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Since the last issue of Diamond News, a certain level of uncertainty has gathered around British science and research with the decision to leave the European Union. As the UK moves to establish new forms of funding links with Europe, Diamond continues to build on its existing strategic funding partnerships to enhance the facility’s capabilities, develop industrial links, and remain as a world-leading centre for synchrotron science... Read more
Editor: David Johns.
There is a rich history to Diamond’s assembly of microscopy techniques; a toolkit that currently has eight beamlines and four electron microscopes offering techniques from across the synchrotron spectrum – including Infrared Spectromicroscopy, PhotoEmission Electron Microscopy, MicroCT, and Scanning X-ray Microscopy to name a few.... Read more
Featured techniques:
PEEM | MicroCT | Iterative In-line PCI | Time-resolved microCT | µ-XRF & µ-XAS | IR Spectromicroscopy | CryoEM | Cryo-TXM | Scanning X-ray Microscopy | nano-ARPES | Micro/nanofocus MX | High-res EM | Scanning XRF
Now that Diamond has almost reached steady state in terms of operations with over 26 beamlines up and running, it is great to see the momentum it is creating in and around the Harwell campus
For Diamond to continue to enable world-leading science and address key societal challenges head-on...
Diamond’s Industrial Liaison Office has seen another exciting period of growth, and is proud to announce their 100th client; local imaging start-up company 3Dmagination.
Diamond is undoubtedly one of the most exciting places in the country to be a scientist or engineer, and it is a key part of our mission to share this excitement with young people...
Diamond’s software is vital to user productivity. It can increase throughput by automating collections and aiding non-expert users, and in some cases by running entirely unattended experiments. Catch up on the latest news from the Data Acquisition and Data Analysis groups.
Opening its doors in 2010, the RCaH is now firmly established as a vibrant centre of excellence for researchers looking for a long term base at the heart of the Harwell campus. It also serves scientists who need short term access to state-of-the-art experimental tools and techniques in the life or physical sciences, enabling them to enhance their research, access on-site expertise, and form new collaborations.
Technique focus: nano-ARPES
the new nano-focusing branch makes applications such as in operando studies of micro-electronic thin film devices possibe.
Current status: In optimisation
Designed to meet the rising demand for tomographic imaging of biological specimens under near physiological conditions.
Current status: In optimisation
A soft and tender X-ray microscopy beamline optimised for the analysis of the interaction of organic and inorganic matter on microscopic and nanoscopic scales.
Current status: In optimisation
The result of collaboration between UK catalyst and chemicals company Johnson Matthey, the University of Oxford, and Diamond.
Current status: Under construction
Many challenging protein complexes and medically important macromolecules yield only very small crystals. VMXm will have a beamsize of less than 0.5 μm...
Current status: Under construction
At over 185 m long, I14 will produce X-ray beams of 30-50 nm with energies between 5 and 23 keV, giving better penetration depth for thick or wet samples.
Technique focus: IR Spectromicroscopy
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