For this research, the team used the Center for Nanoscale Materials as well
as beamline 12 - ID - C of the Advanced Photon Source, both DOE Office of Science User Facilities.
Not exact matches
At these «
beamlines» scientists harvest X-rays produced by the electrons
as they pass through carefully controlled magnetic fields (see «Europe's shining new light», New Scientist, 14 March 1992).
Previously we have been doing experiments at our
beamline using other much heavier, and therefore easily detectable, noble gases such
as xenon and krypton.
But
as one of the
beamline scientists put it, this is a truce not a treaty.
For their experiment, the team used three structural biology
beamlines at the ESRF, the European Synchrotron in Grenoble (France): ID29, ID23 - 1, and the fully automated» hands - off»
beamline MASSIF - 1,
as well
as the Xaloc
beamline at Alba, the Spanish synchrotron.
Examples include handling data from faster detectors, like the Pilatus, handling new technologies, such
as the X-ray free electron laser (XFEL), and handling new types of experiments, such
as putting multiple crystals in the
beamline at the same time, or running experiments using two different wavelengths at the same time.
The researchers hope to obtain valuable insights into the materials» properties using resources at ORNL's Spallation Neutron Source such
as the POWGEN instrument, SNS
beamline 11A.
As a complement to laboratory techniques such as gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry, infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, visible and electron microscopy carried out at the Centre of Research and Restoration of French Museums, Paris, the scientists used the ultra bright X-rays on the ESRF's ID21 beamline to analyse tiny fragments taken from different sculpture
As a complement to laboratory techniques such
as gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry, infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, visible and electron microscopy carried out at the Centre of Research and Restoration of French Museums, Paris, the scientists used the ultra bright X-rays on the ESRF's ID21 beamline to analyse tiny fragments taken from different sculpture
as gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry, infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, visible and electron microscopy carried out at the Centre of Research and Restoration of French Museums, Paris, the scientists used the ultra bright X-rays on the ESRF's ID21
beamline to analyse tiny fragments taken from different sculptures.
Demonstrating this capability in the lab was challenging, however, and required a combination of unique state - of - the art nanofabrication processes and test hardware such
as a long X-ray
beamline and a spectrally narrow source.
Researchers used the 12 - ID - B and 32 - ID
beamlines at the Advanced Photon Source, also a DOE Office of Science User Facility, to take X-ray scattering measurements,
as well
as transmission X-ray microscopy nano - computed tomography of the samples, scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy.
In addition, 500
beamline exposures made up the final data set, with at least
as many discarded.
The EBS project includes also a new state - of - the - art
beamline portfolio, an ambitious scientific instrumentation programme, and a «data
as a service» strategy to exploit the high performances of this new X-ray source.
At the
beamline ID19, the researchers performed microtomography, which enabled them to continually image their EPP foams (see figure above)
as they were slowly compressed with a dedicated press facility.
The international team of scientists, led by Dr Vincent Fernandez of the ESRF's ID19
beamline, applied high performance synchrotron X-ray scanning techniques such
as X-ray synchrotron tomography to study the embryos inside the tiny eggs.
Its main objectives are: to train SESAME staff in the storage ring and
beamline instrumentation technology, research techniques and administration, to build - up human capacity in Middle East researchers to optimally exploit SESAME's infrastructure, and to train SESAME staff and user community in public outreach and corporate communications,
as well
as to support SESAME and its stakeholders in building awareness and demonstrating its socio - economic impact to assure longer term exploitation.
Note that the spectra in Fig. 3 has broader peaks given the lower resolution at
beamline X1A1 of NSLS where these were taken,
as opposed to the rest of the XPS spectra, which were taken at
beamline CSX - 2 of NSLS - II.