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Narayanan T. Recent advances in synchrotron scattering methods for probing the structure and dynamics of colloids. Adv Colloid Interface Sci 2024; 325:103114. [PMID: 38452431 DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2024.103114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2023] [Revised: 02/07/2024] [Accepted: 02/14/2024] [Indexed: 03/09/2024]
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Recent progress in synchrotron based X-ray scattering methods applied to colloid science is reviewed. An important figure of merit of these techniques is that they enable in situ investigations of colloidal systems under the desired thermophysical and rheological conditions. An ensemble averaged simultaneous structural and dynamical information can be derived albeit in reciprocal space. Significant improvements in X-ray source brilliance and advances in detector technology have overcome some of the limitations in the past. Notably coherent X-ray scattering techniques have become more competitive and they provide complementary information to laboratory based real space methods. For a system with sufficient scattering contrast, size ranges from nm to several μm and time scales down to μs are now amenable to X-ray scattering investigations. A wide variety of sample environments can be combined with scattering experiments further enriching the science that could be pursued by means of advanced X-ray scattering instruments. Some of these recent progresses are illustrated via representative examples. To derive quantitative information from the scattering data, rigorous data analysis or modeling is required. Development of powerful computational tools including the use of artificial intelligence have become the emerging trend.
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Nygård K, McDonald SA, González JB, Haghighat V, Appel C, Larsson E, Ghanbari R, Viljanen M, Silva J, Malki S, Li Y, Silva V, Weninger C, Engelmann F, Jeppsson T, Felcsuti G, Rosén T, Gordeyeva K, Söderberg L, Dierks H, Zhang Y, Yao Z, Yang R, Asimakopoulou EM, Rogalinski J, Wallentin J, Villanueva-Perez P, Krüger R, Dreier T, Bech M, Liebi M, Bek M, Kádár R, Terry AE, Tarawneh H, Ilinski P, Malmqvist J, Cerenius Y. ForMAX - a beamline for multiscale and multimodal structural characterization of hierarchical materials. JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION 2024; 31:363-377. [PMID: 38386565 PMCID: PMC10914163 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577524001048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2023] [Accepted: 01/30/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024]
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The ForMAX beamline at the MAX IV Laboratory provides multiscale and multimodal structural characterization of hierarchical materials in the nanometre to millimetre range by combining small- and wide-angle X-ray scattering with full-field microtomography. The modular design of the beamline is optimized for easy switching between different experimental modalities. The beamline has a special focus on the development of novel fibrous materials from forest resources, but it is also well suited for studies within, for example, food science and biomedical research.
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- K. Nygård
- MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
- Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
- Division of Solid Mechanics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
- Department of Industrial and Materials Science, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Fibre and Polymer Technology, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
- Wallenberg Wood Science Center (WWSC), Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Fibre and Polymer Technology, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Fibre and Polymer Technology, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
- Wallenberg Wood Science Center (WWSC), Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Synchrotron Radiation Research, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Synchrotron Radiation Research, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Synchrotron Radiation Research, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Synchrotron Radiation Research, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Synchrotron Radiation Research, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Medical Radiation Physics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Medical Radiation Physics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
- Excillum AB, Kista, Sweden
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- Medical Radiation Physics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
- Institute of Materials, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
- Department of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Industrial and Materials Science, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
- FibRe-Centre for Lignocellulose-based Thermoplastics, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
- Department of Industrial and Materials Science, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
- FibRe-Centre for Lignocellulose-based Thermoplastics, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Wallenberg Wood Science Center (WWSC), Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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Krause L, Gjørup FH, Jørgensen MRV. xrdPlanner: exploring area detector geometries for powder diffraction and total scattering experiments. JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION 2024; 31:394-398. [PMID: 38306298 PMCID: PMC10914179 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577523011086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2023] [Accepted: 12/27/2023] [Indexed: 02/04/2024]
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xrdPlanner is a software package designed to aid in the planning and preparation of powder X-ray diffraction and total scattering beam times at synchrotron facilities. Many modern beamlines provide a flexible experimental setup and may have several different detectors available. In combination with a range of available X-ray energies, it often makes it difficult for the user to explore the available parameter space relevant for a given experiment prior to the scheduled beam time. xrdPlanner was developed to provide a fast and straightforward tool that allows users to visualize the accessible part of reciprocal space of their experiment at a given combination of photon energy and detector geometry. To plan and communicate the necessary geometry not only saves time but also helps the beamline staff to prepare and accommodate for an experiment. The program is tailored toward powder X-ray diffraction and total scattering experiments but may also be useful for other experiments that rely on an area detector and for which detector placement and achievable momentum-transfer range are important experimental parameters.
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- Lennard Krause
- Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
- MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Fotongatan 2, 225 94 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
- MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Fotongatan 2, 225 94 Lund, Sweden
- iNANO, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
- MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Fotongatan 2, 225 94 Lund, Sweden
- iNANO, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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Chèvremont W, Zinn T, Narayanan T. Improvement of ultra-small-angle XPCS with the Extremely Brilliant Source. JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION 2024; 31:65-76. [PMID: 37933847 PMCID: PMC10833426 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577523008627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2023] [Accepted: 10/01/2023] [Indexed: 11/08/2023]
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Recent technical developments and the performance of the X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy (XPCS) method over the ultra-small-angle range with the Extremely Brilliant Source (EBS) at the ESRF are described. With higher monochromatic coherent photon flux (∼1012 photons s-1) provided by the EBS and the availability of a fast pixel array detector (EIGER 500K detector operating at 23000 frames s-1), XPCS has become more competitive for probing faster dynamics in relatively dilute suspensions. One of the goals of the present development is to increase the user-friendliness of the method. This is achieved by means of a Python-based graphical user interface that enables online visualization and analysis of the processed data. The improved performance of XPCS on the Time-Resolved Ultra-Small-Angle X-ray Scattering instrument (ID02 beamline) is demonstrated using dilute model colloidal suspensions in several different applications.
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- William Chèvremont
- ESRF – The European Synchrotron, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, 38043 Grenoble, France
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- ESRF – The European Synchrotron, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, 38043 Grenoble, France
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Reinle-Schmitt M, Šišak Jung D, Morin M, Costa F, Casati N, Gozzo F. Exploring high-throughput synchrotron X-Ray powder diffraction for the structural analysis of pharmaceuticals. Int J Pharm X 2023; 6:100221. [PMID: 38146324 PMCID: PMC10749245 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpx.2023.100221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2023] [Revised: 11/20/2023] [Accepted: 11/27/2023] [Indexed: 12/27/2023] Open
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Synchrotron radiation offers a host of advanced properties, surpassing conventional laboratory sources with its high brightness, tunable phonon energy, photon beam coherence for advanced X-ray imaging, and a structured time profile, ideal for capturing dynamic atomic and molecular processes. However, these benefits come at the cost of operational complexity and expenses. Three decades ago, synchrotron radiation facilities, while technically open to all scientists, primarily served a limited community. Despite substantial accessibility improvements over the past two decades, synchrotron measurements still do not qualify as routine analyses. The intrinsic complexity of synchrotron science means experiments are pursued only when no alternatives suffice. In recent years, strides have been made in technology transfer offices, intermediate synchrotron-based analytical service companies, and the development of high-throughput synchrotron systems at various facilities, reshaping the perception of synchrotron science. This article investigates the practical application of synchrotron X-Ray Powder Diffraction (s-XRPD) techniques in pharmaceutical analysis. By utilizing concrete examples, we demonstrate how high-throughput systems have the potential to revolutionize s-XRPD applications in the pharmaceutical industry, rapidly generating XRPD patterns of comparable or superior quality to those obtained in state-of-the-art laboratory XRPD, all in less than 5 s. Additional cases featuring well-established pharmaceutical active ingredients (API) and excipients substantiate the concept of high throughput in pharmaceuticals, affirming data quality through structural refinements aligned with literature-derived unit cell parameters. Synchrotron data need not always be state-of-the-art to compete with lab-XRPD data. The key lies in ensuring user-friendliness, reproducibility, accessibility, cost-effectiveness, and the streamlined efforts associated with synchrotron instrumentation to remain highly competitive with their laboratory counterparts.
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- M. Reinle-Schmitt
- Excelsus Structural Solutions (Swiss) AG, PARK INNOVAARE, 5234 Villigen, Switzerland
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- DECTRIS, Täfernweg 1, 5405 Baden-Dättwil, Switzerland
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- Excelsus Structural Solutions (Swiss) AG, PARK INNOVAARE, 5234 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Excelsus Structural Solutions (Swiss) AG, PARK INNOVAARE, 5234 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institute, Forschungsstrasse 111, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Excelsus Structural Solutions (Swiss) AG, PARK INNOVAARE, 5234 Villigen, Switzerland
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Raviv U, Asor R, Shemesh A, Ginsburg A, Ben-Nun T, Schilt Y, Levartovsky Y, Ringel I. Insight into structural biophysics from solution X-ray scattering. J Struct Biol 2023; 215:108029. [PMID: 37741561 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2023.108029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2023] [Revised: 08/09/2023] [Accepted: 09/18/2023] [Indexed: 09/25/2023]
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The current challenges of structural biophysics include determining the structure of large self-assembled complexes, resolving the structure of ensembles of complex structures and their mass fraction, and unraveling the dynamic pathways and mechanisms leading to the formation of complex structures from their subunits. Modern synchrotron solution X-ray scattering data enable simultaneous high-spatial and high-temporal structural data required to address the current challenges of structural biophysics. These data are complementary to crystallography, NMR, and cryo-TEM data. However, the analysis of solution scattering data is challenging; hence many different analysis tools, listed in the SAS Portal (http://smallangle.org/), were developed. In this review, we start by briefly summarizing classical X-ray scattering analyses providing insight into fundamental structural and interaction parameters. We then describe recent developments, integrating simulations, theory, and advanced X-ray scattering modeling, providing unique insights into the structure, energetics, and dynamics of self-assembled complexes. The structural information is essential for understanding the underlying physical chemistry principles leading to self-assembled supramolecular architectures and computational structural refinement.
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- Uri Raviv
- Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra Campus, Givat Ram, Jerusalem 9190401, Israel; The Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra Campus, Givat Ram, Jerusalem 9190401, Israel.
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- Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra Campus, Givat Ram, Jerusalem 9190401, Israel
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- Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra Campus, Givat Ram, Jerusalem 9190401, Israel
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- Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra Campus, Givat Ram, Jerusalem 9190401, Israel
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- Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra Campus, Givat Ram, Jerusalem 9190401, Israel
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- Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra Campus, Givat Ram, Jerusalem 9190401, Israel
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- Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra Campus, Givat Ram, Jerusalem 9190401, Israel
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- Institute for Drug Research, School of Pharmacy, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 9112102 Jerusalem, Israel
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Fitch A, Dejoie C, Covacci E, Confalonieri G, Grendal O, Claustre L, Guillou P, Kieffer J, de Nolf W, Petitdemange S, Ruat M, Watier Y. ID22 - the high-resolution powder-diffraction beamline at ESRF. JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION 2023; 30:1003-1012. [PMID: 37462688 PMCID: PMC10481261 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577523004915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2023] [Accepted: 06/05/2023] [Indexed: 09/07/2023]
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Following Phase 2 of the upgrade of the ESRF in which the storage ring was replaced by a new low-emittance ring along with many other facility upgrades, the status of ID22, the high-resolution powder-diffraction beamline, is described. The beamline has an in-vacuum undulator as source providing X-rays in the range 6-75 keV. ID22's principle characteristics include very high angular resolution as a result of the highly collimated and monochromatic beam, coupled with a 13-channel Si 111 multi-analyser stage between the sample and a Dectris Eiger2 X 2M-W CdTe pixel detector. The detector's axial resolution allows recorded 2θ values to be automatically corrected for the effects of axial divergence, resulting in narrower and more-symmetric peaks compared with the previous fixed-axial-slit arrangement. The axial acceptance can also be increased with increasing diffraction angle, thus simultaneously improving the statistical quality of high-angle data. A complementary Perkin Elmer XRD1611 medical-imaging detector is available for faster, lower-resolution data, often used at photon energies of 60-70 keV for pair-distribution function analysis, although this is also possible in high-resolution mode by scanning up to 120° 2θ at 35 keV. There are various sample environments, allowing sample temperatures from 4 K to 1600°C, a capillary cell for non-corrosive gas atmospheres in the range 0-100 bar, and a sample-changing robot that can accommodate 75 capillary samples compatible with the temperature range 80 K to 950°C.
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- Andrew Fitch
- ESRF, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, CS40220, 38043 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- ESRF, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, CS40220, 38043 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- ESRF, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, CS40220, 38043 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- ESRF, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, CS40220, 38043 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- ESRF, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, CS40220, 38043 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- ESRF, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, CS40220, 38043 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- ESRF, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, CS40220, 38043 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- ESRF, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, CS40220, 38043 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- ESRF, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, CS40220, 38043 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- ESRF, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, CS40220, 38043 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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Naumenko D, Burian M, Marmiroli B, Haider R, Radeticchio A, Wagner L, Piazza L, Glatt L, Brandstetter S, Dal Zilio S, Biasiol G, Amenitsch H. Implication of the double-gating mode in a hybrid photon counting detector for measurements of transient heat conduction in GaAs/AlAs superlattice structures. J Appl Crystallogr 2023; 56:961-966. [PMID: 37555215 PMCID: PMC10405594 DOI: 10.1107/s1600576723004302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2023] [Accepted: 05/17/2023] [Indexed: 08/10/2023] Open
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Understanding and control of thermal transport in solids at the nanoscale are crucial in engineering and enhance the properties of a new generation of optoelectronic, thermoelectric and photonic devices. In this regard, semiconductor superlattice structures provide a unique platform to study phenomena associated with phonon propagations in solids such as heat conduction. Transient X-ray diffraction can directly probe atomic motions and therefore is among the rare techniques sensitive to phonon dynamics in condensed matter. Here, optically induced transient heat conduction in GaAs/AlAs superlattice structures is studied using the EIGER2 detector. Benchmark experiments have been performed at the Austrian SAXS beamline at Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste operated in the hybrid filling mode. This work demonstrates that drifts of experimental conditions, such as synchrotron beam fluctuations, become less essential when utilizing the EIGER2 double-gating mode which results in a faster acquisition of high-quality data and facilitates data analysis and data interpretation.
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- Denys Naumenko
- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 9/IV, Graz 8010, Austria
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 9/IV, Graz 8010, Austria
- DECTRIS Ltd, Taefernweg 1, Baden-Daettwil 5405, Switzerland
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 9/IV, Graz 8010, Austria
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 9/IV, Graz 8010, Austria
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 9/IV, Graz 8010, Austria
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- DECTRIS Ltd, Taefernweg 1, Baden-Daettwil 5405, Switzerland
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- DECTRIS Ltd, Taefernweg 1, Baden-Daettwil 5405, Switzerland
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- DECTRIS Ltd, Taefernweg 1, Baden-Daettwil 5405, Switzerland
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- CNR-IOM – Istituto Officina dei Materiali, SS 14, km 163.5, Basovizza (Trieste) 34149, Italy
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- CNR-IOM – Istituto Officina dei Materiali, SS 14, km 163.5, Basovizza (Trieste) 34149, Italy
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 9/IV, Graz 8010, Austria
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