Biomolecular imaging and electronic damage using X-ray free-electron lasers

A potentially critical limiting factor in the use of free-electron lasers to determine the structure of organic molecules is the damage the procedure may cause. A model based on coherence theory and quantum electrodynamics suggests that it should be possible to reconstruct a molecule’s structure from the X-ray data obtained as it undergoes damage.

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