BES Highlights

Researchers have created a novel membrane platform for studying the structure and function of membrane proteins in their realistic environment.

Understanding Ions’ Subtle Molecular-Level Interactions Allows Scientists to Tune the Melting Point

Neutron and X-ray scattering shed light on exotic states that determine the electronic properties of materials.

New electronic ring-containing polymers enable unexpected movement of energy along the backbone connecting the polymer and within each ring.

Metal organic framework materials turn fluorescent light signals on or off in the presence of guest molecules.

Computational design of bundled peptide building blocks that can be precisely linked provides new ways to create customized polymers.

A newly designed X-ray oscillator may enable atomic level precision with intense X-ray pulses.

A new quantitative understanding of how, at what distance, and in what shape zinc oxide nanoparticles come together while separated by liquid.

Scientists use a machine learning algorithm to reduce tuning time of a dozen instruments at once.

A novel terahertz laser achieves the performance goals critical for new applications in sensing and imaging.

An X-ray image taken with a novel X-ray wavefront imager results in high precision measurements of intensity and direction of the X-ray beam.

Research uses directed gas phase preparation of two carbenes, triplet pentadiynylidene and singlet ethynylcyclopropenylidene.

Observation of impulsive stimulated X-ray Raman scattering with attosecond soft X-ray pulses.

Advanced techniques reveal how defects in nanoscale crystals affect how solar photovoltaics perform.

Harnessing the intensity of a terahertz laser pulse brings the resolution of electron scattering closer to the scale of electron and proton motion.

Crystals grown from layers of atoms arrange themselves on semiconductor surfaces to add new capabilities.

Neutron scattering and isotopic substitution techniques reveal how to block vibrations that could leak heat from a photovoltaic cell.

Neutron scattering reveals a new way for magnetic oscillations to stick together.

Neutron and X-ray experiments illuminate the magnetic transitions in hexagonal iron sulfide that transform it from a conductor to an insulator.

Swarms of synchronized active spinning particles exhibit complex collective behavior, ranging from liquid-like states to dynamic crystals.

New lens could generate an ion beam that is both small and fast.

Insight into charge generation induced by light could enable the design of better photocatalysts made from nanomaterials.

Controlling the knotting of molecular chains offers new ties from polymer fluids to industrial applications.

Machine learning-based algorithm characterizes materials’ microstructure in 3D and real time.

Lipid-based devices mimic brain-like processing.