Tracking photochemical dynamics in solvated iron complexes by ultrafast X-ray...
Solvated transition metal complexes are major players in many fundamental photochemical processes that define e.g. biochemical reactivity and photovoltaic/ photocatalytic functionality. During such...
View Article3D X-ray Bragg ptychography: from methodological developments to applications
Imaging complex crystalline materials at the nanoscale is a major challenge of nanoscience, which calls for a microscopy method combining sensitivity to the crystalline properties, 3D imaging...
View ArticleHigh performance girder for EBS: Study and development - Dynamic validation test
For the ESRF new EBS storage ring, the positioning precision and the stability of the magnets are crucial to obtain the electron beam low emittance. This imposes challenging constraints on the girders...
View ArticleCaliste, CdTe based imaging spectrometers for space science …. or more
During the last decade, we have been developing Caliste technology at CEA for hard X-ray astrophysics in Space. Caliste is a miniature gamma ray camera based on a 3D System In Package technology by 3D...
View ArticleLaue lenses: from the first principles to a next generation of Gamma-ray...
Laue lenses are tools based on the Bragg diffraction in transmission configuration. Such focusing instruments could be a breakthrough for the gamma-ray astronomy, thanks to the possibility of improving...
View ArticleCoherent Scattering and Imaging at European XFEL
Recently, X-ray laser sources have emerged that deliver beam intensities many orders of magnitude stronger than previously possible. In Europe, a dozen countries are working together on constructing...
View ArticleSplot and other recent spec developments
The spec software package was started in 1985 at MIT to facilitate the control of diffraction experiments. Quickly it spread to other facilities in the USA, Europe and elsewhere. The first ESRF spec...
View ArticleEmploying non-local temporal self-similarity across the entire time domain in...
There are many cases where one needs to limit the x-ray dose, or the number of projections, or both, for high frame rate (fast) imaging. Normally it improves temporal resolution but reduces spatial...
View ArticleThermal study of ultrastable glasses and how can Synchrotron radiation light...
Glasses are ubiquitous in our daily life. They are present in TV-screens, in portable electronic devices, in some metallic components or in objects of everyday use, among many more. Glasses are, by...
View ArticleThermal stability of nano- and ultra-fine grained pure metals
The presentation will focus on several projects, which were aimed to contribute to the better understanding of the low and high temperature thermal stability of nano and ultra-fine grained pure metals....
View ArticleA study of novel electrolyte materials with interstitial oxides as mobile...
This thesis investigates the interstitial oxide ion accommodation, induced local deformation around interstitial defects and increase in ionic conductivity in doped La3Ga5GeO14 materials with a...
View ArticlePrecision mechatronics in large instruments dedicated to experimental physics
Many large facilities dedicated to experimental physics are built all over the world for continuously pushing the limits of our understanding of the Universe: ground and space telescopes, particle...
View ArticleSynchrotrons and Supercomputers
For decades, most synchrotron beamlines operated with a grab-and-go data management model: users ran experiments, downloaded data to an external hard drive, and processed or analyzed it later. Brighter...
View ArticleThe nanostructure of biological materials: Case studies and experimental...
Seminar ESRF ID13 – Tilman Grünewald The nanostructure of biological materials: Case studies and experimental developments Biological materials exhibit outstanding mechanical properties, outperforming...
View ArticleScanning small-angle scattering: From 2D to 3D
Scanning small-angle scattering: From 2D to 3D Marianne Liebi Small-angle X-ray scattering in scanning mode allows probing nanoscale features in a spatially resolved fashion. For heterogeneous samples,...
View ArticleIn-situ Combination of Chip Calorimetry with Nano-focus X-ray Scattering
In-situ Combination of Chip Calorimetry with Nano-focus X-ray Scattering D. Doblas1, M. Rosenthal2, A.P. Melnikov1, A.A. Rychkov1, M. Burghammer2, D.A. Ivanov1,3 1 Faculty of Fundamental Physical...
View ArticleSolid-state transition-metal photoactive materials – tracing...
Coordination complexes have gained a lot of attention thank to their rich electronic and luminescent properties.1 Especially interesting here are d8 or d10 transition-metal systems, which frequently...
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