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  • Selected Articles and Books
  • A. H. Zewail and J. M. Thomas. 4D Electron Microscopy: Imaging in Space and Time, Imperial College Press, London (2010).

    A. H. Zewail. Micrographia of the Twenty-First Century: From Camera Obscura to 4D Microscopy, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 368, 1191 (2010).

    A. H. Zewail. 4D Electron Microscopy, Science 328, 187 (2010).

    A. H. Zewail. Filming the Invisible in 4D: New Microscopy Makes Movies of Nanoscale Objects in Action, Sci. Am. 303, 74 (2010).

    A. H. Zewail. The New Age of Structural Dynamics, Acta Cryst. A 66, 135 (2010).

    S. Schäfer, W. Liang and A. H. Zewail. Structural Dynamics of Surfaces by Ultrafast Electron Crystallography: Experimental and Multiple Scattering Theory, J. Chem. Phys. 135, 214201 (2011).

    S. Schäfer, W. Liang and A. H. Zewail. Structural Dynamics of Nanoscale Gold by Ultrafast Electron Crystallography, Chem. Phys. Lett. 515, 278 (2011).

    M. M. Lin, O. F. Mohammed, G. S. Jas and A. H. Zewail. Speed Limit of Protein Folding Evidenced in Secondary Structure, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 108, 16622 (2011).

    M. M. Lin, D. Shorokhov and A. H. Zewail. Structural Dynamics of Free Proteins in Diffraction, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133, 17072 (2011).

    D. Zhong, S. K. Pal and A. H. Zewail. Biological Water: A Critique, Chem. Phys. Lett. 503, 1 (2011).

    V. Ortalan and A. H. Zewail. 4D Scanning Transmission Ultrafast Electron Microscopy: Single-Particle Imaging and Spectroscopy, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133, 10732 (2011).

    O. F. Mohammed, D.-S. Yang, S. K. Pal and A. H. Zewail. 4D Scanning Ultrafast Electron Microscopy: Visualization of Materials Surface Dynamics, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133, 7708 (2011).

    S. Schäfer, W. Liang and A. H. Zewail. Primary Structural Dynamics in Graphite, New J. Phys. 13, 063030 (2011).

    J. S. Baskin, H. S. Park and A. H. Zewail. Nanomusical Systems Visualized and Controlled in 4D Electron Microscopy, Nano Lett. 11, 2183 (2011).

    O.-H. Kwon, V. Ortalan and A. H. Zewail. Macromolecular Structural Dynamics Visualized by Pulsed Dose Control in 4D Electron Microscopy, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 108, 6026 (2011).

    S. T. Park, D. J. Flannigan and A. H. Zewail. Irreversible Chemical Reactions Visualized in Space and Time with 4D Electron Microscopy, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133, 1730 (2011).

    A. Yurtsever and A. H. Zewail. Kikuchi Ultrafast Nanodiffraction in Four-Dimensional Electron Microscopy, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 108, 3152 (2011).

    S. T. Park, M. M. Lin and A. H. Zewail. Photon-Induced Near-Field Electron Microscopy (PINEM): Theoretical and Experimental, New J. Phys. 12, 123028 (2010).

    D. J. Flannigan, S. T. Park and A. H. Zewail. Nanofriction Visualized in Space and Time by 4D Electron Microscopy, Nano Lett. 10, 4767 (2010).

    H. S. Park, J. S. Baskin and A. H. Zewail. 4D Lorentz Electron Microscopy Imaging: Magnetic Domain Wall Nucleation, Reversal, and Wave Velocity, Nano Lett. 10, 3796 (2010).

    O.-H. Kwon, T. H. Yoo, C. M. Othon, J. A. Van Deventer, D. A. Tirrell and A. H. Zewail. Hydration Dynamics at Fluorinated Protein Surfaces, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 107, 17101 (2010).

    D.-S. Yang, O. F. Mohammed and A. H. Zewail. Scanning Ultrafast Electron Microscopy, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 107, 14993 (2010).

    A. Gahlmann, I-R. Lee and A. H. Zewail. Direct Structural Determination of Conformations of Photoswitchable Molecules by Laser Desorption — Electron Diffraction, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl. 49, 6524 (2010).

    O.-H. Kwon, H. S. Park, J. S. Baskin and A. H. Zewail. Nonchaotic Nonlinear Motion Visualized in Complex Nanostructures by Stereographic 4D Electron Microscopy, Nano Lett. 10, 3190 (2010).

    O.-H. Kwon and A. H. Zewail. 4D Electron Tomography, Science 328, 1668 (2010).

    D. J. Flannigan, B. Barwick and A. H. Zewail. Biological Imaging with 4D Ultrafast Electron Microscopy, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 107, 9933 (2010).

    S. Schäfer, W. Liang and A. H. Zewail. Structural Dynamics and Transient Electric-Field Effects in Ultrafast Electron Diffraction from Surfaces, Chem. Phys. Lett. 493, 11 (2010).

    D. J. Flannigan and A. H. Zewail. Optomechanical and Crystallization Phenomena Visualized with 4D Electron Microscopy: Interfacial Carbon Nanotubes on Silicon Nitride, Nano Lett. 10, 1892 (2010).

    F. Carbone, N. Gedik, J. Lorenzana and A. H. Zewail. Real-Time Observation of Cuprates Structural Dynamics by Ultrafast Electron Crystallography, Adv. Cond. Mat. Phys. 2010, 958618 (2010).

    P. Baum and A. H. Zewail. 4D Attosecond Imaging with Free Electrons: Diffraction Methods and Potential Applications, Chem. Phys. 366, 2 (2009).

    D. Shorokhov and A. H. Zewail. New Light on Molecular and Materials Complexity: 4D Electron Imaging, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131, 17998 (2009).

    B. Barwick, D. J. Flannigan and A. H. Zewail. Photon-Induced Near-Field Electron Microscopy, Nature 462, 902 (2009).

    A. Yurtsever and A. H. Zewail. 4D Nanoscale Diffraction Observed by Convergent-Beam Ultrafast Electron Microscopy, Science 326, 708 (2009).

    H. S. Park, O.-H. Kwon, J. S. Baskin, B. Barwick and A. H. Zewail. Direct Observation of Martensitic Phase-Transformation Dynamics in Iron by 4D Single-Pulse Electron Microscopy, Nano Lett. 9, 3954 (2009).

    O. F. Mohammed, P. C. Samartzis and A. H. Zewail. Heating and Cooling Dynamics of Carbon Nanotubes Observed by Temperature-Jump Spectroscopy and Electron Microscopy, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131, 16010 (2009).

    M. M. Lin, D. Shorokhov and A. H. Zewail. Structural Ultrafast Dynamics of Macromolecules: Diffraction of Free DNA and Effect of Hydration, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 11, 10619 (2009).

    S. A. Hilbert, C. Uiterwaal, B. Barwick, H. Batelaan and A. H. Zewail. Temporal Lenses for Attosecond and Femtosecond Electron Pulses, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 106, 10558 (2009).

    F. Carbone, O.-H. Kwon and A. H. Zewail. Dynamics of Chemical Bonding Mapped by Energy-Resolved 4D Electron Microscopy, Science 325, 181 (2009).

    O. F. Mohammed, G. S. Jas, M. M. Lin and A. H. Zewail. Primary Peptide Folding Dynamics Observed with Ultrafast Temperature Jump, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl. 48, 5628 (2009).

    D. J. Flannigan, P. C. Samartzis, A. Yurtsever and A. H. Zewail. Nanomechanical Motions of Cantilevers: Direct Imaging in Real Space and Time with 4D Electron Microscopy, Nano Lett. 9, 875 (2009).

    Physical Biology: From Atoms to Medicine, ed. A. H. Zewail, Imperial College Press, London (2008).

    O.-H. Kwon, B. Barwick, H. S. Park, J. S. Baskin and A. H. Zewail. Nanoscale Mechanical Drumming Visualized by 4D Electron Microscopy, Nano Lett. 8, 3557 (2008).

    B. Barwick, H. S. Park, O.-H. Kwon, J. S. Baskin and A. H. Zewail. 4D Imaging of Transient Structures and Morphologies in Ultrafast Electron Microscopy, Science 322, 1227 (2008).

    D.-S. Yang, C. Lao and A. H. Zewail. 4D Electron Diffraction Reveals Correlated Unidirectional Behavior in Zinc Oxide Nanowires, Science 321, 1660 (2008).

    O.-H. Kwon, B. Barwick, H. S. Park, J. S. Baskin and A. H. Zewail. 4D Visualization of Embryonic, Structural Crystallization by Single-Pulse Microscopy, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105, 8519 (2008).

    M. M. Lin, L. Meinhold, D. Shorokhov and A. H. Zewail. Unfolding and Melting of DNA (RNA) Hairpins: The Concept of Structure-Specific 2D Dynamic Landscapes, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 10, 4227 (2008).

    F. Carbone, P. Baum, P. Rudolf and A. H. Zewail. Structural Preablation Dynamics of Graphite Observed by Ultrafast Electron Crystallography, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 035501 (2008).

    H. Ma, C. Wan, A. Wu and A. H. Zewail. DNA Folding and Melting in Real Time: Observed Collapsed Structures Redefine the Energy Landscape, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 104, 712 (2007).

    O.-H. Kwon and A. H. Zewail. Double Proton Transfer Dynamics of Model DNA Base Pairs in the Condensed Phase, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 104, 8703 (2007).

    J. Tang, D.-S. Yang and A. H. Zewail. Ultrafast Electron Crystallography. 3. Theoretical Modeling of Structural Dynamics, J. Phys. Chem. C 111, 8957 (2007).

    H. S. Park, J. S. Baskin, O.-H. Kwon and A. H. Zewail. Atomic-Scale Imaging in Real and Energy Space Developed in Ultrafast Electron Microscopy, Nano Lett. 7, 2545 (2007).

    N. Gedik, D.-S. Yang, G. Logvenov, I. Bozovic and A. H. Zewail. Nonequilibrium Phase Transitions in Cuprates Observed by Ultrafast Electron Crystallography, Science 316, 425 (2007).

    P. Baum, D.-S. Yang and A. H. Zewail. 4D Visualization of Transitional Structures in Phase Transformations by Electron Diffraction, Science 318, 788 (2007).

    A. H. Zewail. 4D Ultrafast Electron Diffraction, Crystallography, and Microscopy, Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem. 57, 65 (2006).

    J. S. Baskin and A. H. Zewail. Oriented Ensembles in Ultrafast Electron Diffraction, Chem. Phys. Chem. 7, 1562 (2006).

    M. S. Grinolds, V. A. Lobastov, J. Weissenrieder and A. H. Zewail. Four-Dimensional Ultrafast Electron Microscopy of Phase Transitions, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 103, 18427 (2006).

    V. A. Lobastov, R. Srinivasan and A. H. Zewail. Four-Dimensional Ultrafast Electron Microscopy, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 102, 7069 (2005).

    R. Srinivasan, J. S. Feenstra, S. T. Park, S. Xu and A. H. Zewail. Dark Structures in Molecular Radiationless Transitions Determined by Ultrafast Diffraction, Science 307, 558 (2005).

    D. H. Paik, I-R. Lee, D.-S. Yang, J. S. Baskin and A. H. Zewail. Electrons in Finite-Sized Water Cavities: Hydration Dynamics Observed in Real Time, Science 306, 672 (2004).

    C.-Y. Ruan, V. A. Lobastov, F. Vigliotti, S. Chen and A. H. Zewail. Ultrafast Electron Crystallography of Interfacial Water, Science 304, 80 (2004).

    H. Ihee, V. A. Lobastov, U. M. Gomez, B. M. Goodson, R. Srinivasan, C.-Y. Ruan and A. H. Zewail. Direct Imaging of Transient Molecular Structures with Ultrafast Diffraction, Science 291, 458 (2001).

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