SwissFEL Alvra Publications

Recent publications are listed below. For an extensive overview we kindly refer you to our publication repository DORA.

  • Bacellar C, Rouxel JR, Ingle RA, Mancini GF, Kinschel D, Cannelli O, et al.
    Ultrafast energy transfer from photoexcited tryptophan to the haem in cytochrome c
    Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 2023; 14(9): 2425-2432. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c00218
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  • Gruhl T, Weinert T, Rodrigues MJ, Milne CJ, Ortolani G, Nass K, et al.
    Ultrafast structural changes direct the first molecular events of vision
    Nature. 2023; 615: 939-944. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-05863-6
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  • Reiche S, Bacellar C, Bougiatioti P, Cirelli C, Dijkstal P, Ferrari E, et al.
    Frequency and spatially chirped free-electron laser pulses
    Physical Review Research. 2023; 5(2): L022009 (7 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.5.L022009
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  • Rodrigues MJ, Casadei CM, Weinert T, Panneels V, Schertler GFX
    Correction of rhodopsin serial crystallography diffraction intensities for a lattice-translocation defect
    Acta Crystallographica Section D: Structural Biology. 2023; 79(3): D79 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1107/S2059798323000931
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  • Wranik M, Weinert T, Slavov C, Masini T, Furrer A, Gaillard N, et al.
    Watching the release of a photopharmacological drug from tubulin using time-resolved serial crystallography
    Nature Communications. 2023; 14(1): 903 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36481-5
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  • Bacellar C, Chergui M
    Ultrafast X-ray spectroscopy of haem proteins
    Chimia. 2022; 76(6): 538-545. https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2022.538
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  • Båth P, Banacore A, Börjesson P, Bosman R, Wickstrand C, Safari C, et al.
    Lipidic cubic phase serial femtosecond crystallography structure of a photosynthetic reaction centre
    Acta Crystallographica Section D: Structural Biology. 2022; 78(6): 698-708. https://doi.org/10.1107/S2059798322004144
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  • Jay RM, Banerjee A, Leitner T, Stefanuik R, Wang R-P, Harich J, et al.
    From femtosecond excited-state and dissociation dynamics to nanosecond reaction kinetics: following C-H bond activation with X-rays
    In: Proceedings the international conference on ultrafast phenomena (UP) 2022. International conference on ultrafast phenomena. Optica Publishing Group; 2022:(2 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1364/UP.2022.Tu1A.2
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  • Mous S, Gotthard G, Ehrenberg D, Sen S, Weinert T, Johnson PJM, et al.
    Dynamics and mechanism of a light-driven chloride pump
    Science. 2022; 375(6583): 845-851. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abj6663
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  • Vogt M, Smolentsev G
    Time-resolved X-ray spectroscopy to study luminophores with relevance for OLEDs
    ChemPhotoChem. 2022; 6(5): e202100180 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/cptc.202100180
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  • Bacellar C, Kinschel D, Cannelli O, Sorokin B, Katayama T, Mancini GF, et al.
    Femtosecond X-ray spectroscopy of haem proteins
    Faraday Discussions. 2021; 228: 312-328. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0fd00131g
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  • David C, Seniutinas G, Makita M, Rösner B, Rehanek J, Karvinen P, et al.
    Spectral monitoring at SwissFEL using a high-resolution on-line hard X-ray single-shot spectrometer
    Journal of Synchrotron Radiation. 2021; 28: 1978-1984. https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600577521009619
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  • Nass K, Bacellar C, Cirelli C, Dworkowski F, Gevorkov Y, James D, et al.
    Pink-beam serial femtosecond crystallography for accurate structure-factor determination at an X-ray free-electron laser
    IUCrJ. 2021; 8: 905-920. https://doi.org/10.1107/S2052252521008046
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  • Bacellar C, Kinschel D, Mancini GF, Ingle RA, Rouxel J, Cannelli O, et al.
    Heme doming in ferric Cytochrome c: femtosecond X-ray absorption and X-ray emission studies
    In: The 22nd international conference on ultrafast phenomena 2020. International conference on ultrafast phenomena. Conference proceedings 2000-2020. Washington, D.C.: OSA; 2020:Th1A.2 (3 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1364/UP.2020.Th1A.2
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  • Bacellar C, Kinschel D, Mancini GF, Ingle RA, Rouxel J, Cannelli O, et al.
    Spin cascade and doming in ferric hemes: femtosecond X-ray absorption and X-ray emission studies
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America PNAS. 2020; 117(36): 21914-21920. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2009490117
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  • Nass K, Cheng R, Vera L, Mozzanica A, Redford S, Ozerov D, et al.
    Advances in long-wavelength native phasing at X-ray free-electron lasers
    IUCrJ. 2020; 7: 965-975. https://doi.org/10.1107/S2052252520011379
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  • Poulter BI, Biasin E, Liekhus-Schmaltz C, Arrell C, Augustin S, Cirelli C, et al.
    Ultrafast charge transfer and electron delocalization in a cyanide-bridged Ru-Ru dimer investigated with femtosecond transient X-ray and IR spectroscopies
    In: International conference on ultrafast phenomena. International conference on ultrafast phenomena. Conference proceedings 2000-2020. Washington, D.C.: OSA; 2020:Th1A.4 (3 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1364/UP.2020.Th1A.4
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  • Skopintsev P, Ehrenberg D, Weinert T, James D, Kar RK, Johnson PJM, et al.
    Femtosecond-to-millisecond structural changes in a light-driven sodium pump
    Nature. 2020; 583: 314-318. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2307-8
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  • Smolentsev G, Milne CJ, Guda A, Haldrup K, Szlachetko J, Azzaroli N, et al.
    Taking a snapshot of the triplet excited state of an OLED organometallic luminophore using X-rays
    Nature Communications. 2020; 11: 2131 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15998-z
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  • Spielmann S, Flechsig U, Thominet V, Follath R, Krempasky J, Wagner U, et al.
    Mirror systems for SwissFEL, from concept to commissioning with x-rays
    In: Gwo S, Huang D-J, Wei D-H, eds. Proceedings of the 13th international conference on synchrotron radiation instrumentation - SRI2018. Vol. 2054. AIP conference proceedings. AIP Publishing; 2019:060001 (5 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5084632
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  • Svetina C, Mankowsky R, Knopp G, Koch F, Seniutinas G, Rösner B, et al.
    Towards X-ray transient grating spectroscopy
    Optics Letters. 2019; 44(3): 574-577. https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.44.000574
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  • Calvi M, Camenzuli C, Ganter R, Sammut N, Schmidt T
    Magnetic assessment and modelling of the Aramis undulator beamline
    Journal of Synchrotron Radiation. 2018; 25(3): 686-705. https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600577518002205
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  • Abela R, Beaud P, van Bokhoven JA, Chergui M, Feurer T, Haase J, et al.
    Perspective: opportunities for ultrafast science at SwissFEL
    Structural Dynamics. 2017; 4(6): 61602 (25 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4997222
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  • Milne CJ, Beaud P, Deng Y, Erny C, Follath R, Flechsig U, et al.
    Opportunities for chemistry at the SwissFEL X-ray free electron laser
    Chimia. 2017; 71(5): 299-307. https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2017.299
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  • Szlachetko J, Nachtegaal M, Grolimund D, Knopp G, Peredkov S, Czapla-Masztafiak J, et al.
    A dispersive inelastic X-ray scattering spectrometer for use at X-ray free electron lasers
    Applied Sciences. 2017; 7(9): 899 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3390/app7090899
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