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LCLS provides access to state-of-the-art instruments at no charge for scientists who conduct non-proprietary research, with the understanding that significant results are to be publicly disseminated. Inform the LCLS User Research Administration (URA) office when papers are accepted or about to be published.

Communicating research results with us in advance allows us to work with users, their home institutions and funding agencies to promote the latest LCLS science and to amplify media efforts through press releases and features. Please review the LCLS communications policies.

Progress Report: When submitting a new proposal, also upload a brief progress report summarizing proposal that have previously received LCLS beam time; include proposal number(s), date(s) of experiment, instrument(s) used, a brief summary of how experiment time was used and results disseminated (list major invited talks, papers published or in press, awards or special recognition).

NOTE: User publications are extremely important in demonstrating the scientific impact of LCLS. Proposal teams must inform and acknowledge LCLS and the DOE Office of Science in presentations and publications using this template:

"Use of the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences under Contract No. DE-AC02-76SF00515."

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Science Performed At LCLS

E. Weckwerth, M. Trinidad Castro Duran, I. Gabalski, F. Allum, M. Bain, S. Bhattacharyya, C. Brahms, L. Brenner, M. A. Britton, A. Moreno Carrascosa, C. Cheng, X. Cheng, S. W. Crane, A. Fraser, A. M. Ghrist, C.-C. Hang, A. J. Howard, L. Huang, R. Jarupula, B. Kaufman, A. Kirrander, E. M. Liane, Y. Liu, H. Ma, M. P. Minitti, S. Mous, N. S. Muir, A. Narkiewicz-Jodko, J. S. Robinson, D. J. Romano, M. Simmermacher, J. Stamm, B. Teodoro, J. C. Travers, J. Tsao, P. M. Weber, H. Wu, R. Forbes, H. Yong, P. H. Bucksbaum, M. Liang and K. A. Larsen, "Few-femtosecond time resolution in optically pumped hard X-ray scattering at a free-electron laser", Optica 13, 863 (2026) doi: 10.1364/OPTICA.587785
X. Li, A. Ross, V. A. Stoica, S. Das, S. Hazra, H. (. Wang, H. Padma, M. C. Hoffmann, P. Kramer, S. Song, S. Nelson, T. Sato, D. Zhu, R. Ramesh, L. W. Martin, Y. Cao, J. W. Freeland, A. M. Lindenberg, H. Wen, L. Q. Chen and V. Gopalan, "Decoding THz¿Driven Dynamic Fingerprints of Ferroelectric Nanotwin Networks", Adv. Mater. (2026) doi: 10.1002/adma.73118
T. Kluge, A. Hirsch-Passicos, J. Schulz, N. Czapla, M. Frost, E. Galtier, M. Gauthier, J. Grenzer, C. Gutt, L. Huang, U. Hübner, M. Ikeya, H. J. Lee, D. Khaghani, W. M. Martin, B. E. Marré, M. Nakatsutsumi, P. Ordyna, F. Paschke-Bruehl, A. Pelka, L. Randolph, H.-P. Schlenvoigt, C. Schoenwaelder, M. Smíd, L. Yang, U. Schramm and T. E. Cowan, "Microscopy X-ray imaging enriched with small angle X-ray scattering for few nanometer resolution reveals shock waves and compression in intense short pulse laser irradiation of solids", Front. Phys. 14, (2026) doi: 10.3389/fphy.2026.1753058
D. Jeong, T. R. Hopper, Y. Kim, X. Shen, P. L. Kramer, M. C. Hoffmann, R. Coffee, M. Fejer, A. M. Lindenberg and C. S. Levin, "Strong ultrafast nonlinear optical response from megaelectronvolt electrons in semiconductors", Nat. Photonics (2026) doi: 10.1038/s41566-026-01894-3
A. Kalita, B. Oller, T. Paula, A. Bußmann, S. Marte, G. Blaj, R. G. Sierra, S. Mous, K. A. Larsen, X. Cheng, M. J. Hayes, K. Banta, S. Lisova, P. Nguyen, S. A. H. Guillet, D. Thanasekaran, S. Nelson, M. Liang, S. Adami, N. A. Adams and C. A. Stan, "Ray-tracing image simulations of transparent objects with complex shape and inhomogeneous refractive index", Phys. Rev. Fluids 11, (2026) doi: 10.1103/cbtx-sfc4
M. Frost, N. Boiadjieva, M. Han, Q. L. Nguyen, M. Wang, H. Bartels, E. Galtier, S. X. Lee, H. I. Karunadasa, G. Dyer, S. H. Glenzer, W. L. Mao, Y. Lin and H. J. Lee, "Demonstration of a diamond anvil cell platform at the Linac Coherent Light Source: capabilities and outlook", J. Synchrotron Radiat. 33, (2026) doi: 10.1107/S1600577526001608
T. A. White, "Detector alignment for X-ray crystallography using Millepede-II", J. Appl. Crystallogr. 59, 594 (2026) doi: 10.1107/S1600576726001287
M. Hervé, G. Privault, S. Zerdane, S. Akagi, L. B. Gee, R. D. Ribson, M. Chollet, S.-i. Ohkoshi, H. Tokoro, M. Cammarata and E. Collet, "Multiscale phase nucleation driven by photoinduced polarons in a volume-changing material", Nat. Mater. (2026) doi: 10.1038/s41563-026-02521-w
R. Stipp, Q. Bertrand, M. Trabuco, A. Duran¿Corbera, M. T. Ignazzitto, H. Glover, F. Stierli, J. Catena, M. Carrillo, S. Hartmann, H. Seidel, M. Mulder, T. Mason, Y. Kondo, M. Wranik, M. Appleby, C. Sager, R. Sierra, G. Gate, P. Schleissner, X. Cheng, T. Weinert, R. Cheng, S. Mous, J. H. Beale, M. Kepa, A. Llebaria, M. Hennig, X. Rovira and J. Standfuss, "Structural Mechanism of an Efficacy Photoswitch Targeting the ß2-adrenergic Receptor", Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl. (2026) doi: 10.1002/anie.202517995
Q. Bai, D. Luo, L. Li, X. Shen, A. H. Reid, J. Tian, Y. Fu, W. Zhao and X. Wang, "In-Situ High-Temperature Ultrafast Electron Diffraction Through Integrated Furnace and MEMS Platform", Ultrafast Science (2026) doi: 10.34133/ultrafastscience.0152
M. de Munnik, A. Brasnett, T. Zhou, W. Myers, Y. Wang, K. Chatterjee, A. Tumber, S. A. Marshall, P. S. Simon, P. Aller, A. Shilova, D. Axford, H. Makita, D. W. Paley, V. Tiwari, A. T. Stead, S. Dehe, H. Sanchez, D. J. Rosenberg, R. Alonso-Mori, A. Bhowmick, J. Yano, V. K. Yachandra, J. Park, S. Park, A. M. Orville, L. Brewitz, J. F. Kern, C. J. Schofield and P. Rabe, "Structural basis of the promiscuity of the unusual Fe(II) and 2-oxoglutarate dependent human aspartate/asparagine-ß-hydroxylase", Nat. Commun. (2026) doi: 10.1038/s41467-026-69425-w
C. J. Otolski, R. M. Lamb, W. C. Henke, L. B. Gee, D. R. Johnson, R. D. Ribson, T. Sato, S. Song, J. D. Blakemore, G. Doumy, A. M. March, J. E. Penner-Hahn, C. G. Elles and R. J. Sension, "Ultrafast Relaxation of MLCT Excited States in Manganese Tricarbonyl Complexes: Insights from Polarization-Resolved Femtosecond X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy at the Mn and Br K-Edges", J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2026) doi: 10.1021/jacs.5c17002
D. Sri Gyan, H. J. Lee, X. Guo, Y. Ahn, S. D. Marks, M. H. Yusuf, M. Dawber, J. M. Glownia, D. Zhu, T. Sato, S. Song, H. Wen, J.-M. Hu and P. G. Evans, "Transient Terahertz Oscillations During Photoinduced Polarization Topology Reconfiguration in Ferroelectric Superlattices", Adv. Sci. (2026) doi: 10.1002/advs.202522387
L. J. Williams, J. J. A. G. Kamps, A. M. V. Brânzanic, M. Lehene, K. J. M. Lundgren, U. Ryde, K. Chatterjee, M. D. Doyle, P. S. Simon, H. Makita, A. J. Thompson, A. S. Brewster, T. Zhou, M. Lucic, M. T. Wilson, P. Aller, J. Sanchez-Weatherby, L. Gee, S. Dehe, S. Mous, J. Yano, V. K. Yachandra, M. A. Hough, A. M. Orville, J. F. Kern, R. L. Silaghi-Dumitrescu and J. A. R. Worrall, "Can ferric-oxyl excited states explain elongated iron-oxygen bonds in heme peroxidase catalytic intermediates?", Nat. Commun. (2026) doi: 10.1038/s41467-026-69192-8
H. Li, N. Wang, L. Zhang, S. Song, Y. Sun, M.-L. Ng, T. Sato, D. Hanlon, S. Dahal, M. D. Balcazar, V. Esposito, S. She, C. C. Ornelas-Skarin, J. Vila-Comamala, C. David, N. Berndt, P. R. Miedaner, Z. Zhang, M. Ihme, M. Trigo, K. A. Nelson, J. B. Hastings, A. A. Maznev, L. Foglia, S. Teitelbaum, D. A. Reis and D. Zhu, "Nanoscale ultrafast lattice modulation with a free-electron laser", Nat. Phys. (2026) doi: 10.1038/s41567-025-03161-8
S. L. Raj, F. Curtolo, K. J. Nelson, D. A. Cagan, R. X. Hooper, D. Bím, A. H. Follmer, R. D. Ribson, N. P. Kazmierczak, B. J. McNicholas, N. Powers-Riggs, M. Sachs, E. Biasin, D. Sokaras, J. Lim, L. B. Gee, M. Chollet, P. Kramer, R. Alonso Mori, T. B. van Driel, K. J. Gaffney, S. S. Dong, R. G. Hadt and A. A. Cordones, "Ultrafast Population and Structural Dynamics of a Ni-Bipyridine Photoredox Catalyst Reveal a Significant Deactivation Pathway", J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 17, 1164 (2026) doi: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5c03264
W. O. Razmus, I. Gabalski, F. Allum, G. L. Abma, M. Britton, S. Boutet, P. H. Bucksbaum, X. Cheng, S. W. Crane, G. Gate, A. Ghrist, M. Graßl, A. E. Green, N. Goff, D. A. Horke, L. Huang, M. Liang, Y. Liu, L. Ma, M. P. Minitti, T. Northey, A. Odate, J. Robinson, P. M. Weber, T. Wolf, B. F. E. Curchod, M. N. R. Ashfold, R. S. Minns and R. Forbes, "Ultrafast x-ray scattering of photodissociation dynamics in 2-iodothiophene", J. Chem. Phys. 164, (2026) doi: 10.1063/5.0299432
C. Schoenwaelder, A. Marret, S. Assenbaum, C. B. Curry, E. Cunningham, G. Dyer, S. Funk, G. D. Glenn, S. Goede, D. Khaghani, M. Rehwald, U. Schramm, F. Treffert, M. Vescovi, K. Zeil, S. H. Glenzer, F. Fiuza and M. Gauthier, "Time-resolved X-ray imaging of the current filamentation instability in solid-density plasmas", Nat. Commun. 17, (2026) doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-67160-2
C. Ornelas-Skarin, T. Bezriadina, M. Fuchs, S. Ghimire, J. B. Hastings, Q. L. Nguyen, G. de la Peña, T. Sato, S. Shwartz, M. Trigo, D. Zhu, D. Popova-Gorelova and D. A. Reis, "Second-Order Microscopic Nonlinear Optical Susceptibility in a Centrosymmetric Material: Application to Imaging Valence Electron Motion", Phys. Rev. X 16, (2026) doi: 10.1103/7vqw-jbs7

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FEL & Accelerator Science Performed At LCLS

T. Frosio, J. Allan, J. Blaha, H. Brogognia, S. Rokny, M. Santana Leitner, S. Aderhold, M. Bai and S. Littleton, "Radiation Physics commissioning of LCLS-II superconducting Linac. Gun and cryomodules commissioning", Nucl. Instrum. Meth. Phys. Res. A 1086, 171340 (2026) doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2026.171340
Y. Hong, C. C. Feng, S. Y. Liu, B. Sun, L. Yi, S. Wang, J. Hu, B. Yang and J. Wu, "Thermoelectric controller for diamond and silicon crystal X-ray optics active temperature management", Nucl. Instrum. Meth. Phys. Res. A 1084, 171253 (2026) doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2025.171253
O. Tkach, S. Fragkos, D. Biswas, J. Liu, O. Fedchenko, Y. Lytvynenko, S. Babenkov, D. Zimmer, Q. L. Nguyen, S. Chernov, D. Kutnyakhov, M. Scholz, N. Wind, A. Gloskovskii, F. Pressacco, J. Dilling, L. Bruckmeier, M. Heber, L. Wenthaus, G. Brenner, D. Puntel, P. E. Majchrzak, D. Liu, F. Scholz, J. A. Sobota, J. D. Koralek, G. Dakovski, A. Mehta, N. Sirica, M. Hoesch, C. Schlueter, L. V. Odnodvorets, Y. Mairesse, T.-L. Lee, A. Kunin, K. Rossnagel, Z. X. Shen, H.-J. Elmers, S. Beaulieu and G. Schönhense, "Multimode objective lens for momentum microscopy and x-ray photoemission electron microscopy: Experiments", Rev. Sci. Instrum. 97, (2026) doi: 10.1063/5.0311293
H. Zhang, R. Lemons, J. Hirschman, N. Neveu, N. Sudar, R. Robles, P. Franz, M. Britton, K. Borne, Z. Zhang, K. A. Larsen, B. Mencer, J. Baker, C. Pennington, R. Obaid, J. Qiang, J. Cryan, J. Robinson, A. Marinelli and S. Carbajo, "Dynamic laser pulse shaping for future ultrafast electron and x-ray instrumentation", SPIE 34 (2026) doi: 10.1117/12.3081866
R. Rahman, J. Shtalenkova, A. A. Mishra and W.-L. Hu, "Bridging Human and Artificial Intelligence: Modeling Human Learning with Explainable AI Tools", AI 7, 82 (2026) doi: 10.3390/ai7030082
D. Rogers, V. Mariani, C. Wang, R. Coffee, W. Kroeger, M. Shankar, H. T. Schwander, T. Beck, F. Poitevin and J. Thayer, "The LCLStream Ecosystem for Multi-Institutional Dataset Exploration", HPCASIA 433 (2026) doi: 10.1145/3784828.3786261

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Publications Related To LCLS

Z.-Y. Ma, M. Zhang, J.-F. Chen, B. Liu, Y.-B. Zhao, S.-J. Zhao, S. Sun, Y.-Y. Liu, L.-J. Lu, Y.-W. Huang, X.-W. Wu, Y.-L. Zhao, X. Zheng, X.-M. Liu, C. Luo, Q. Chang, H.-R. Jiang, Z.-G. Zhang, Y.-F. Zhai, R. Zhang, Y.-F. Liao, D. Gu, Y. Zong, K. Xu, X. Li, Z. Li, X.-Y. Li, H.-L. Wu, Z.-Q. Jiang, Q. Gu and Z.-T. Zhao, "Development of 3.9GHz fundamental power couplers for the XFEL third harmonic cryomodules", Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 29, (2026) doi: 10.1103/pn2z-r58r
M. L. Haubro, D. B. Zederkof, D. Khakhulin, H. Yousef, Y. Jiang, I. J. B. Macias, T. Kluyver, F. Lima, M. Biednov, C. Milne, Y. Uemura, P. Zalden, H. Wang, A. O. Dohn, K. Mitterer, V. Markmann, O. Ohlson, M. T. Wachter-Lehn, P. Lenzen, B. K. Jensen, A. Høholdt, T. B. van Driel, A. Nimmrich, E. Selenius, G. Levi, K. B. Møller, M. M. Nielsen and K. Haldrup, "Analysis strategies for time-resolved X-ray solution scattering at high repetition rate XFEL sources", J. Synchrotron Radiat. 33, (2026) doi: 10.1107/S1600577525009737
J. R. Helliwell, C. Nave and D. M. Szebenyi, "50th anniversary of the Stanford SSRL synchrotron radiation and protein crystallography initiative", J. Synchrotron Radiat. 33, 1 (2026) doi: 10.1107/S1600577525002917

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Publications Of LCLS Scientists (Not Performed At LCLS)

T. C. Cheung, C. X. Stokes, J. A. Lopez-Rosas, G. O. Drew, J. L. Drew, A. Lakshmi, N. Susendran, M. Qasim, C. Melendrez, S.-J. Lee, A. Green, J. Lu, V. Altoe, D. Nordlund, K. Irwin and A. Wolcott, "Magic Diamond: Covalent Bond Formation of Melamine and Other Amines on Nanodiamond Surfaces", ACS Omega (2026) doi: 10.1021/acsomega.5c13652
C. Yang, Y. Liu, C. Feng, J. Wu and W. Zhang, "Single-pass synchronized two-color attosecond x-ray free-electron laser featuring attosecond time jitter", Phys. Rev. Research 8, (2026) doi: 10.1103/cw2t-yvwd
J. Shahanand, S. Bhattacharyya, A. K. Lemmens, N. Dias, M. Ahmed, T. J. A. Wolf, R. P. Bambha and H. A. Michelsen, "Comparative study of anisole and 4-vinylanisole pyrolysis: Insight into char, tar, and particle formation during lignin pyrolysis", PRX Energy (2026) doi: 10.1103/n1t9-l6zj
M. Aleksich, A. J. Ladera, A. LaMonica, K. Christensen, D. W. Paley, D. W. Mittan-Moreau, V. Oklejas, M. Zeller, M. C. Willson, P. A. Kotei, K. Rani, E. A. Schriber, A. Mansouri Tehrani, M. Vakili, C. J. Milne, J. Valerio, M. Kloos, D. Vinci, A. Round, D. Khakhulin, F. Ardana-Lamas, F. Lima, Y. Uemura, A. P. Mancuso, H. Yousef, S. Owada, I. Inoue, K. Tono, N. K. Sauter, A. S. Brewster, T. Smidt and J. N. Hohman, "Stabilizing Structural Transitional States between 1- and 2-Dimensional Topologies via Hydrogen Bond-Mediated Crystal Engineering", J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2026) doi: 10.1021/jacs.5c09213
C. Cheng, Y. Kumagai, K. Nagaya, T. Gejo, J. Harries, M. Burt, M. Brouard, A. Duley, P. Hockett, J. W. McManus, R. S. Minns, S. Mondal, S. Owada, W. Razmus, D. Rolles, T. Sato, H. J. Thompson, A. S. Venkatachalam, E. M. Warne, T. Walmsley, M. Yagi, P. Bucksbaum, F. Allum and R. Forbes, "Imaging Three-Dimensional Molecular Structure and Dynamics with Multiparticle Covariance and Cumulant Coulomb Explosion Analysis", J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 17, 3605 (2026) doi: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.6c00162
X. Li, T. Jahnke, R. Boll, J. Han, M. Xu, M. Meyer, M. N. Piancastelli, D. Rolles, A. Rudenko, F. Trinter, T. J. A. Wolf, J. B. Thayer, J. P. Cryan, S. Ermon and P. J. Ho, "Generative modeling enables molecular structure retrieval from Coulomb explosion imaging", Nat. Commun. (2026) doi: 10.1038/s41467-026-70160-5
J. L. Godínez Castellanos, T. A. A. Oliver, K. A. Larsen, C. Brahms, J. C. Travers, R. Forbes, M. Bain and S. E. Bradforth, "Ultrafast Solution-Phase Photochemistry Revealed by Multioctave Continuum Probe", J. Phys. Chem. Lett. (2026) doi: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5c04072
T. Walmsley, F. Allum, J. R. Harries, Y. Kumagai, J. W. McManus, K. Nagaya, M. Britton, M. Brouard, P. H. Bucksbaum, M. Fushitani, I. Gabalski, T. Gejo, P. Hockett, A. J. Howard, H. Iwayama, E. Kukk, C.-s. Lam, R. S. Minns, A. Niozu, S. Nishimuro, J. Niskanen, S. Owada, W. O. Razmus, D. Rolles, J. D. Somper, K. Ueda, J. Unwin, S.-i. Wada, J. L. Woodhouse, R. Forbes, M. Burt and E. M. Warne, "The inner-shell ionization and fragmentation of selenophene at 120eV", Sci. Rep. 16, (2026) doi: 10.1038/s41598-026-39246-4
A. Majumdar, P. Sun, M. Singleton, L. Paolasini, A. Bosak, A. Q. R. Baron, J. Hastings and M. Ihme, "Two-component dynamics in supercritical CO2 from inelastic X-ray scattering", Sci. Rep. (2026) doi: 10.1038/s41598-026-38697-z
Y. Ichii, T. Inoue, X. Shi, L. Rebuffi, S. Shiroma, S. Aono, H. Nakamori, F. Teramae, L. Assoufid, S. Matsuyama and K. Yamauchi, "Development of an ultraprecise glue-free bimorph deformable mirror with a length of 460 mm", Rev. Sci. Instrum. 97, (2026) doi: 10.1063/5.0297123
R. Dagar, W. Zhang, P. Rosenberger, M. Neuhaus, B. Bergues, C. Costa Vera and M. F. Kling, "Trihydrogen Formation on Gold Nanoparticles in Strong Laser Fields", Nano Lett. (2026) doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5c03438
J. Codere, B. J. Pearson, B. Kaufman, L. T.-H. Ngo, M. G. Cohen, M. Bain, T. Weinacht and R. Forbes, "Spectral broadening and pulse shaping in the deep ultraviolet", Opt. Lett. 51, 269 (2026) doi: 10.1364/OL.583535
F. Allum, C.-s. Lam, B. Erk, H. Bromberger, P. H. Bucksbaum, M. Britton, M. Burt, N. Ekanayake, I. Gabalski, D. Garg, E. Gougoula, D. Heathcote, A. J. Howard, P. Hockett, D. M. P. Holland, S. Kumar, J. W. L. Lee, J. McManus, J. Mikosch, D. Milesevic, R. S. Minns, C. C. Papadopoulou, C. Passow, W. O. Razmus, A. Röder, D. Rolles, A. Rouzée, M. S. Schuurman, A. Simao, A. Stolow, A.-T. Noor, J. Unwin, C. Vallance, T. Walmsley, M. Brouard and R. Forbes, "Fragmentation dynamics of CS2 dications and trications following S 2p ionization", J. Chem. Phys. 164, 024304 (2026) doi: 10.1063/5.0304278
S. Bisswanger, D. Rocha, S. Dehe, C. Diddens, T. Baier, D. Lohse and S. Hardt, "Upstream motion of oil droplets in co-axial Ouzo flow due to Marangoni forces", Soft Matter 22, 567 (2026) doi: 10.1039/D5SM00848D

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