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Open AccessMultielement Z-tag imaging by X-ray fluorescence microscopy for next-generation multiplex imaging
Rapid, highly multiplexed, nondestructive imaging that spans the molecular to the supra-cellular scale would be a powerful tool for tissue analysis. However, the physical constraints of established imaging met...
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Open AccessThe Extremely Brilliant Source storage ring of the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
The Extremely Brilliant Source (EBS) is the experimental implementation of the novel Hybrid Multi Bend Achromat (HMBA) storage ring magnetic lattice concept, which has been realised at European Synchrotron Rad...
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Open AccessTetracarbonates in silicate melts may be at the origin of a deep carbon reservoir in the deep Earth
Much of Earth’s carbon may have been stripped away from the silicate mantle by dense metallic-iron during core formation. However, at deep magma ocean conditions carbon becomes less siderophile and thus large ...
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Open AccessNon-destructive analysis of a mixed H2O–CO2 fluid in experimental noble-metal capsule by means of freezing and high-energy synchrotron X-ray diffraction
High-pressure high-temperature syntheses that involve volatile-bearing aqueous fluids are typically accomplished by enclosing the samples in gas-tight welded shut noble-metal capsules, from which the bulk vola...
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Open AccessRare earth element identification and quantification in millimetre-sized Ryugu rock fragments from the Hayabusa2 space mission
Millimetre-sized primordial rock fragments originating from asteroid Ryugu were investigated using high energy X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy, providing 2D and 3D elemental distribution and quantitative compo...
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Open AccessDeep denoising for multi-dimensional synchrotron X-ray tomography without high-quality reference data
Synchrotron X-ray tomography enables the examination of the internal structure of materials at submicron spatial resolution and subsecond temporal resolution. Unavoidable experimental constraints can impose do...
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Open AccessQuantifying the hydroxyapatite orientation near the ossification front in a piglet femoral condyle using X-ray diffraction tensor tomography
While a detailed knowledge of the hierarchical structure and morphology of the extracellular matrix is considered crucial for understanding the physiological and mechanical properties of bone and cartilage, th...
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Open AccessSpatial quantification of dynamic inter and intra particle crystallographic heterogeneities within lithium ion electrodes
The performance of lithium ion electrodes is hindered by unfavorable chemical heterogeneities that pre-exist or develop during operation. Time-resolved spatial descriptions are needed to understand the link be...
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Open AccessDesign of next-generation ceramic fuel cells and real-time characterization with synchrotron X-ray diffraction computed tomography
Ceramic fuel cells offer a clean and efficient means of producing electricity through a variety of fuels. However, miniaturization of cell dimensions for portable device application remains a challenge, as vol...
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Open AccessFrequency-dependent decoupling of domain-wall motion and lattice strain in bismuth ferrite
Dynamics of domain walls are among the main features that control strain mechanisms in ferroic materials. Here, we demonstrate that the domain-wall-controlled piezoelectric behaviour in multiferroic BiFeO3 is dis...
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Open Access3D Maps of Mineral Composition and Hydroxyapatite Orientation in Fossil Bone Samples Obtained by X-ray Diffraction Computed Tomography
Whether hydroxyapatite (HA) orientation in fossilised bone samples can be non-destructively retrieved and used to determine the arrangement of the bone matrix and the location of muscle attachments (entheses),...
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Open AccessElectromigration Mechanism of Failure in Flip-Chip Solder Joints Based on Discrete Void Formation
In this investigation, SnAgCu and SN100C solders were electromigration (EM) tested, and the 3D laminography imaging technique was employed for in-situ observation of the microstructure evolution during testing. W...
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Open AccessMultiscale characterization of a lithium/sulfur battery by coupling operando X-ray tomography and spatially-resolved diffraction
Due to its high theoretical specific capacity, the lithium/sulfur battery is one of the most promising candidates for replacing current lithium-ion batteries. In this work, we investigate both chemical and mor...
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Comparing the atomic and macroscopic aging dynamics in an amorphous and partially crystalline Zr44Ti11Ni10Cu10Be25 bulk metallic glass
Several recent X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy works have reported an anomalous atomic dynamics in hyperquenched metallic glasses. Here, we compare and contrast these microscopic dynamics with that found...
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Open AccessThe Role of Local Instabilities in Fluid Invasion into Permeable Media
Wettability is an important factor which controls the displacement of immiscible fluids in permeable media, with far reaching implications for storage of CO2 in deep saline aquifers, fuel cells, oil recovery, and...
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In situ hard X-ray transmission microscopy for material science
Hard X-ray transmission microscopy based on refractive X-ray optics can be employed as a tool in material science to investigate buried-in microstructures in two or three dimensions with spatial resolution app...
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Ultra Fast Tomography: New Developments for 4D Studies in Material Science
X-ray tomography has become a widely used 3D characterization technique in materials science using either laboratory tomographs or large X-ray facilities. The two main improvements in the last decade are the d...
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Open AccessIn-operando high-speed tomography of lithium-ion batteries during thermal runaway
Prevention and mitigation of thermal runaway presents one of the greatest challenges for the safe operation of lithium-ion batteries. Here, we demonstrate for the first time the application of high-speed synch...
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Catalytic Adventures in Space and Time Using High Energy X-rays
Very high energy X-rays (ca. >40 keV) have long offered great promise in providing great insight into the inner workings of catalysts; insights that may complement the battery of techniques available to resear...
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Characterization of the swelling during sintering of uniaxially pressed copper powders by in situ X-ray microtomography
Evolution of the inner microstructure of uniaxially pressed copper powders was investigated by in situ X-ray microtomography. Experiments were carried out at the European Synchrotron in Grenoble, France. Sinte...
