Materials characterization by synchrotron x-ray microprobes and nanoprobes

L Mino, E Borfecchia, J Segura-Ruiz, C Giannini… - Reviews of Modern …, 2018 - APS
In recent years synchrotron x-ray microprobes and nanoprobes have emerged as key
characterization tools with a remarkable impact for different scientific fields including solid …

Review on applications of synchrotron‐based X‐ray techniques in materials characterization

P Sedigh Rahimabadi, M Khodaei… - X‐Ray …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Synchrotron radiation (SR), as a result of its high‐intensity, brilliant, monochromatic, and
collimated beams, is becoming one of the most crucial components of research in various …

X-ray-based techniques to study the nano–bio interface

C Sanchez-Cano, RA Alvarez-Puebla, JM Abendroth… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
X-ray-based analytics are routinely applied in many fields, including physics, chemistry,
materials science, and engineering. The full potential of such techniques in the life sciences …

Hierarchical nanowire arrays based on ZnO core− layered double hydroxide shell for largely enhanced photoelectrochemical water splitting

M Shao, F Ning, M Wei, DG Evans… - Advanced Functional …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Well‐aligned hierarchical nanoarrays containing ZnO core and layered double hydroxide
(LDH) nanoplatelets shell have been synthesized via a facile electrosynthesis method. The …

Robust room-temperature ferromagnetism with giant anisotropy in Nd-doped ZnO nanowire arrays

D Wang, Q Chen, G Xing, J Yi, S Rahman Bakaul… - Nano …, 2012 - ACS Publications
As an important class of spintronic material, ferromagnetic oxide semiconductors are
characterized with both charge and spin degrees of freedom, but they often show weak …

X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy in nanomaterials

Z Sun, Q Liu, T Yao, W Yan, S Wei - Science China Materials, 2015 - Springer
X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) spectroscopy has been widely used for decades in a
wide range of scientific fields, including physics, chemistry, biology, materials sciences …

Low-dimensional systems investigated by x-ray absorption spectroscopy: a selection of 2D, 1D and 0D cases

L Mino, G Agostini, E Borfecchia… - Journal of Physics D …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Over the last three decades low-dimensional systems have attracted increasing interest both
from the fundamental and technological points of view due to their unique physical and …

Hard x-ray nanofocusing by multilayer Laue lenses

H Yan, R Conley, N Bouet, YS Chu - Journal of Physics D …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Multilayer Laue lens (MLL) is a new class of x-ray optics that offer great promise for
achieving nanometre-level spatial resolution by focusing hard x-rays. Fabricating an MLL via …

Structural and electronic investigation of ZnO nanostructures synthesized under different environments

R Bhardwaj, A Bharti, JP Singh, KH Chae, N Goyal… - Heliyon, 2018 - cell.com
An explicit study of comparison on the basis of structure and electronic properties of ZnO
nanostructures was discussed. ZnO synthesized by sol-gel and hydrothermal method …

High-sensitivity nanoscale chemical imaging with hard x-ray nano-XANES

A Pattammattel, R Tappero, M Ge, YS Chu… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Resolving chemical species at the nanoscale is of paramount importance to many scientific
and technological developments across a broad spectrum of disciplines. Hard x-rays with …