Instruments by Science Group
Macromolecular
Soft Condensed 
Imaging and
Biological
Magnetic
Structures and
Crystallography 
Spectroscopy B22 Contact
Beamline Phone Number:
+44 (0) 1235 778684
Principal Beamline Scientist:
Dr Gianfelice Cinque
Tel: +44 (0) 1235 778410
E-mail: [email protected]
Science Group Leader
Robert Rambo
Email: [email protected]
Tel: +44 (0)1235 56 7675
B22 Multimode InfraRed Imaging And Microspectroscopy
Status: Operational
Beamsize: 15µm to 3 µm by microFTIR; resolution 10 to 100 nm by nanoIR (s-SNOM & AFM IR)
Detector: MCT, FPA, DLaTGS and Bolometer
Wavelength: 1 mm - 1 µm (10,000 to 10 cm-1)
Energy: 1 meV - 1 eV
Detector: MCT, FPA, DLaTGS and Bolometer
Wavelength: 1 mm - 1 µm (10,000 to 10 cm-1)
Energy: 1 meV - 1 eV
Technical Publications:
Listed below are the publications associated with B22.
User Publications
These papers are all based at least in part on data gathered on beamline B22. If you have published a paper based on data from B22 which doesn't appear here, please send a reference (ideally including a DOI) to us.
6 items found for 2026 [total: 263]
Rapid single-live-cell scanning via Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) microscopy to elucidate microplastic-cell interactions Methodsx, 16 June 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.mex.2026.103896
Sub-diffractional infrared absorption of two-dimensional water Nature Communications, May 2026 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-72629-9
Highly reversible and selective capture of trace SO2 in a scalable aluminum-based metal-organic framework Journal Of The American Chemical Society, 13 Apr 2026 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c01974
Journal Paper B22-Multimode InfraRed imaging And Microspectroscopy I11-High Resolution Powder Diffraction
Tuning of electron-donating metal-organic frameworks toward high-performance triboelectric nanogenerators for self-powered shear sensing Acs Applied Materials & Interfaces, Mar 2026 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5c22950
Prototaxites fossils are structurally and chemically distinct from extinct and extant Fungi Science Advances, 12 Jan 2026 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aec6277
Mechanical behavior of metal-organic framework monoliths with enhanced fracture toughness Materials Today Nano, 152 Jan 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.mtnano.2026.100760
- Helena K. J. Friedrich, Ohood A. Alshareef, Stephanie L. Wright, Gianfelice Cinque, Ka Lung Andrew Chan, "Rapid single-live-cell scanning via Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) microscopy to elucidate microplastic-cell interactions", Methodsx, 16 (2026), DOI: 10.1016/j.mex.2026.103896
- Marcos V. Surmani Martins, Hiran Jyothilal, Maximilian R. Becker, Ravalika Sajja, Ashok Keerthi, Roland R. Netz, Gianfelice Cinque, Boya Radha, "Sub-diffractional infrared absorption of two-dimensional water", Nature Communications (2026), DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-72629-9
- Shan Dai, Longzhang Dong, Yinlin Chen, Jiangnan Li, Justyna Rogacka, Yuhang Yang, Zi Wang, Benjamin J. Moore, Daniel Lee, Yongqiang Cheng, Svemir Rudic, Bogdan Kuchta, Mark D. Frogley, Lucy Saunders, Martin Schroeder, Sihai Yang, "Highly reversible and selective capture of trace SO2 in a scalable aluminum-based metal-organic framework", Journal Of The American Chemical Society, 13 (2026), DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c01974
- Tianhuai Xu, Lorenzo Donà, Jin-Chong Tan, "Tuning of electron-donating metal-organic frameworks toward high-performance triboelectric nanogenerators for self-powered shear sensing", Acs Applied Materials & Interfaces (2026), DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5c22950
- Corentin C. Loron, Sean Mcmahon, Laura M. Cooper, Seán F. Jordan, Andrei V. Gromov, Matthew Humpage, Niall Rodgers, Laetitia Pichevin, Hendrik Vondracek, Ruaridh Alexander, Edwin Rodriguez Dzul, Alexander T. Brasier, Michael Krings, Alexander J. Hetherington, "Prototaxites fossils are structurally and chemically distinct from extinct and extant Fungi", Science Advances, 12 (2026), DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aec6277
- Mounir El Skafi, Hendrik Vondracek, James D. Taylor, Gianfelice Cinque, Jin-Chong Tan, "Mechanical behavior of metal-organic framework monoliths with enhanced fracture toughness", Materials Today Nano, 152 (2026), DOI: 10.1016/j.mtnano.2026.100760
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