercooled water

C. Krüger; N. Mowry; M. Drabbels; U. Lorenz 

2025. MATSUS Fall 2025 Conference, València, Spain, 2025-10-20 – 2025-10-24. DOI : 10.29363/nanoge.matsusfall.2025.397.