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Adolph, M.

Aquila, A.

Bajt, S.

Barty, A.

Bostedt, C.

Bozek, J.

Caleman, C.

Chapman, H.N.

Coffee, R.

Coppola, N.

Delmas, T.

Epp, S.

Erk, B.

Filsinger, F.

Foucar, L.

Gorkhover, T.

Gumprecht, L.

Hartmann, A.

Hartmann, R.

Hauser, G.

Holl, P.

Holmegaard, L.

Hömke, A.

Johnsson, P.

Kimmel, N.

Krasniqi, F.

Kühnel, K.U.

Küpper, J.

Martin, A.V.

Maurer, J.

Meijer, G.

Messerschmidt, M.

Moshammer, R.

Reich, C.

Rolles, D.

Rouzée, A.

Rudek, B.

Rudenko, A.

Santra, R.

Schlichting, I.

Schmidt, C.

Schorb, S.

Schulz, J

Soltau, H.

Spence, J.C.H.

Stapelfeldt, H.

Starodub, D.

Stern, S.

Strüder, L.

Thøgersen, J.

Ullrich, J.

Vrakking, M.J.J.

Weidenspointner, G.

White, T.A.

Wunderer, C.

We report experimental results on x-ray diffraction of quantum-state-selected and strongly aligned ensembles of the prototypical asymmetric rotor molecule 2,5-diiodobenzonitrile using the Linac Coherent Light Source. The experiments demonstrate first steps toward a new approach to diffractive imaging of distinct structures of individual, isolated gas-phase molecules. We confirm several key ingredients of single molecule diffraction experiments: the abilities to detect and count individual scattered x-ray photons in single shot diffraction data, to deliver state-selected, e.g., structural-isomer-selected, ensembles of molecules to the x-ray interaction volume, and to strongly align the scattering molecules. Our approach, using ultrashort x-ray pulses, is suitable to study ultrafast dynamics of isolated molecule

Martin, A.

Kühnel, K.

Schulz, J.

Spence, J.

Vrakking, M.

White, T.

Chapman, H.

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