Imaging electron dynamics with attosecond X-ray flashes opens new frontiers

A team of researchers from the University of Hamburg and collaborators has achieved a breakthrough by capturing images of individual nanoparticles using single X-ray attosecond pulses. This advancement, which has been published in Nature Communications ("Non-linear enhancement of ultrafast X-ray diffraction through transient resonances"), sets the stage for high-resolution snapshots of dynamic phenomena such as chemical reactions and phase transitions, with an unprecedented temporal precision.