Single-shot three-dimensional structure determination of nanocrystals with femtosecond X-ray free-electron laser pulses

Rui Xu, Huaidong Jiang, Changyong Song, Jose A. Rodriguez, Zhifeng Huang, Chien-Chun Chen, Daewoong Nam, Jaehyun Park, Marcus Gallagher-Jones, Sangsoo Kim, Sunam Kim, Akihiro Suzuki, Yuki Takayama, Tomotaka Oroguchi, Yukio Takahashi, Jiadong Fan, Yunfei Zou, Takaki Hatsui, Yuichi Inubushi, Takashi Kameshima, Koji Yonekura, Kensuke Tono, Tadashi Togashi, Takahiro Sato, Masaki Yamamoto, Masayoshi Nakasako, Makina Yabashi, Tetsuya Ishikawa and Jianwei Miao ()
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Rui Xu: University of California
Huaidong Jiang: State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University
Changyong Song: RIKEN SPring-8 Center
Jose A. Rodriguez: UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics, University of California
Zhifeng Huang: University of California
Chien-Chun Chen: University of California
Daewoong Nam: RIKEN SPring-8 Center
Jaehyun Park: RIKEN SPring-8 Center
Marcus Gallagher-Jones: RIKEN SPring-8 Center
Sangsoo Kim: RIKEN SPring-8 Center
Sunam Kim: RIKEN SPring-8 Center
Akihiro Suzuki: Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
Yuki Takayama: RIKEN SPring-8 Center
Tomotaka Oroguchi: RIKEN SPring-8 Center
Yukio Takahashi: Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
Jiadong Fan: State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University
Yunfei Zou: University of California
Takaki Hatsui: RIKEN SPring-8 Center
Yuichi Inubushi: RIKEN SPring-8 Center
Takashi Kameshima: Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute
Koji Yonekura: RIKEN SPring-8 Center
Kensuke Tono: Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute
Tadashi Togashi: Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute
Takahiro Sato: RIKEN SPring-8 Center
Masaki Yamamoto: RIKEN SPring-8 Center
Masayoshi Nakasako: RIKEN SPring-8 Center
Makina Yabashi: RIKEN SPring-8 Center
Tetsuya Ishikawa: RIKEN SPring-8 Center
Jianwei Miao: University of California

Nature Communications, 2014, vol. 5, issue 1, 1-9

Abstract: Abstract Conventional three-dimensional (3D) structure determination methods require either multiple measurements at different sample orientations or a collection of serial sections through a sample. Here we report the experimental demonstration of single-shot 3D structure determination of an object; in this case, individual gold nanocrystals at ~5.5 nm resolution using ~10 fs X-ray free-electron laser pulses. Coherent diffraction patterns are collected from high-index-faceted nanocrystals, each struck by an X-ray free-electron laser pulse. Taking advantage of the symmetry of the nanocrystal and the curvature of the Ewald sphere, we reconstruct the 3D structure of each nanocrystal from a single-shot diffraction pattern. By averaging a sufficient number of identical nanocrystals, this method may be used to determine the 3D structure of nanocrystals at atomic resolution. As symmetry exists in many virus particles, this method may also be applied to 3D structure studies of such particles at nanometer resolution on femtosecond time scales.

Date: 2014
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