Instruments by Science Group
Macromolecular
Soft Condensed 
Imaging and
Biological
Magnetic
Structures and
Crystallography 
Spectroscopy K11 DIAD Contact
Beamline Phone Number:
+44 (0) 1235 3 94121
Beamline Email: [email protected]
Principal Beamline Scientist:
Sharif Ahmed
Tel: +44 (0) 1235 778373
E-mail: [email protected]
Science Group Leader
Julia Parker
Email: [email protected]
Tel: +44 (0)1235 778924
K11 DIAD: Dual Imaging and Diffraction
Status: Operational
Beamsize: Imaging beam: up to 1.7x1.7mm; Diffraction beam: ~ 10 µm
Detector: PCO.edge or equivalent, Pilatus Dectris 2M CdTe
Energy: 7-38 keV
Detector: PCO.edge or equivalent, Pilatus Dectris 2M CdTe
Energy: 7-38 keV
Publications by Beamline Users
These papers are all based at least in part on data gathered on beamline DIAD. If you have published a paper based on data from DIAD which doesn't appear here, please send a reference including DOI to [email protected]
10 items found for 2025 [total: 31]
The moving-beam diffraction geometry: the DIAD application of a diffraction scanning probe Journal Of Applied Crystallography, 59 Dec 2025 DOI: 10.1107/S1600576725009811
A comprehensive multi-scale study on the growth mechanisms of magnetron sputtered coatings on open-cell 3D foams Progress In Energy, Dec 2025 DOI: 10.1088/2516-1083/ae2737
Journal Paper DIAD-Dual Imaging and Diffraction Beamline
X-ray simulations with gVXR in education, digital twining, experiment planning, and data analysis Nuclear Instruments And Methods In Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions With Materials And Atoms, 568 Nov 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2025.165804
Journal Paper DIAD-Dual Imaging and Diffraction Beamline I12-JEEP: Joint Engineering, Environmental and Processing open access
Ultrahigh X-ray imaging and diffraction operando studies of ultrasound processing of Al alloys and graphites Nov 2025
Thesis DIAD-Dual Imaging and Diffraction Beamline E02-JEM ARM 300CF I12-JEEP: Joint Engineering, Environmental and Processing
Integrated in-situ imaging and diffraction flow cell technology (NX-DRT) for advanced corrosion studies Corrosion Science, 258 Oct 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2025.113417
The rise of lichens during the colonization of terrestrial environments Science Advances, 11 Oct 2025 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adw7879
Variations in mineral prestrain, nanostructure, and microarchitecture play a role in intervertebral disc loading Cell Biomaterials, 5 Jul 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.celbio.2025.100151
Journal Paper DIAD-Dual Imaging and Diffraction Beamline I13-2-Diamond Manchester Imaging open access
Coupled X-ray imaging/diffraction reveals soil mechanics during analogous root growth Npj Biological Physics And Mechanics, 2 Jul 2025 DOI: 10.1038/s44341-025-00021-7
Rebuilding Earth’s first skeletal animals: the original morphology of Corumbella (Ediacaran, Brazil) Royal Society Open Science, 12 May 2025 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.250206
Three-dimensional, multimodal synchrotron data for machine learning applications Scientific Data, 12 Feb 2025 DOI: 10.1038/s41597-025-04605-9
Journal Paper DIAD-Dual Imaging and Diffraction Beamline I13-2-Diamond Manchester Imaging open access
- Alberto Leonardi, Andrew James, Christina Reinhard, Michael Drakopoulos, Ben Williams, Hans Dehyle, Jacob Filik, Liam Perera, Sharif Ahmed, "The moving-beam diffraction geometry: the DIAD application of a diffraction scanning probe", Journal Of Applied Crystallography, 59 (2025), DOI: 10.1107/S1600576725009811
- Loris Chavée, Emile Haye, Jochen M. Schneider, Stanislav Mráz, Andreas Pflug, Dennis Barton, Armel Descamps, Claudie Josse, Jérôme Müller, Pavel Moskovkin, James Marrow, Amael Caillard, Stephane Lucas, "A comprehensive multi-scale study on the growth mechanisms of magnetron sputtered coatings on open-cell 3D foams", Progress In Energy (2025), DOI: 10.1088/2516-1083/ae2737
- Franck P. Vidal, Shaghayegh Afshari, Sharif Ahmed, Alberto Albiol, Francisco Albiol, Éric Béchet, Alberto Corbí Bellot, Stefan Bosse, Simon Burkhard, Younes Chahid, Cheng-Ying Chou, Robert Culver, Pascal Desbarats, Lewis Dixon, Johan Friemann, Amin Garbout, Marcos García-Lorenzo, Jean-François Giovannelli, Ross Hanna, Clémentine Hatton, Audrey Henry, Graham Kelly, Christophe Leblanc, Alberto Leonardi, Jean Michel Létang, Harry Lipscomb, Tristan Manchester, Bas Meere, Claire Michelet, Simon Middleburgh, Radu P. Mihail, Iwan Mitchell, Liam Perera, Martí Puig, Malek Racy, Ali Rouwane, Hervé Seznec, Aaron Sújar, Jenna Tugwell-Allsup, Pierre-Frédéric Villard, "X-ray simulations with gVXR in education, digital twining, experiment planning, and data analysis", Nuclear Instruments And Methods In Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions With Materials And Atoms, 568 (2025), DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2025.165804
- [Thesis] Kang Xiang, "Ultrahigh X-ray imaging and diffraction operando studies of ultrasound processing of Al alloys and graphites" (2025)
- Vicky Ullas Mirashi, Winfred Kockelmann, Nikil Kapur, Adriana Matamoros-Veloza, "Integrated in-situ imaging and diffraction flow cell technology (NX-DRT) for advanced corrosion studies", Corrosion Science, 258 (2025), DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2025.113417
- Bruno Becker-Kerber, Jochen J. Brocks, Nathaly L. Archilha, Cristiane B. Rodella, Valeri Petkov, Eduardo R. Deazevedo, Tairine Pimentel, Rodrigo Garcia, Duane Petts, Janina Czas, Omid H. Ardakani, Anthony Chappaz, Ângela Albuquerque, Javier Ortega-Hernández, Rudy Lerosey-Aubril , Michael A. Kipp, Benjamin Johnson, Mathieu Thoury, Cecilia M. A. Oliveira, Hannah H. L. S. M. Pimentel, Raul O. Freitas, Flavio C. Vicentin, Luiz G. F. Borges, Jonathan Almer, Jun-Sang Park, Carla C. Polo, Gilmar Kerber, Lucas Del Mouro, Milene Figueiredo, Gustavo M. E. M. Prado, Sharif Ahmed, Miguel A. S. Basei, "The rise of lichens during the colonization of terrestrial environments", Science Advances, 11 (2025), DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adw7879
- Alissa Parmenter, Elis Newham, Aikta Sharma, Catherine M. Disney, Hans Deyhle, Federico Bosi, Nick J. Terrill, Brian K. Bay, Andrew A. Pitsillides, Himadri S. Gupta, Peter Lee, "Variations in mineral prestrain, nanostructure, and microarchitecture play a role in intervertebral disc loading", Cell Biomaterials, 5 (2025), DOI: 10.1016/j.celbio.2025.100151
- James Le Houx, Daniel Mckay Fletcher, Alberto Leonardi, Katherine A. Williams, Nancy Walker, Fernando Alvarez-Borges, Ebrahim Afsar Dizaj, Madhu Murthy, Ronan Smith, Liam Perera, Navid Aslani, Andrew James, Sharif Ahmed, Tiina Roose, Siul Ruiz, "Coupled X-ray imaging/diffraction reveals soil mechanics during analogous root growth", Npj Biological Physics And Mechanics, 2 (2025), DOI: 10.1038/s44341-025-00021-7
- Bruno Becker-Kerber, Javier Ortega-Hernández, James D. Schiffbauer, Rudy Lerosey-Aubril, Lucas Verissimo Warren, Marcello Guimarães Simões, Lucas Del Mouro, Cristiane Barbieri Rodella, Miguel Angelo Stipp Basei, Nathaly Lopes Archilha, "Rebuilding Earth’s first skeletal animals: the original morphology of Corumbella (Ediacaran, Brazil)", Royal Society Open Science, 12 (2025), DOI: 10.1098/rsos.250206
- Calum Green, Sharif Ahmed, Shashidhara Marathe, Liam Perera, Alberto Leonardi, Killian Gmyrek, Daniele Dini, James Le Houx, "Three-dimensional, multimodal synchrotron data for machine learning applications", Scientific Data, 12 (2025), DOI: 10.1038/s41597-025-04605-9
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