Since 2014 the use of polycapillaries has enabled confocal XAS measurements down to a 8x8x8 µm3 voxel size. Reference: G. Silversmit, B. Vekemans, S. Nikitenko, K. Tirez, W. Bras, F. E. Brenker and L. Vincze, Polycapillary based μ-XAS and confocal μ-XANES at a bending magnet source of the ESRF, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 190 (2009), 012036

In 2016 the composition of the Iron Gall ink on a letter from King Philip II of Spain to the Archbishop of Mexico was analysed on the beam line as seen here.