Publications related to Characteristic X-ray

Composition and Element Distribution Mapping of γ′ and γ" Phases of Inconel 718 by High-Resolution Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy and X-ray Energy-Dispersive Spectrometry

The main strengthening mechanism for Inconel 718 (IN718), a Ni-based superalloy, is precipitation hardening by gamma ' and gamma '' particles. It is thus essential, for good alloy performance, that precipitates with the desired chemical composition have ad ...

MDPI2024

Direct observations of X-rays produced by upward positive lightning

Marcos Rubinstein, Antonio Sunjerga, Farhad Rachidi-Haeri, Thomas Chaumont

X-rays have been observed in natural downward cloud-to-ground lightning for over 20 years and in rocket-triggered lightning for slightly less. In both cases, this energetic radiation has been detected during the stepped and dart leader phases of downward n ...

Nature Publishing Group2024

New tools for phase segmentation and denoising of analytical STEM data for enhanced chemical sensitivity, applied to Earth mantle research

Hui Chen

This thesis is dedicated to developing innovative methodologies that improve elemental quantification in scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) using energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDXS). The primary motivation stems from a geochemistry pr ...

EPFL2023

Monitoring of Protein and pH Levels in Human Biofluids using FD-SOI Silicon Nanowire Arrays

Luca Capua

Medical research and technological advancements are heading towards tailored healthcare approaches that prioritize individual needs, allowing for more accurate diagnoses, more effective treatments, and better patient outcomes overall. One such approach is ...

EPFL2023

Structure, Oxygen Content and Electric Properties of Titanium Nitride Electrodes in TiNx/La:HfO2/TiNx Stacks Grown by PEALD on SiO2/Si

Philippe Buffat, Elena Suvorova Buffat

This work reports experimental results of the quantitative determination of oxygen and band gap measurement in the TiNx electrodes in planar TiNx top/La:HfO2/TiNx bottom MIM stacks obtained by plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition on SiO2. Methodological ...

2022

Ultrafast X-ray Spectroscopy of Haem Proteins

Majed Chergui, Camila Bacellar Cases Da Silveira

In this article we revisit our recent picosecond and femtosecond X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and X-ray emission spectroscopy (XES) experiments, probing the ultrafast electronic and geometric evolution of photoexcited haem proteins, namely ferrous N ...

SWISS CHEMICAL SOC2022

Poisoning Effects of Cerium Oxide (CeO2) on the Performance of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFCs)

Jan Van Herle, Hossein Pourrahmani

In this study, the poisoning effects of cerium oxide (CeO2) as the contaminant on the performance of proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) are evaluated. An experimental setup was developed to analyze the performance characteristic (I-V) curves in c ...

MDPI2022

Strontium Substituted Tricalcium Phosphate Bone Cement: Short and Long-Term Time-Resolved Studies and In Vitro Properties

Marta Di Fabrizio

Due to a significant influence of strontium (Sr) on bone regeneration, Sr substituted beta-tricalcium phosphate (Sr-TCP) cement is prepared and investigated by short- and long-term time-resolved techniques. For short-term investigations, energy-dispersive ...

WILEY2022

Solid-state synthesis of CdFe2O4 binary catalyst for potential application in renewable hydrogen fuel generation

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin

Clean energy is highly needed at this time when the energy requirements are rapidly increasing. The observed increasing energy requirement are largely due to continued industrialization and global population explosion. The current means of energy source is ...

Nature Portfolio2022

A Low-Temperature Annealing Method for Alloy Nanostructures and Metasurfaces: Unlocking a Novel Degree of Freedom

Olivier Martin, Christian Santschi, Hsiang-Chu Wang, Jeonghyeon Kim, Debdatta Ray

The material and exact shape of a nanostructure determine its optical response, which is especially strong for plasmonic metals. Unfortunately, only a few plasmonic metals are available, which limits the spectral range where these strong optical effects ca ...

Wiley-V C H Verlag Gmbh2022

Application of Copper Thermal Spraying for Electrical Joints between Superconducting Nb3Sn Cables

Pierluigi Bruzzone, Vincenzo D'Auria

This manuscript reports on the application of copper thermal spraying in the manufacturing process of an electrical connection between Nb3Sn cables for superconducting magnets of fusion reactors. The joint is realized through diffusion bonding of the spray ...

MDPI2022

Advantages and Limitations of Surface Analysis Techniques on Plasma-Treated Arabidopsis thaliana Seeds

Ivo Furno, Alan Howling, Alexandra Waskow

Surface characterization of plasma-treated seeds has made significant progress over the last decade. Most papers in the literature use scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and contact angle goniometry to investigate surface modifications. However, very few p ...

2021

Ag-doped As-S-Se chalcogenide glasses: a correlative study of structural and dielectrical properties

Mirjana Dimitrievska

This work is focused on investigating the effect of Ag doping on the dielectric and structural properties of the As-S-Se glass system and their suitability for potential applications in optoelectronics, such as electronic and switching components. A series ...

SPRINGER2021

Reduction of PdO/Al2O3 in Liquid Cyclohexane Followed In Situ by ATR-IR, High-Energy XRD, and XAS

Oliver Kröcher, Davide Ferri, Thibault Xavier Florian Fovanna

Supported Pd-based catalysts used in heterogeneously catalyzed liquid phase processes often undergo an activation step through reduction of the oxide phase or of the oxidic passivation layer prior to reaction. An oxidized Pd/Al2O3 catalyst was reduced by u ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2021

How free exciton-exciton annihilation lets bound exciton emission dominate the photoluminescence of 2D-perovskites under high-fluence pulsed excitation at cryogenic temperatures

Michael Graetzel, Jovana Milic, Yang Li, Algirdas Ducinskas

Photoluminescence (PL) spectra of atomically thin 2D lead iodide perovskite films are shown to depend on excited-state density, especially at cryogenic temperatures. At high excited-state densities and low temperatures, free exciton (FE) emission is so sup ...

AMER INST PHYSICS2021

Spin cascade and doming in ferric hemes: Femtosecond X-ray absorption and X-ray emission studies

Majed Chergui, Christopher Alexander Arrell, Wojciech Gawelda, Giulia Fulvia Mancini, Camila Bacellar Cases Da Silveira, Frederico Alves Lima, Dominik Kinschel, Oliviero Cannelli, Jérémy Raymond Jean Maurice Rouxel, Rebecca Ann Ingle, Samuel Menzi

The structure-function relationship is at the heart of biology, and major protein deformations are correlated to specific functions. For ferrous heme proteins, doming is associated with the respiratory function in hemoglobin and myoglobins. Cytochrome c (C ...

National Academy of Sciences2020

Oxygen Plasma/Bismuth Modified Inkjet Printed Graphene Electrode for the Sensitive Simultaneous Detection of Lead and Cadmium

Hubert Girault, Andreas Stephan Lesch, Milica Jovic, Victor Costa Bassetto, Léopoldine Guenang Sonfack, Prachi Gupta

In this work, a simple procedure for the preparation of an inkjet printed disposable graphene electrode is reported. Commercial graphene ink was printed on a kapton substrate and the resulting electrode was 30 min treated by oxygen plasma, then modified by ...

2020

Multiwavelength cross-correlation analysis of the simulated cosmic web

Claudio Gheller

We used magnetohydrodynamical cosmological simulations to investigate the cross-correlation between different observables (i.e. X-ray emission, Sunyaev-Zeldovich (SZ) signal at 21 cm, HI temperature decrement, diffuse synchrotron emission, and Faraday Rota ...

2020

Yacora on the Web: Online collisional radiative models for plasmas containing H, H-2 or He

Maurizio Giacomin

Yacora on the Web (www.yacora.de ) is a web application providing access to collisional radiative models based on the flexible solver Yacora. The main application range is plasma diagnostics in low-pressure plasmas. Available online are three collisional r ...

2020

One-dimensional facile growth of MAPbI(3) perovskite micro-rods

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Zubair Ahmad

One-dimensional microrods (4-5 mm) of PbI2 and CH3NH3PbI3 (MAPbI(3)) with unique structural and morphological properties have been grown at room temperature. X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns of both types of micro-rods exhibit a hexagonal system (P3m1(164) ...

2019