This paper describes performance enhancement developments to a closed-loop pump-driven wire-guided flow jet (WGJ) for ultrafast X-ray spectroscopy of liquid samples. Achievements include dramatically improved sample surface quality and reduced equipment footprint from 7 × 20 cm2 to 6 × 6 cm2, cost, and manufacturing time. Qualitative and quantitative measurements show that micro-scale wire surface modification yields significant improvements to the topography of the sample liquid surface. By manipulating their wettability, it is possible to better control the liquid sheet thickness and to obtain a smooth liquid sample surface, as demonstrated in this work.

Department of Physics Universität Hamburg Hamburg Germany

Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron Hamburg Germany

ELI Beamlines Facility The Extreme Light Infrastructure ERIC Dolni Brezany Czechia

Institute of Biotechnology Czech Academy of Sciences Vestec Czechia

Institute of Physics Czech Academy of Sciences Prague Czechia

The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging Hamburg Germany

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