Highlights: Structure of materials

#EBSstory From the Arctic to the ESRF: studying ice from the epicenter of global warming
Towards improving carbon dioxide storage by understanding complex fluid behaviours
New high-throughput X-ray powder diffraction system on ID31
Megahertz X-ray diffraction imaging of a propagating fracture in a brittle material
Dark-field X-ray microscopy for microelectronics: revealing fatigue mechanisms in copper layers
darfix: Data analysis for dark-field X-ray microscopy
Revealing new insights into black stains on the passepartout of Leonardo da Vinci’s Codex Atlanticus
X-ray imaging analysis of structural defects in silicon contaminated with carbon
X-ray diffraction reveals ancient Egyptian illustration methods
New protein crystal harvester on MASSIF-1
New in-situ test chamber for studying battery failures at ID19 using high-speed X-ray imaging
Confocal laser scanning microscopy reveals trails of radiation damage in bone collagen
Hard X-rays help to understand the formation of the pearl oyster shell
New XBIC setup at BM05 allows coupled characterisation of semiconductor crystals
A deeper look into recrystallisation in heavily deformed metal alloys
A “spooky” approach towards high-fidelity X-ray imaging for all
Shedding synchrotron light on noble metal nanocatalyst strain dynamics
Mapping heterogeneous ageing inside operational hydrogen fuel cells
Machine learning applied to X-ray tomography as a new tool to analyse the voids in RRP Nb3Sn wires
The structure of a hierarchically phase-separated metallic glass
X-ray imaging with sandpaper enables advanced 3D virtual histology
Ultra-fast X-ray imaging of keyhole dynamics during laser 3D printing
Supervised deep learning for real-time monitoring of laser welding quality with X-ray radiographic guidance
Spatially quantifying crystallographic heterogeneities in operating Li-ion electrodes
Spinodal decomposition governs the formation of the multi-scale structure of the skeletal elements of the brittle star
Spatially resolving the state of charge in Li-ion electrodes
Towards a perfect chemical reactor
Operando imaging of a methane-reforming catalyst bed
3D multiscale imaging of human vocal folds
Imaging the precursors to rupture in rocks and their role in earthquake nucleation
Surface distortion descriptor relates catalytic activity to the proportion of surface defects in oxygen reduction reaction electrocatalysis
Studying metal alloy solidification using X-ray radiography and machine learning
Revealing Old Masters pigment grades by synchrotron X-ray diffraction
Mixing instabilities during shearing in metals
Structural disorder accelerates the kinetics of electrocatalytic reactions
Solidification cracking during welding of steel revealed
#weekendusers Reproducing the origins of planets with a gas gun
From "alien" rivers to materials for technology
First users on brand new beamline ID15
X-ray ghost imaging using individual synchrotron pulses
Combining operando X-ray techniques to study lithium ion batteries
#weekendusers Nanofocusing at high energies
Life history of the 360-My-old tetrapod Acanthostega rewrites the tetrapod move onto land
The force unleashed: how forces are transmitted through grain piles
ESRF hard X-rays help in developing disordered materials for "smart windows"
Localised deformation in nickel-titanium shape memory alloy wires
ESRF scans most complete heterodontosaurus skeleton ever found
The puzzle of the changing nanogold
Getting to the heart of fossils
Real-time X-ray imaging of silicon wafer fracture
Where science never sleeps
6-dimensional diffraction contrast tomography and indexing by blind reconstruction
Unconventional high-Tc superconductivity in fullerides
Formation and evolution of a high catalytic performance carbon supported Pd sulfide nano-phase
Formation of quasi-solid structure by adsorbed noble gas atoms in pores of metal-organic framework
Unravelling the structural coding of a complex zeolite family
In situ fatigue analysis of dental implants with X-ray tomography
The coelacanth out of breath
Metal-organic framework with novel topology discovered through in situ monitoring of a mechanochemical reaction
Evidence of the impact of solvated nanoparticles upon their surroundings
Capturing rapid failure mechanisms of lithium-ion batteries by high speed tomography
Brilliant Synchrotron radiation and electron microscopy – a powerful combination for challenging structure analyses
Microbeam diffraction gives new insights into the working of lithium-ion battery electrodes
Tracking live how catalysts deteriorate
Creating reactivity using unstable endmembers
Revealing the molecular structure of kerogen in gas shale
Correlation between structural changes and atomic motion during physical ageing in metallic glasses
Revealing the internal mechanics of an operating lithium battery via high speed X-ray computed tomography and digital volume correlation
In situ fatigue analysis of dental implants with X-ray tomography
Microbeam diffraction gives new insights into the working of lithium-ion battery electrodes
Illuminating the physical process of catalyst deactivation
Pushing crystallography across the nucleation barrier
In situ monitoring of “jumping crystals” by X-ray powder diffraction
On the inhomogeneous ground state of a triangular antiferromagnet
Revealing rapid dynamics in weld solidification
Time-resolved X-ray diffraction with enhanced sensitivity
Mechanochemical synthesis of pharmaceutical cocrystals monitored by real-time in situ powder X-ray diffraction
Discovery of an unexpected Li-ion battery charging mechanism
Multinary thermoelectrics – a challenge for crystal structure determination
Coarsening and break-up revealed by X-ray microtomography of phase-separated glasses
Morphological evolution of the growing mollusc shell revealed by X-ray computed microtomography
Coarsening and break-up revealed by X-ray microtomography of phase-separated glasses
Ultra-fast processes imaged with picosecond hard X-ray flashes
Fast diffraction imaging for nano- and micro- electronics and functional materials
Self-organised dynamics of nanodot patterns on a surface
Perfect crystals evolving from highly-mismatched epitaxial structures
Organic photovoltaic device local structure revealed by combined X-ray diffraction and fluorescence
Particle and liquid motion in semi-solid aluminium alloys
A path to new manganites with perovskite structure
Looking inside a working chemical reactor with time and space resolved X-ray diffraction
Ionic spatial distribution at polarised mercury surfaces probed by X-ray reflectivity
Smoother copper films for microchips
Submicrometre diffraction in dense arrays of three-dimensional germanium crystals
Does liquid-ordering play a role in determining the crystallographic structure of nanowires?
The missing link: surface freezing meets self-assembly
Observing catalysts in multiple dimensions
When oil and water do mix: the nanoscale structure of a surfactant-modified hydrophobic interface
Acids attack: tracing rapid metal etching on the atomic scale
Orientational ordering of non-planar phthalocyanines on Cu(111) revealed by X-ray standing wave experiments
Shape-induced symmetry in nanoparticle assemblies

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