The Design and operation of a new relativistic ultrafast electron diffraction and imaging (RUEDI) national facility in the UK

DOI: 10.1017/S1431927622010406

Authors: Nigel D. Browning (University of Liverpool) , William Bryan (University of Swansea) , James Clarke (ASTeC, STFC Daresbury Laboratory; Cockcroft Institute) , Michael Ellis (ASTeC, STFC Daresbury Laboratory; Cockcroft Institute) , Angus I. Kirkland (Rosalind Franklin Institute) , Simon Maskell (University of Liverpool) , Julian Mckenzie (ASTeC, STFC Daresbury Laboratory; Cockcroft Institute) , B. Layla Mehdi (University of Liverpool) , R. J. Dwayne Miller (University of Toronto) , Yoshie Murooka (University of Liverpool) , Timothy C. Q. Noakes (ASTeC, STFC Daresbury Laboratory; Cockcroft Institute) , Ian Robinson (University College London) , Sven L. M. Schroeder (University of Leeds; Diamond Light Source; EPSRC Future Continuous Manufacturing and Advanced Crystallisation Hub, Research Complex at Harwell (RCaH)) , Jasper Van Thor (Imperial College London) , Carsten Welsch (University of Liverpool)
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Type: Conference Paper
Conference: Microscopy & Microanalysis 2022
Peer Reviewed: No

State: Published (Approved)
Published: August 2022

Abstract: Transformative innovations in the science and technology of personalized medicine, energy storage, and clean growth start from achieving atomic and molecular understanding, and then control, of the fundamental (bio)-chemical interactions that determine each process. To generate the required level of understanding and control, the UK is currently investing in the design of a new national facility centered on the unique measurement capabilities offered by relativistic ultrafast electron diffraction and imaging (RUEDI). The underlying science and technology for RUEDI – ultrafast measurements and electron diffraction/imaging - are areas where John Spence made seminal contributions over the course of his career, and his work in these areas continues to guide the development of the science program for this new facility. Should RUEDI be successful in its goals, it will permit the direct observation of atomic/electronic motions directing the very chemistry we must control for the advances listed above.

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