forthcoming articles
The following articles are a selection of those recently accepted for publication in Journal of Synchrotron Radiation.
See also Forthcoming articles in all IUCr journals.

P21.1 at PETRA III - a high energy x-ray diffraction beamline for physics and chemistry
A detailed description of the technical specifications of beamline P21.1 at the PETRA III extension is given. It serves as a reference for the beamline user community and possible experiments are motivated by a number of scientific examples.


Development of portable nanofocusing optics for X-ray free-electron laser pulses
A portable and compact nanofocusing system was developed for X-ray free-electron lasers with the ability to generate Zn Kα lasers with the world's highest photon energies on amplified spontaneous emission.

Status and perspective of protein crystallography at the first multi-bend achromat-based synchrotron MAX IV
A comprehensive overview of the protein crystallography beamlines BioMAX and MicroMAX is given. This work introduces FragMAX, a platform for early drug discovery as well potential opportunities for protein crystallography at FemtoMAX, a beamline dedicated to ultrafast experiments.



TXM-Pal: a companion software for advanced data processing in spectroscopic X-ray microscopy
We developed advanced software for X-ray spectroscopy imaging, enabling precise and rapid XANES imaging analysis, and demonstrated its effectiveness by mapping the Ni oxidation states in lithium-ion battery cathodes, thereby revealing their heterogeneity.

Current and future perspectives for structural biology at the Grenoble EPN campus: a comprehensive overview
This article provides details on the current status of the experimental techniques available at the ESRF–EBS and ILL research infrastructures. It describes major contributions made by the EMBL, ESRF, ILL and IBS to the structural biology field and includes future prospects at the EPN campus

Enhancing synchrotron radiation micro-CT images using deep learning: an application of Noise2Inverse on bone imaging
The use of Noise2Inverse in low-dose in situ synchrotron micro-computed tomography experiments shows high feasibility and promise for biological tissues such as bone. With appropriate scanning parameters and experimental setup, features in bone such as lacunae volume and shape as well as mineralization can be reasonably preserved while reducing radiation dose by two to three times.

Optical design and commissioning results of a constant-imaging-distance fixed-included-angle grating monochromator at SSRF
A constant-imaging-distance fixed-included-angle grating monochromator has been designed and constructed at the X-ray test beamline at Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility to expand the covered energy range of the beamline.

High-resolution in situ characterization of laser powder bed fusion via transmission X-ray microscopy at X-ray free-electron lasers
Described here is the first implementation of an operando transmission X-ray microscopy to study laser melting at X-ray free-electron lasers. The instrument uses a novel pump–probe scheme to image down to 940 nm spatial resolution with integration times <100 fs and up to 0.48 GHz frame rates to study the rapid dynamics and small-scale features in laser additive manufacturing.

Structural dependency of polymer dynamics by means of small-angle X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy and wide-angle X-ray scattering on the D2AM beamline
The BM02/D2AM beamline at the ESRF is shown to be suitable for performing X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy experiments with a flux that prevents samples' irradiation effects, features particularly suitable for polymer-based materials.

Advances in macromolecular crystallography at the Photon Factory: automation from crystallization to structural determination
The Structural Biology Research Center at the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization has developed advanced systems for macromolecular crystallography, including an automated crystallization screening system, a long-wavelength crystallography beamline and an automated data-collection system.

A high-energy Laue X-ray emission spectrometer at the FXE instrument at the European XFEL
A new X-ray spectrometer for high photon energies based on Laue analyzer crystals is presented. Its performance in terms of energy resolution and efficiency is discussed. Niobium Kα and Kβ emission data collected with this Laue spectrometer are given.

The macromolecular crystallography beamlines of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin at the BESSY II storage ring: history, current status and future directions
The history, current state and future directions of the three MX beamlines BL14.1, BL14.2 and BL14.3 of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin at the BESSY II electron storage ring are described.