X-ray Microscopy

What is Soft X-ray Microscopy?

Soft X-ray Microscopy
Center for X-Ray Optics (CXRO) was established in 1984 at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL).

Introduction to X-ray Microscopy
From Stony Brook

What is a synchrotron? A super microscope and A Light for Science
European Synchrotron Radiation Facility

Quick Overview of the APS
From Argonne National Laboratory

Instrumentation and Applications

A Light for Industry

Excellent brochures with details on applications. European Synchrotron Radiation Facility

Soft X-ray Microscopy at the NSLS

T. Beetz, M. Feser, H. Fleckenstein, B. Hornberger, C. Jacobsen, J. Kirz, M. Lerotic, E. Lima, M. Lu, D. Sayre, D. Shapiro, A. Stein, D. Tennant, S. Wirick, Synchrotron Radiation News, Vol. 16, No. 3, pp. 11-15 (2003)

Biological imaging by soft x-ray diffraction microscopy

D. Shapiro, P. Thibault, T. Beetz, V. Elser, M. Howells, C. Jacobsen, J. Kirz, E. Lima, H. Miao, A. M. Neiman, and D. Sayre, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 102 (43), 15343-15346 (2005).

Examples of research

Examples from all fields of science and industry. European Synchrotron Radiation Facility

X-ray Microscope for Metal Solidification

Innovative research using hard x-rays to view metal alloy solidification as it occurs in real time and in-situ. Also includes how-to-do hard x-ray microscopy. Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA and the University of Alabama

Center for Biomedical Imaging Synchrotron Radiation Facility, ELETTRA, Trieste

Covering the academic year, the Highlights present a concise overview of scientific and technical progress made at ELETTRA.  ELETTRA News, published monthly, reflects ongoing scientific and technical developments at ELETTRA.

X-Ray Optics Group, Department of Physics, State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA

Many publications are also available as PDF files. 

Facilities

Argonne National Laboratory	Advanced Photon Source
Stony Brook, New York	X-Ray Optics Group
European Synchrotron Radiation Facility	ID 21 X-ray Microscopy Beamline at the ESRF
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory	Center for X-ray Optics
ELETTRA, Trieste	Center for Biomedical Imaging Synchrotron Radiation Facility
Louisiana State University	Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory Center
Uppsala University, Sweden
University of Melbourne	Microanalytical Research Center
University of Wisconsin, Stoughton	Center for X-ray Lithography
King's College, London	X-ray Crystallography Facility X-Ray Group
Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden	Biomedical and X-ray Physics,
North Carolina State University	Polymer Spectromicroscopy Group

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