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24 April 2019 Generation of ultrathin free-flowing liquid sheets
Jake Koralek, Jongjin B. Kim, Petr Brůža, Chandra Curry, Zhijiang Chen, Hans A. Bechtel, Amy A. Cordones, Philipp Sperling, Sven Toleikis, Jan F. Kern, Stefan P. Moeller, Siegfried H. Glenzer, Daniel P. DePonte
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Abstract
The physics and chemistry of liquid solutions play a central role in science, and our understanding of life on Earth. Unfortunately, key tools for interrogating aqueous systems, such as infrared and soft X-ray spectroscopy, cannot readily be applied because of strong absorption in water. Here we use gas dynamic forces to generate free-flowing, sub-micron, liquid sheets which are 2 orders of magnitude thinner than anything previously reported. Optical, infrared and X-ray spectroscopies are used to characterize the sheets, which are found to be tunable in thickness from over 1 micron down to less than 20 nanometers, which corresponds to fewer than 100 water molecules thick. At this thickness, aqueous sheets can readily transmit photons across the spectrum, leading to potentially transformative applications in infrared, X-ray, electron spectroscopies and beyond. The ultrathin sheets are stable for days in vacuum, and we demonstrate their use at free-electron laser and synchrotron light sources.
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Jake Koralek, Jongjin B. Kim, Petr Brůža, Chandra Curry, Zhijiang Chen, Hans A. Bechtel, Amy A. Cordones, Philipp Sperling, Sven Toleikis, Jan F. Kern, Stefan P. Moeller, Siegfried H. Glenzer, and Daniel P. DePonte "Generation of ultrathin free-flowing liquid sheets", Proc. SPIE 11038, X-Ray Free-Electron Lasers: Advances in Source Development and Instrumentation V, 110380S (24 April 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2522716
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KEYWORDS
Liquids

X-rays

Free electron lasers

Water

Infrared imaging

Infrared spectroscopy

Liquid crystal lasers

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