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ISSN: 1600-5775

May 2013 issue

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Cover illustration: Investigating the chemical composition and spatial distribution of the major components on the cicada Psaltoda claripennis wing surface. Top: optical profile of part of a cicada wing, including a wing vein. Bottom left: cicada Psaltoda claripennis perched on native flora. Bottom right: SEM image. The blue profile overlay shows a typical FTIR spectrum of a cicada wing membrane (see Tobin, Puskar, Hasan, Webb, Hirschmugl, Nasse, Gervinskas, Juodkazis, Watson, Watson, Crawford and Ivanova, pages 482-489).

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J. Synchrotron Rad. (2013). 20, 397-404
doi: 10.1107/S090904951300263X
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An efficient computing simulation routine has been implemented to model explicitly several types of Fresnel zone plate taking advantage of the circular symmetry. This code was used to evaluate an optimized approach for stacking of two high-resolution Fresnel zone plates.

J. Synchrotron Rad. (2013). 20, 405-412
doi: 10.1107/S090904951300232X
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For every analyzer-based imaging system there is a unique system configuration which allows the constituent materials of a sample to be distinguished to a desired statistical certainty for the minimal surface absorbed dose delivered to that object. This value is determined for a sample case and the variables involved are discussed.

J. Synchrotron Rad. (2013). 20, 413-418
doi: 10.1107/S0909049513003671

J. Synchrotron Rad. (2013). 20, 419-425
doi: 10.1107/S0909049513003592
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Soft X-ray photoabsorption spectroscopy under normal ambient-pressure conditions using electron yield detection was demonstrated. This technique provided unambiguous photoabsorption data for hydrated transition-metal compounds and identified the different chemical states of cobalt ions.

J. Synchrotron Rad. (2013). 20, 426-432
doi: 10.1107/S0909049513005049
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Lift-off protocols for thin films of semiconductor and dielectric materials are presented, allowing the structural properties of condensed matter to be studied with EXAFS with improved accuracy.

J. Synchrotron Rad. (2013). 20, 433-440
doi: 10.1107/S0909049513006602
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The fabrication and performance of multilayer Al2O3/Ta2O5 Fresnel zone plates in the hard X-ray range and a discussion of possible future developments considering available materials are reported.

J. Synchrotron Rad. (2013). 20, 441-448
doi: 10.1107/S0909049513007413
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Synchrotron radiation is utilized to assess both pulmonary vessel density and endothelial function in a Dahl rat model of congestive heart failure with secondary pulmonary hypertension.

J. Synchrotron Rad. (2013). 20, 449-454
doi: 10.1107/S0909049513004329
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In order to study the properties of key B4C-based multilayers, X-ray grazing-incidence reflectivity and diffuse scattering were used to characterize multilayer structures synthetically, including information of the thickness, density, interfacial roughness, interdiffusion, surface state and correlation length.

J. Synchrotron Rad. (2013). 20, 455-459
doi: 10.1107/S0909049513002781
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The contrasting impurity effects of Mn and Zn dopants on the critical temperature of optimally doped Ba0.5K0.5Fe2As2 superconductors have been investigated by Fe and As K-edge X-ray absorption fine-structure spectroscopy.

J. Synchrotron Rad. (2013). 20, 460-473
doi: 10.1107/S0909049513004585
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Eighteenth-century preparative methods play a role in the fading of Prussian-blue-containing paint layers because they can lead to the production of nanocrystalline ferrihydrite mixed with Prussian blue.

J. Synchrotron Rad. (2013). 20, 474-481
doi: 10.1107/S0909049513002598
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A multipurpose portable vacuum-compatible chamber designed to carry out grazing-incidence X-ray scattering measurements is described. The main advantage of this chamber design is the wide sample temperature range, which may be varied between 60 and 1000 K, and the wide pressure range, which may be varied between 10−11 mbar and 3 bar.

J. Synchrotron Rad. (2013). 20, 482-489
doi: 10.1107/S0909049513004056
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The surface chemistry of the wings of the Clanger cicada Psaltoda claripennis has been studied using two synchrotron infrared beamlines. A heterogeneous surface distribution of long-chain hydrocarbons has been observed, which can account for this insect wing's previously observed heterogeneous superhydrophobicity, and which will assist in further understanding the structure and function of similar insect wings.

J. Synchrotron Rad. (2013). 20, 490-497
doi: 10.1107/S0909049513005372
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A ptychographic characterization of the KB focus in the dedicated nano-imaging setup GINIX at the P10 coherence beamline of the PETRA III synchrotron at HASLYLAB/DESY is reported. Different focal settings are realized via optical filtering and changing the size of the entrance aperture.

J. Synchrotron Rad. (2013). 20, 498-503
doi: 10.1107/S0909049513001933
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The temporal resolution of the X-ray particle image velocimetry technique is greatly improved by adopting an image intensifier at beamlines with insufficient X-ray fluxes. Proper digital image processing methods are found to be inevitably useful for improving the image quality and enhancing measurement accuracy.

J. Synchrotron Rad. (2013). 20, 504-508
doi: 10.1107/S0909049513002434
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A novel gas cell with a laser heating system has been designed to follow in situ reactions by X-ray absorption spectroscopy techniques under atmospheric pressure.

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J. Synchrotron Rad. (2013). 20, 509-514
doi: 10.1107/S0909049513002835
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The present work establishes a new numerical technique and corresponding software to model the phenomenon of incident synchrotron radiation interference in the photoluminescence excitation spectra of thin transparent films and to restore the shape of distorted spectra.

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J. Synchrotron Rad. (2013). 20, 515-516
doi: 10.1107/S0909049513008960
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