Abstract
The review provides a summary of the current methods of tracing photoexcitation processes and structural dynamics in the solid state, putting major emphasis on the X-ray diffraction techniques (time-resolved Laue diffraction on synchrotron sources and time-resolved serial femtosecond crystallography on X-ray free-electron lasers). The recent developments and nowadays experimental possibilities in the field are discussed along with the data processing and analysis approaches, and illustrated with some striking literature examples of the respective successful studies. Selected complementary methods, such as ultrafast electron diffraction or time-resolved X-ray absorption spectroscopy, are briefly presented.
Highlights
The complexity of real-world systems and their transformations makes theoretical predictions often inaccurate or even not feasible
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Summary
The complexity of real-world systems and their transformations makes theoretical predictions often inaccurate or even not feasible. X-ray sources, as small molecules are currently feasible almost exclusively at high-intensity X-raysuch sources, synchrotrons [12,15,16] Laue method, applied such as synchrotrons [12,15,16]. 0 ), and the latter exhibiting larger molecular deformation and a rather long lifetime On the whole, this short review is thought to provide a summary of the methods o of 37 tracing excitation processes and structural dynamics in the solid state, indicate some of the recent important results, and constitute a valuable source of information on what has already been conducted in the field, as well as on the current research possibilities. Tracing excitation processes and structural dynamics in the solid indicate some of the recent important results, and constitute a valuable source of information on what has
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