Nature Communications (Apr 2018)

Generation and characterization of ultrathin free-flowing liquid sheets

  • Jake D. Koralek,
  • Jongjin B. Kim,
  • Petr Brůža,
  • Chandra B. 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

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03696-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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X-ray spectroscopy is a tool used for the investigation of aqueous solutions but the strong absorption of water means that very thin liquid sheets are needed for accurate analysis. Here the authors produce free-flowing liquid sheets 2 orders of magnitude thinner than sheets obtained with existing techniques.