ID21 - X-ray Microscopy Beamline

Synopsis

The ID21 beamline is dedicated to micro and nano-X ray spectroscopy, 2D X-ray fluorescence (XRF) mapping and X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS), in the tender X-ray domain (2.1-10.5keV). These two techniques can be combined to acquire multi-energy XRF maps. Therefore, this beamline offers 2D elemental mapping and speciation information (in 0D, 1D and 2D), and is particularly optimized for the detection and chemical analysis of elements from P to Zn. Heavier elements can be analyzed through their L and M absorption edges. The beamline has recently been refurbished, and offers now two scanning X-ray microscopes: a new nanoscope (nano-SXM), optimized for high speed, high resolution (<180nm) nano-XRF mapping, and for nano-XAS, which complements and outperforms the "old" microscope, which has been preserved for the study of larger samples, with micrometric and submillimetric beam. Both microscopes are operated under vacuum, either at room temperature or in cryogenics conditions.

Status: open

Disciplines

Medicine
Cultural Heritage
Environmental Sciences
Earth and Planetary Sciences
Materials and Engineering
Physics
Life Sciences
Chemistry

Applications

Cultural Heritage (e.g. paintings, ceramics, glasses)
Biology (e.g. nano-toxicology, pathology, metallobiology, health)
Geochemistry (e.g. basaltic glasses, sediments)
Environmental sciences (e.g. soils, phytoremediation, pollution)
Materials (e.g. nano-materials, energy)

Techniques

MicroXANES - micro X-ray absorption near-edge structure
MicroXRF - micro X-ray fluorescence
XANES - X-ray absorption near-edge structure
XAS - X-ray absorption spectroscopy
XRF - X-ray fluorescence

Energy range

2.1 - 10.0 keV

Beam size

Minimum (H x V) : 180.0 x 180.0 nm²
Maximum (H x V) : 2.0 x 2.0 mm²

Sample environments

In vacuum
Room temperature and cryogenic conditions (LN2)
No in-situ capabilities

Detectors

SGX 100mm² SiriusSD silicon drift diode.

Technical details

M. Cotte, E. Pouyet, M. Salomé, C. Rivard, W. De Nolf, H. Castillo-Michel, T. Fabris, L. Monico, K. Janssens, T. Wang, P. Sciau, L. Verger, L. Cormier, O. Dargaud, E. Brun, D. Bugnazet, B. Fayard, B. Hesse, A. E. Pradas del Real, G. Veronesi, J. Langlois, N. Balcar, Y. Vandenberghe, V. A. Solé, J. Kieffer, R. Barrett, C. Cohen, C. Cornu, R. Baker, E. Gagliardini, E. Papillon and J. Susini, "The ID21 X-ray and infrared microscopy beamline at the ESRF: status and recent applications to artistic materials." Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry (2017). http://pubs.rsc.org/-/content/articlehtml/2016/ja/c6ja00356g

M. Salomé, M. Cotte, R. Baker, R. Barrett, N. Benseny-Cases, G. Berruyer, D. Bugnazet, H. Castillo-Michel, C. Cornu, B. Fayard, E. Gagliardini, R. Hino, J. Morse, E. Papillon, E. Pouyet, C. Rivard, V. A. Solé, J. Susini and G. Veronesi, "The ID21 Scanning X-ray Microscope at ESRF", Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 425, 182004 (2013). http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/425/18/182004

SPOTLIGHTS FROM ID21

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15-05-2024

X-rays shed light on enhancing zinc uptake in pepper plants

13-06-2023

Revealing new insights into black stains on the passepartout of Leonardo da Vinci’s Codex Atlanticus

16-12-2021

Revealing the causes of darkening of “fake-gold” decorations on medieval paintings

NEWS FROM ID21

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31-08-2023

New research reveals Earth's ancient 'breath'

15-07-2021

Where did life originate on Earth? Ancient hot springs under the seafloor could have the answer

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Latest publications

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Redox conditions in a carbonatite-alkaline complex: Deciphering Fe- and S-XANES in melt inclusions with silicate‑carbonate immiscibility

Baudouin C., Moreira H., Le Losq C., Wilke M., Parat F.,
Chemical Geology 673, 122559-1-122559- (2025)

Fate of As(V) and Cr(VI) adsorbed on goethite in a mangrove‐microcosm experiment

Barreto M.S.C., Ruiz F., Hurtarte L.C.C., Ferreira T.O., Sparks D.L.,
Soil Science Society of America Journal 88, 2353-2361 (2024)

Ca-oxalate crystals are involved in cadmium storage in a high Cd accumulating cultivar of cacao

Blommaert H., Castillo-Michel H., Veronesi G., Tucoulou R., Beauchêne J., Umaharan P., Smolders E., Sarret G.,
Environmental and Experimental Botany 221, 105713-1-105713-11 (2024)

Non-destructive and non-invasive approaches for the identification of hydroxy lead–calcium phosphate solid solutions ((PbxCa1−x)5(PO4)3OH) in cultural heritage materials

Costantino C., Monico L., Rosi F., Vivani R., Romani A., Colocho Hurtarte L.C., Villalobos-Portillo E., Sahle C.J., Huthwelker T., Dejoie C., Burghammer M., Cotte M.,
Applied Spectroscopy 78, 1231-1244 (2024)

Evidence of a scheduled end for prism growth in the shell of Pinctada margaritifera: Closure of the calcite biomineralization area by a specific organic membrane

Cuif J.P., Lo C., Dauphin Y.,
Minerals 14, 20-1-20-12 (2024)

Unravelling the role of iron and manganese oxides in colouring Late Antique glass by micro-XANES and micro-XRF spectroscopies

Gherardi F., Holé C., Campbell E., Cotte M., Tyson R., Paynter S.,
Journal of Physics-Photonics 6, 025001-1-025001-18 (2024)

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