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Coherent soft X-ray diffraction imaging of coliphage PR772 at the Linac coherent light source
10.1038/sdata.2017.79Scientific Data417007
Electrospray sample injection for single-particle imaging with x-ray lasers
10.1126/sciadv.aav8801Science Advances55eaav880
Coherent soft X-ray diffraction imaging of coliphage PR772 at the Linac coherent light source
Single-particle diffraction from X-ray Free Electron Lasers offers the potential for molecular structure determination without the need for crystallization. In an effort to further develop the technique, we present a dataset of coherent soft X-ray diffraction images of Coliphage PR772 virus, collected at the Atomic Molecular Optics (AMO) beamline with pnCCD detectors in the LAMP instrument at the Linac Coherent Light Source. The diameter of PR772 ranges from 65-70 nm, which is considerably smaller than the previously reported similar to 600 nm diameter Mimivirus. This reflects continued progress in XFEL-based single-particle imaging towards the single molecular imaging regime. The data set contains significantly more single particle hits than collected in previous experiments, enabling the development of improved statistical analysis, reconstruction algorithms, and quantitative metrics to determine resolution and self-consistency.11Nsciescopu
Diffraction data from aerosolized Coliphage PR772 virus particles imaged with the Linac Coherent Light Source
10.1038/s41597-020-00745-2Scientific Data7140
Megahertz single-particle imaging at the European XFEL
The emergence of high repetition-rate X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) powered by superconducting accelerator technology enables the measurement of significantly more experimental data per day than was previously possible. The European XFEL is expected to provide 27,000 pulses per second, over two orders of magnitude more than any other XFEL. The increased pulse rate is a key enabling factor for single-particle X-ray diffractive imaging, which relies on averaging the weak diffraction signal from single biological particles. Taking full advantage of this new capability requires that all experimental steps, from sample preparation and delivery to the acquisition of diffraction patterns, are compatible with the increased pulse repetition rate. Here, we show that single-particle imaging can be performed using X-ray pulses at megahertz repetition rates. The results obtained pave the way towards exploiting high repetition-rate X-ray free-electron lasers for single-particle imaging at their full repetition rate.11Ysciescopu
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Megahertz single-particle imaging at the European XFEL
10.1038/s42005-020-0362-yCommunications Physics319