Laboratory for individual analysis of functional nanoparticles: SingleParticleLab

Our aim is to develop instruments that allow us to study free nanoparticles with free-electron laser (FEL) radiation in single-particle single-shot experiments. Therefore, we designed and built a significantly improved preparation system that provides single, free-floating, nanoscopic samples in high efficiency and precision for X-ray scattering experiments. In addition to existing ion and electron spectrometers we develop a compact von Hámos X-ray spectrometer that will allow us to efficiently take elastic and inelastic X-ray spectra of single nanoparticles excited by single FEL pulses.