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20152024
most citedOptimizing aerodynamic lenses for single-particle imaging

30 citations · 76 across the 4 of their papers we have counts for

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8 papers

cond-mat.mes-hall2024

Resolving non-equilibrium shape variations amongst millions of gold nanoparticles

Zhou Shen, Salah Awel, Anton Barty +36

Nanoparticles, exhibiting functionally relevant structural heterogeneity, are at the forefront of cutting-edge research. Now, high-throughput single-particle imaging (SPI) with x-r…

physics.acc-ph2022

On the use of multilayer Laue lenses with X-ray Free Electron Lasers

Mauro Prasciolu, Kevin T. Murray, Nikolay Ivanov +34

Multilayer Laue lenses were used for the first time to focus x-rays from an X-ray Free Electron Laser (XFEL). In an experiment, which was performed at the European XFEL, we demonst…

eess.IV2021★ 1 cited

Unsupervised learning approaches to characterize heterogeneous samples using X-ray single particle imaging

Yulong Zhuang, Salah Awel, Anton Barty +39

One of the outstanding analytical problems in X-ray single particle imaging (SPI) is the classification of structural heterogeneity, which is especially difficult given the low sig…

physics.optics2021

Optical funnel to guide and focus virus particles for X-ray laser imaging

Salah Awel, Sebastian Lavin-Varela, Nils Roth +5

The need for precise manipulation of nanoparticles in gaseous or near-vacuum environments is encountered in many studies that include aerosol morphology, nanodroplet physics, nanos…

physics.app-ph2020

3D diffractive imaging of nanoparticle ensembles using an X-ray laser

Kartik Ayyer, P. Lourdu Xavier, Johan Bielecki +34

We report the 3D structure determination of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) by X-ray single particle imaging (SPI). Around 10 million diffraction patterns from gold nanoparticles were m…

physics.flu-dyn2017★ 30 cited

Optimizing aerodynamic lenses for single-particle imaging

Nils Roth, Salah Awel, Daniel A. Horke +1

A numerical simulation infrastructure capable of calculating the flow of gas and the trajectories of particles through an aerodynamic lens injector is presented. The simulations in…

physics.bio-ph2017★ 23 cited

Femtosecond x-ray diffraction from an aerosolized beam of protein nanocrystals

Salah Awel, Richard A. Kirian, Max O. Wiedorn +22

We demonstrate near-atomic-resolution Bragg diffraction from aerosolized single granulovirus crystals using an x-ray free-electron laser. The form of the aerosol injector is nearly…

physics.optics2015★ 22 cited

Visualizing aerosol-particle injection for diffractive-imaging experiments

Salah Awel, Richard A. Kirian, Niko Eckerskorn +5

Delivering sub-micrometer particles to an intense x-ray focus is a crucial aspect of single-particle diffractive-imaging experiments at x-ray free-electron lasers. Enabling direct…