Asynchronous sampling for ultrafast experiments with low momentum compaction at the ANKA ring

The picosecond emission at ANKA, in both the THz and the X-ray regime, is employed for time-resolved experiments.

A differential pumping system to deliver windowless VUV photons at atmospheric pressure

The design and operation of a differential pumping system on a bending magnet beamline is reported. This system allows vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) photons down to 60 nm to be delivered at atmospheric pressure.

Calculation of anisotropic properties of dental enamel from synchrotron data

A method is presented obtaining detailed information about the preferred orientation as well as the anisotropy of physical properties (e.g. elastic modulus or thermal expansion) from two-dimensional diffraction images of crystalline human dental enamel.

Atomic absorption background of Ba in EXAFS analysis of BaFe₁₂O₁₉ nanoparticles

An approximate Ba L₃ atomic background, exhibiting a prominent 2p4d resonance, is extracted from the L subshell EXAFS spectra of hydrated Ba²⁺ ions. The application of the background to weak L₃ EXAFS spectra of Ba hexaferrite nanoparticles is analyzed.

Hard X-ray Fourier transform holography from an array of oriented referenced objects

The use of multiple, oriented and singly referenced objects was evaluated as a means to overcome the low scattering cross section inherent in hard X-ray Fourier transform holography. It is shown that the image of each object can be restored as in the conventional single-object case.

Development of an X-ray real-time stereo imaging technique using synchrotron radiation

An X-ray stereo imaging system with synchrotron radiation was developed to perform real-time stereo imaging and stereo angiography.

Achromatic nested Kirkpatrick–Baez mirror optics for hard X-ray nanofocusing

A nested Kirkpatrick–Baez mirror pair has been designed, fabricated and tested for achromatic nanofocusing synchrotron hard X-rays. The prototype system achieved a FWHM focal spot of about 150 nm in both horizontal and vertical directions.

Radiation-induced melting in coherent X-ray diffractive imaging at the nanoscale

Coherent X-ray diffraction techniques play an increasingly significant role in imaging nanoscale structures which range from metallic and semiconductor samples to biological objects. The conventional knowledge about radiation damage effects caused by ever higher brilliance X-ray sources has to be critically revised while studying nanostructured materials.

Automatic loop centring with a high-precision goniometer head at the SLS macromolecular crystallography beamlines

An automated loop-centring program and a high-precision goniometer head used at the Swiss Light Source are described.

Measurement of persistence in YAG:Ce³⁺ scintillator with pulsed synchrotron X-rays

The decay time of YAG:Ce³⁺ scintillator was estimated to be 60 ns by using a fast CMOS camera and synchrotron bunches.

Six-reflection meV-monochromator for synchrotron radiation

A design is presented for a cryogenically stabilized monochromator for 10–40 keV synchrotron radiation that uses six crystal reflections to achieve a meV-bandpass with high efficiency.

SPIO–RGD nanoparticles as a molecular targeting probe for imaging tumor angiogenesis using synchrotron radiation

A novel X-ray molecular targeting probe using superparamagnetic iron oxide conjugated with arginine–glycine–aspartic acid has been developed; tumor angiogenesis can be targeted in vivo.

ANKAphase: software for single-distance phase retrieval from inline X-ray phase-contrast radiographs

ANKAphase is a computer program that processes X-ray inline phase-contrast radiographs by reconstructing the projected thickness of the objects imaged. The program uses a single-distance non-iterative phase-retrieval algorithm described in a paper by Paganin et al. [(2002), J. Microsc. 206, 33–40].

DNA damage and repair kinetics after microbeam radiation therapy emulation in living cells using monoenergetic synchrotron X-ray microbeams

The molecular response of mammalian cells to a monoenergetic synchrotron X-ray microbeam which emulated microbeam radiation configurations has been investigated. Very few γH2AX foci were found outside the irradiated zone within 1 h of irradiation, even within a single nucleus. Furthermore, 12 h after radiation there was a large decrease in foci number but many cells still contained γH2AX foci, of which many were outside the directly irradiated regions.

Fast X-ray powder diffraction on I11 at Diamond

The overall design, commissioning and early results from a position-sensitive detector, constructed using MYTHEN-II detection modules, for fast time-resolved X-ray powder diffraction on beamline I11 at Diamond Light Source is described.

Synchrotron scanning photoemission microscopy of homogeneous and heterogeneous metal sulfide minerals

Scanning photoemission microscopy is applied to the surfaces of homogeneous and heterogeneous chalcopyrite (CuFeS₂).

BioCARS: a synchrotron resource for time-resolved X-ray science

The recently completed commissioning of an upgraded undulator-based beamline at BioCARS, a national user facility for macromolecular time-resolved X-ray crystallography at the Advanced Photon Source, is described.

A narrow microbeam is more effective for tumor growth suppression than a wide microbeam: an in vivo study using implanted human glioma cells

A narrow microbeam is shown to be more effective than a wide microbeam for microbeam radiation therapy.

Background subtraction for fluorescence EXAFS data of a very dilute dopant Z in Z + 1 host

A method for removing Zn (Z = 30) Raman background emission from Cu (Z = 29) fluorescence EXAFS data is described.

Beamline 08ID-1, the prime beamline of the Canadian Macromolecular Crystallography Facility

A description of the CMCF 08ID-1 beamline at the Canadian Light Source is presented along with recent science highlights.

Calcifications in human osteoarthritic articular cartilage: ex vivo assessment of calcium compounds using XANES spectroscopy. Addendum

An acknowledgment is published for the paper by Nguyen et al. [(2011), J. Synchrotron Rad. 18, 475–480].

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