TIME-RESOLVED X-RAY-DIFFRACTION

X-ray diffraction can give us information about the structure of cryst alline materials. Recent developments in the duration and brightness o f X-ray sources have given rise to the potential to observe rapid chan ges in such crystals on the picosecond, or perhaps even femtosecond ti mescale. Time-resolved X-ray diffraction will yield new data on the ra pid deformation of materials, biological processes, and even on chemic al reaction kinetics.