On the use of CCD area detectors for high-resolution specular X-ray reflectivity

The use and application of charged coupled device area detectors is established for probing high-resolution specular X-ray reflectivity with an observed dynamic range of measured signals varying by ∼10⁶.

A high-throughput determination of metal concentrations in whole intact Arabidopsis thaliana seeds using synchrotron-based X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy

Synchrotron-based X-ray fluorescence was used to examine the relative concentrations of metals in Arabidopsis thaliana seeds and as the basis of a high-throughput technique for the identification of metal mutants.

Fluorescence X-ray absorption spectroscopy using a Ge pixel array detector: application to high-temperature superconducting thin-film single crystals

A Ge pixel array detector with 100 segments was applied to fluorescence X-ray absorption spectroscopy, probing the local structure of high-temperature superconducting thin-film single crystals (100 nm in thickness).

Einstein and Debye models for EXAFS parallel and perpendicular mean-square relative displacements

Einstein and Debye models for EXAFS parallel mean-square relative displacement are critically reviewed and extended to the perpendicular mean-square relative displacement.

Combustion front dynamics in the combustion synthesis of refractory metal carbides and di-borides using time-resolved X-ray diffraction

A compact diffraction-reaction chamber has been employed to investigate the chemical dynamics at the combustion front of a selected series of refractory metal carbides and di-borides from their constituent element reactants as well as binary products from B₄C as a reactant.

Theory and characteristics of transition radiation emitted by low-energy storage-ring synchrotrons for use in X-ray lithography

Theory is developed for emission of transition radiation (TR) by low-energy storage-ring synchrotrons. Since such TR is used mostly for performing X-ray lithography (XRL), the sensitivity of the XRL photoresist is also formulated.

Sharp-focusing Bragg–Fresnel zone plate with Laue diffraction geometry

The focal sharpness of a Bragg–Fresnel lens (Laue diffraction geometry) can be improved by decreasing the height, and hence the width, of the Fresnel zones. The impact of this approach on the signal-to-background ratio of the focused spot and other properties is explored and found to be less than with ordinary Fresnel lens optics (in the absence of Bragg diffraction).

Reciprocal space mapping and single-crystal scattering rods. Erratum

Erratum to J. Synchrotron Rad. (2005). 12, 807–811.

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