3D-crystallography on the solid support at the SwissFEL submicron focus experimental station

Welcome

In 2017, two hard X-ray experimental stations of the Swiss Free Electron Laser (SwissFEL) will see X-FEL light: ES-A will be dedicated to pump-probe chemistry and liquid-jet serial crystallography, and ES-B will emphasize pump-probe crystallography on inorganic samples and thin-films at low temperature. A third station, ES-C, is presently in the conceptual design phase, and will come online later. The ES-C concept foresees to provide an X-ray focus of 100-300 nm size, in the photon energy range 4-12.6 keV, which appears suitable to perform diffraction experiments on 3D protein nano- and macroscopic crystals mounted on a fixed target. The goals of the workshop will be: (a) to refine the concept (beam size, sample positioning, ...), (b) to identify necessary additional equipment (pump laser, vacuum chamber, flight tube, X-ray emission spectrometer,...), and (c) to identify urgent research & development issues. The workshop is by invitation. Short contributions are welcome, but should be submitted in advance, in order to be scheduled reasonably. Most of the schedule is reserved for discussions.