Synchrotron X-ray analytical techniques for studying materials electrochemistry in rechargeable batteries

F Lin, Y Liu, X Yu, L Cheng, A Singer… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Rechargeable battery technologies have ignited major breakthroughs in contemporary
society, including but not limited to revolutions in transportation, electronics, and grid energy …

Three-dimensional visualization of nanoparticle lattices and multimaterial frameworks

A Michelson, B Minevich, H Emamy, X Huang, YS Chu… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Advances in nanoscale self-assembly have enabled the formation of complex nanoscale
architectures. However, the development of self-assembly strategies toward bottom-up …

X-ray focusing with efficient high-NA multilayer Laue lenses

S Bajt, M Prasciolu, H Fleckenstein… - Light: Science & …, 2018 - nature.com
Multilayer Laue lenses are volume diffraction elements for the efficient focusing of X-rays.
With a new manufacturing technique that we introduced, it is possible to fabricate lenses of …

Selective dopant segregation modulates mesoscale reaction kinetics in layered transition metal oxide

G Qian, H Huang, F Hou, W Wang, Y Wang, J Lin… - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Incorporation of foreign elements into the cathode material is broadly adopted by both
academia and industry to improve the battery performance. The lack of an in-depth …

[PDF][PDF] X-ray nanoprobes and diffraction-limited storage rings: opportunities and challenges of fluorescence tomography of biological specimens

MD De Jonge, CG Ryan… - Journal of Synchrotron …, 2014 - journals.iucr.org
X-ray nanoprobes require coherent illumination to achieve optic-limited resolution, and so
will benefit directly from diffraction-limited storage rings. Here, the example of high …

Design and performance of an X-ray scanning microscope at the Hard X-ray Nanoprobe beamline of NSLS-II

E Nazaretski, H Yan, K Lauer, N Bouet… - Journal of …, 2017 - journals.iucr.org
A hard X-ray scanning microscope installed at the Hard X-ray Nanoprobe beamline of the
National Synchrotron Light Source II has been designed, constructed and commissioned …

Multimodal hard x-ray imaging with resolution approaching 10 nm for studies in material science

H Yan, N Bouet, J Zhou, X Huang, E Nazaretski… - Nano …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
We report multimodal scanning hard x-ray imaging with spatial resolution approaching 10
nm and its application to contemporary studies in the field of material science. The high …

Visualization of electrochemical reactions in battery materials with X-ray microscopy and map**

M Wolfman, BM May, J Cabana - Chemistry of Materials, 2017 - ACS Publications
Unlocking the full performance capabilities of battery materials will require a thorough
understanding of the underlying electrochemical mechanisms at a variety of length scales. A …

High numerical aperture multilayer Laue lenses

AJ Morgan, M Prasciolu, A Andrejczuk, J Krzywinski… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
The ever-increasing brightness of synchrotron radiation sources demands improved X-ray
optics to utilise their capability for imaging and probing biological cells, nanodevices and …

Relating structure and composition with accessibility of a single catalyst particle using correlative 3-dimensional micro-spectroscopy

Y Liu, F Meirer, CM Krest, S Webb… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
To understand how hierarchically structured functional materials operate, analytical tools are
needed that can reveal small structural and chemical details in large sample volumes. Often …