Welcome to Elettra Crowd!

The summer season has not slowed down the activity at Elettra. You will find in this issue a diverse selection of our science highlights, from plant science to condensed matter, from graphene physics to femtosecond electron dynamics in molecules. In the news and events, you will read about the initiation of the CALIPSOplus project that brings together the synchrotrons and FEL light sources in Europe. We are also proud to report that Trieste is selected to be the host city for ESOF 2020. Elettra contributes greatly to the research ambient in Trieste, which is underlined by the multitude of conferences organized by it as you can find in the upcoming conferences presentation below.
We look forward to seeing you with us here at Elettra!

                                                      The Elettra Crowd team

Research Highlights

	Interatomic Coulombic decay in Ne dimers The accurate measurement of the interatomic Coulombic decay time induced by two-photon double excitation of Ne dimers was achieved at FERMI. Physical Review Letters 118, 033202 (2017) Read more...
	The wounds of drought in plants By using high resolution X-ray phase contrast micro-tomography it was possible ti observe the progressive increase in the number of gas filled xylem conduits in plants exposed to drought stress. The New Phytologyst 213, 1068 (2017) Read more...
	Evolution in twisted bilayer graphene electronic structure Substrate doping effects and unusually large angle van Hove singularity evolution was detected in twisted bi- and multilayer graphene. Advanced Materials 1606741 (2017) Read more...
	Fluorinated graphene at the nanoscale The energy dissipation process of fluorine ions traversing suspended and supported graphene layers was investigated by means of spatially resolved chemical analysis. Nano Research doi:10.1007/s12274-017-1532-4 (2017) Read more...