Future of Dynamic Structural Science

• Single Crystal and Powder Methods for Structure Determination of Metastable Species.- Raman Crystallography, the Missing Link between Biochemical Reactions and Crystallography.- Structure and Dynamics from Time Resolved Absorption and Raman Spectroscopy.- Time and Space-Resolved Spectroscopy.- Dynamic X-Ray and Neutron Scattering: From Materials Synthesis and In-Situ Studies to Biology at High Pressure.- Dynamics of Mechanochemical Processes.- Measuring and Understanding Ultrafast Phenomena Using X-Rays.- Single-Crystal to Single-Crystal Solid-State Photochemistry.- Femtoseconds to Hours Structural Dynamics Investigations: What do the Different Time Scales tell us in Chemistry?.- Structure and Dynamics of Light-Excited States.- Direct Observation of Various Reaction Pathways in Crystalline State Photoreactions.- Time Resolved XAS Spectroscopy Probing Dynamic Species in Homogeneous Catalysis – Towards faster Methods Providing more Information.- Dynamical Aspects of BiomacromolecularMulti-Resolution Modelling Using the Ultra Scan Solution Modeler (US-SOMO) Suite.- Linking Diffraction, XAFS and Spectroscopic Studies on Short Lived Species.- Structure Analyses of Unstable Reaction Intermediates Using the Technique of Acid-Base Complex or Polymorphic Crystal Formation.- Molecular Mechanisms of Light-Harvesting and Photo-Protection by Carotenoids Explaining Configurational Selections by Antenna and Reaction Centre Complexes.- Time-Resolved Macromolecular Crystallography in Practice at Bio CARS, Advanced Photon Source: from Data Collection to Structures of Intermediates.- Combining Single Crystal UV/Vis Spectroscopy and Diffraction to Structurally Characterise Intermediates and Monitor Radiation Damage.- Molecular Dynamics Probed by Short X-Ray Pulses from a Synchrotron.

"The goal of the course was to explore links between dynamic structural science and energy, the environmental security and chemical-biological-radiological-nuclear (CRBN) agents. ... the book can serve as a jumping off point for scientists new to the area of dynamic structural science, or as a tool for more senior scientists to quickly catch up in an arena of rapidly changing capabilities in the exciting area of structural dynamics." (George N. Phillips Jr., Crystallography Reviews, Vol. 21 (4), 2015)