Structural Dynamics of Aqueous Solutions#
@Physics department, @Stockholm University
Our mission is to revolutionize the understanding of water and its influence on biochemical processes through advanced coherent X-ray scattering methods and interdisciplinary collaboration.
Recent highlights#
Coherent X-rays reveal anomalous molecular diffusion and cage effects in crowded protein solutions Girelli et al.
Nat. Commun. 16, 10814 (2025)
Observation of a dynamic transition in bulk supercooled water
Tyburski et al.
Nat. Phys. (in press) (2025)
Supercritical density fluctuations and structural heterogeneity in supercooled water-glycerol microdroplets Berkowicz, Andronis et al.
Nat. Commun., 15, 10610 (2024)
Melting Domain Size and Recrystallization Dynamics of Ice Revealed by Time-Resolved X-ray Scattering.
Yang et al.
Nat. Commun., 14, 3313 (2023)
Liquid-liquid phase separation in supercooled water from ultrafast heating of low-density amorphous ice. Amann-Winkel et al.
Nat. Commun., 14, 442 (2023)
Resolving molecular diffusion and aggregation of antibody proteins with megahertz X-ray free-electron laser pulses. Reiser et al.
Nat. Commun., 13, 1-10 (2022)
Beamtime at the European XFEL
Protein Hydrated water
In-house experiments using dynamic light scattering
Fullerenols in supercooled water
Beamtime at SACLA XFEL
Beamtime at LCLS
Funding#
We acknowledge financial support by the following sources:
Physics Department, Stockholm University
Research support and funding (2019 - present)
Wallenberg Academy Fellowship (WAF)
Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (2024)
MSCA-PF, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, European Comission
Postdoc fellowship: A. Girelli, project: CRYSTAL-X [ID: 101149230] (2024)
Swedish Research Council - Vetenskapsrådet
Project Grant within natural and engineering sciences [2023-05339] (2023)
MSCA-COFUND, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, European Comission
PRISMAS PhD programme [ID: 101081419] (2022)
Wenner-Gren Foundations
International postdoc fellowship [host group] (2021)
Carl Trygger Foundation
International postdoc fellowship [host group] (2021)
Swedish Research Council - Vetenskapsrådet
Starting Grant within natural and engineering sciences [2019-05542] (2020)
Swedish Research Council - Vetenskapsrådet
Röntgen-Ångström Cluster grant [2019-06075] (2020)
Centre for Molecular Water Science (CMWS), Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
Postdoc fellowship [host group] (2019)
Max-Water, Max Planck Institute initiative
Postdoc fellowship [host group] (2019)
Swiss National Science Foundation
Early Postdoc Mobility Fellowship [P2ZHP2-148666] (2014)
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