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Nature Communications | 2014

Single-shot three-dimensional structure determination of nanocrystals with femtosecond X-ray free-electron laser pulses

Rui Xu; Huaidong Jiang; Changyong Song; Jose A. Rodriguez; Zhifeng Huang; Chien Chun Chen; Daewoong Nam; Jaehyun Park; Marcus Gallagher-Jones; Sangsoo Kim; Sunam Kim; Akihiro Suzuki; Yuki Takayama; Tomotaka Oroguchi; Yukio Takahashi; Jiadong Fan; Yunfei Zou; Takaki Hatsui; Yuichi Inubushi; Takashi Kameshima; Koji Yonekura; Kensuke Tono; Tadashi Togashi; Takahiro Sato; Masaki Yamamoto; Masayoshi Nakasako; Makina Yabashi; Tetsuya Ishikawa; Jianwei Miao

Conventional three-dimensional (3D) structure determination methods require either multiple measurements at different sample orientations or a collection of serial sections through a sample. Here we report the experimental demonstration of single-shot 3D structure determination of an object; in this case, individual gold nanocrystals at ~5.5 nm resolution using ~10 fs X-ray free-electron laser pulses. Coherent diffraction patterns are collected from high-index-faceted nanocrystals, each struck by an X-ray free-electron laser pulse. Taking advantage of the symmetry of the nanocrystal and the curvature of the Ewald sphere, we reconstruct the 3D structure of each nanocrystal from a single-shot diffraction pattern. By averaging a sufficient number of identical nanocrystals, this method may be used to determine the 3D structure of nanocrystals at atomic resolution. As symmetry exists in many virus particles, this method may also be applied to 3D structure studies of such particles at nanometer resolution on femtosecond time scales.


Nano Letters | 2013

Coherent diffraction imaging analysis of shape-controlled nanoparticles with focused hard X-ray free-electron laser pulses

Yukio Takahashi; Akihiro Suzuki; Nobuyuki Zettsu; Tomotaka Oroguchi; Yuki Takayama; Yuki Sekiguchi; Amane Kobayashi; Masaki Yamamoto; Masayoshi Nakasako

We report the first demonstration of the coherent diffraction imaging analysis of nanoparticles using focused hard X-ray free-electron laser pulses, allowing us to analyze the size distribution of particles as well as the electron density projection of individual particles. We measured 1000 single-shot coherent X-ray diffraction patterns of shape-controlled Ag nanocubes and Au/Ag nanoboxes and estimated the edge length from the speckle size of the coherent diffraction patterns. We then reconstructed the two-dimensional electron density projection with sub-10 nm resolution from selected coherent diffraction patterns. This method enables the simultaneous analysis of the size distribution of synthesized nanoparticles and the structures of particles at nanoscale resolution to address correlations between individual structures of components and the statistical properties in heterogeneous systems such as nanoparticles and cells.


Review of Scientific Instruments | 2013

KOTOBUKI-1 apparatus for cryogenic coherent X-ray diffraction imaging

Masayoshi Nakasako; Yuki Takayama; Tomotaka Oroguchi; Yuki Sekiguchi; Amane Kobayashi; Keiya Shirahama; Masaki Yamamoto; Takaaki Hikima; Koji Yonekura; Saori Maki-Yonekura; Yoshiki Kohmura; Yuichi Inubushi; Yukio Takahashi; Akihiro Suzuki; Sachihiro Matsunaga; Yayoi Inui; Kensuke Tono; Takashi Kameshima; Yasumasa Joti; Takahiko Hoshi

We have developed an experimental apparatus named KOTOBUKI-1 for use in coherent X-ray diffraction imaging experiments of frozen-hydrated non-crystalline particles at cryogenic temperature. For cryogenic specimen stage with small positional fluctuation for a long exposure time of more than several minutes, we here use a cryogenic pot cooled by the evaporation cooling effect for liquid nitrogen. In addition, a loading device is developed to bring specimens stored in liquid nitrogen to the specimen stage in vacuum. The apparatus allows diffraction data collection for frozen-hydrated specimens at 66 K with a positional fluctuation of less than 0.4 μm and provides an experimental environment to easily exchange specimens from liquid nitrogen storage to the specimen stage. The apparatus was developed and utilized in diffraction data collection of non-crystalline particles with dimensions of μm from material and biological sciences, such as metal colloid particles and chloroplast, at BL29XU of SPring-8. Recently, it has been applied for single-shot diffraction data collection of non-crystalline particles with dimensions of sub-μm using X-ray free electron laser at BL3 of SACLA.


Applied Physics Letters | 2011

Multiscale element mapping of buried structures by ptychographic x-ray diffraction microscopy using anomalous scattering

Yukio Takahashi; Akihiro Suzuki; Nobuyuki Zettsu; Yoshiki Kohmura; Kazuto Yamauchi; Tetsuya Ishikawa

We propose an element mapping technique of nano-meso-microscale structures buried within large and/or thick objects by ptychographic x-ray diffraction microscopy using anomalous scattering. We performed quantitative imagings of both the electron density and Au element of Au/Ag nanoparticles at the pixel resolution of better than 10u2009nm in a field of view larger than 5u2009×u20095u2009μm2 by directly phasing ptychographic coherent diffraction patterns acquired at two x-ray energies below the Au L3 edge. This method provides us with multiscale structural and elemental information for understanding the element/property relationship linking nanoscale structures to macroscopic functional properties in material and biological systems.


Applied Physics Letters | 2013

High-resolution and high-sensitivity phase-contrast imaging by focused hard x-ray ptychography with a spatial filter

Yukio Takahashi; Akihiro Suzuki; Shin Furutaku; Kazuto Yamauchi; Yoshiki Kohmura; Tetsuya Ishikawa

We demonstrate high-resolution and high-sensitivity x-ray phase-contrast imaging of a weakly scattering extended object by scanning coherent diffractive imaging, i.e., ptychography, using a focused x-ray beam with a spatial filter. We develop the x-ray illumination optics installed with the spatial filter to collect coherent diffraction patterns with a high signal-to-noise ratio. We quantitatively visualize the object with a slight phase shift (∼λ/320) at spatial resolution better than 17 nm in a field of view larger than ∼2×2μm2. The present coherent method has a marked potential for high-resolution and wide-field-of-view observation of weakly scattering objects such as biological soft tissues.


intelligent robots and systems | 2002

Automated calibration for micro hand using visual information

Tatsuo Arai; Akihiro Suzuki; Yousuke Kato; Yasushi Mae; Kenji Inoue; Tamio Tanikawa

An automated calibration for micro-hand is proposed to obtain high quality micromanipulation system. The calibration is based on automatic focusing of micro-object and its position detection in the microscope frame using microscope images. The automatic focusing works well even in the tracking of moving target using chromatic aberration. The finger position can be detected automatically by integrating focusing and identification of the micro-hand finger wherever it is in the microscope view. These automated processes are implemented in the actual system. The experiment shows the system can attain around 2[/spl mu/m] in absolute positioning accuracy.


computational intelligence in robotics and automation | 2003

Automated micro handling

Akihiro Suzuki; Yasushi Mae; Tamio Tanikawa; Tatsuo Arai; Kenji Inoue

Biotechnologies demand high quality micro robotics including micromanipulation, micro machining, micro assembling, and other required micro operations. Most of them are done manually under microscope, and it might be an obstacle to increasing the efficiency of the operation. The automated micromanipulation (or automicromanipulation) system will be useful for reducing human tasks and improving the efficiency. We develop an auto-micromanipulation system including auto-calibration and auto-handling. Auto-calibration requires recognition of fingertip position in three-dimensional space. The fingertip position is detected by the combination of the one-dimensional search in depth using auto-focusing and the two-dimensional search in depth using auto-focusing and the two-dimensional search in the focused plane using the correlation matching. The color information processing is adopted for the auto-focusing. Using the calibrated micromanipulator, we achieved some micro tasks, picking up, rotating and so on. We developed an auto-micromanipulation system that can recognize and pick up a micro object automatically. The experimental results show the efficiency of our system.


Nature Materials | 2015

Grain rotation and lattice deformation during photoinduced chemical reactions revealed by in situ X-ray nanodiffraction

Zhifeng Huang; Matthias Bartels; Rui Xu; Markus Osterhoff; Sebastian Kalbfleisch; Michael Sprung; Akihiro Suzuki; Yukio Takahashi; Thomas N. Blanton; Tim Salditt; Jianwei Miao

In situ X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) have been used to investigate many physical science phenomena, ranging from phase transitions, chemical reactions and crystal growth to grain boundary dynamics. A major limitation of in situ XRD and TEM is a compromise that has to be made between spatial and temporal resolution. Here, we report the development of in situ X-ray nanodiffraction to measure high-resolution diffraction patterns from single grains with up to 5 ms temporal resolution. We observed, for the first time, grain rotation and lattice deformation in chemical reactions induced by X-ray photons: Br(-) + hv → Br + e(-) and e(-) + Ag(+) → Ag(0). The grain rotation and lattice deformation associated with the chemical reactions were quantified to be as fast as 3.25 rad s(-1) and as large as 0.5 Å, respectively. The ability to measure high-resolution diffraction patterns from individual grains with a temporal resolution of several milliseconds is expected to find broad applications in materials science, physics, chemistry andxa0nanoscience.


Optics Express | 2015

Dark-field X-ray ptychography

Akihiro Suzuki; Yukio Takahashi

The dynamic range of X-ray detectors is a key factor limiting both the spatial resolution and sensitivity of X-ray ptychography as well as the coherent flux of incident X-rays. Here, we propose a method for high-resolution and high-sensitivity X-ray ptychography named dark-field X-ray ptychography, which compresses the dynamic range of intensities of diffraction patterns. In this method, a small reference object is aligned upstream of the sample. The scattered X-rays from the object work as a reference beam for in-line holography. Ptychographic diffraction patterns including the in-line hologram are collected, and then the image of the sample is reconstructed by an iterative phasing method. This method allows us to obscure the low-Q region of the diffraction patterns using a beamstop since the in-line hologram complements structural information in the low-Q region, resulting in the compression of the dynamic range of intensities of diffraction patterns. A numerical study shows that the dynamic range of intensities of diffraction patterns is decreased by about three orders of magnitude.


Applied Physics Letters | 2016

Efficient use of coherent X-rays in ptychography: Towards high-resolution and high-throughput observation of weak-phase objects

Nicolas Burdet; Kei Shimomura; Makoto Hirose; Akihiro Suzuki; Yukio Takahashi

The efficient use of coherentX-rays is a crucial issue for ptychography at synchrotron facilities. We propose a method for optimizing the population of coherent modes for an optimal resolution. We show by a wave optical simulation that the intensity of a nearly diffraction-limited focusing X-ray beam can be described as an incoherent sum of a few orthogonal modes and that the first-mode flux significantly increases within a secondary source size by relaxing the requirement on the degree of coherence. We experimentally demonstrate it by means of multiple-mode ptychography with a synchrotron X-ray and achieve the high-resolution imaging of a weak-phase object. The present approach enables the high-resolution and high-throughput observation of weak-phase objects in materials science and biology.

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