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Konstantin Ignatyev
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I18 Microfocus Spectroscopy
Status: Operational
Beamsize: 2 µm x 2.5 µm
Energy: 2.05 - 20.5 keV
Energy: 2.05 - 20.5 keV
41 items found for 2016 [total: 543]
Stability of mineral fibres in contact with human cell cultures. An in situ μXANES, μXRD and XRF iron mapping study Chemosphere, 164 Dec 2016 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.08.139
Journal Paper I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy
Detection of metallic cobalt and chromium liver deposition following failed hip replacement using T2* and R2 magnetic resonance Journal Of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, 18 Dec 2016 DOI: 10.1186/s12968-016-0248-z
Atomic spectrometry update: review of advances in the analysis of metals, chemicals and functional materials Journal Of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 31 Oct 2016 DOI: 10.1039/C6JA90044E
Journal Paper I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy
Dissociation between iron accumulation and ferritin upregulation in the aged substantia nigra: attenuation by dietary restriction Aging, Oct 2016 DOI: 10.18632/aging.101069
Journal Paper I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy
Carbon nanotubes allow capture of krypton, barium and lead for multichannel biological X-ray fluorescence imaging Nature Communications, 7 Oct 2016 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13118
Transition metal distribution in the brain and spinal cord of a dysmyelinated rodent Sept 2016 DOI: 10.1063/1.4961139
Relationships between pathology and crystal structure in breast calcifications: an in situ X-ray diffraction study in histological sections Npj Breast Cancer, 2 Sept 2016 DOI: 10.1038/npjbcancer.2016.29
The impact of degassing on the oxidation state of basaltic magmas: A case study of Kīlauea volcano Earth And Planetary Science Letters, 450 Sept 2016 DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.06.031
Speciation and potential long-term behaviour of chromium in urban sediment particulates Journal Of Soils And Sediments, Sept 2016 DOI: 10.1007/s11368-016-1558-3
Elemental characterisation of melanin in feathers via synchrotron X-ray imaging and absorption spectroscopy Scientific Reports, 6 Sept 2016 DOI: 10.1038/srep34002
Microscopy focus: I18 Sept 2016
Science Highlight I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy
Iron accumulates in the primate choroid of the eye with aging as revealed with synchrotron X-ray fluorescence microscopy Metallomics, Aug 2016 DOI: 10.1039/C6MT00125D
Crystalline core silicon fibers for optoelectronic applications Jul 2016 DOI: 10.1364/IPRSN.2016.IM3A.1
Conference Paper I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy
Impact of cable bacteria on sedimentary iron and manganese dynamics in a seasonally-hypoxic marine basin Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, Jul 2016 DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2016.07.028
Journal Paper I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy
Nanocomposite magnetic films assembled from nanoparticles Jul 2016
Thesis B18-Core EXAFS I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy open access
Identification of shell colour pigments in marine snails Clanculus pharaonius and C. margaritarius (Trochoidea; Gastropoda) Plos One, 11 Jul 2016 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0156664
Analogues for Wild2: carbonaceous chondrites shot into aerogel Jul 2016
Poster I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy open access
Miscanthus biochar promotes growth of spring barley and shifts bacterial community structures including phosphorus and sulfur mobilizing bacteria Pedobiologia, 59 Jul 2016 DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2016.07.003
Journal Paper I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy
How bacteria reduce metal toxicity to plants Jul 2016
Diamond Annual Review Highlight I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy
The application of X-ray absorption spectroscopy in archaeological conservation: Example of an artefact from Henry VIII warship, the Mary Rose Journal Of Non-Crystalline Solids, June 2016 DOI: 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2016.05.020
Journal Paper I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy
Release of Ni from birnessite during transformation of birnessite to todorokite: Implications for Ni cycling in marine sediments Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, June 2016 DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2016.06.007
The effect of site geometry, Ti content and Ti oxidation state on the Ti K-edge XANES spectrum of synthetic hibonite Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, June 2016 DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2016.05.001
Journal Paper I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy
Microscopic x-ray imaging techniques applied to mineral systems and catalyst particles June 2016
Book Chapter I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy open access
Evidence of organic matter control on As oxidation by iron oxides in riparian wetlands Chemical Geology, June 2016 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2016.06.023
Journal Paper I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy
Anaerobic oxidation of methane and its impact on iron and phosphorus cycling in marine sediments June 2016
Thesis I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy open access
The Ti environment in natural hibonite: XANES spectroscopy and computer modelling May 2016 DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/712/1/012089
Characterising legacy spent nuclear fuel pond materials using microfocus X-ray absorption spectroscopy Journal Of Hazardous Materials, May 2016 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2016.05.037
Automated analysis of XANES: A feasibility study of Au reference compounds May 2016 DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/712/1/012070
Differences in iron and manganese concentration may confound the measurement of myelin from R 1 and R 2 relaxation rates in studies of dysmyelination Nmr In Biomedicine, May 2016 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.3549
Journal Paper I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy
Radiation damage in biotite mica by accelerated α-particles: A synchrotron microfocus X-ray diffraction and X-ray absorption spectroscopy study American Mineralogist, 101 Apr 2016 DOI: 10.2138/am-2016-5280CCBYNCND
‘Venus trapped, Mars transits': Cu and Fe redox chemistry, cellular topography and in situ ligand binding in terrestrial isopod hepatopancreas Open Biology, 6 Mar 2016 DOI: 10.1098/rsob.150270
Chemistry of bone remodelling preserved in extant and fossil Sirenia Metallomics, Mar 2016 DOI: 10.1039/C5MT00311C
Understanding the charging mechanism of lithium-sulfur batteries using spatially resolved operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy Journal Of The Electrochemical Society, 163 Mar 2016 DOI: 10.1149/2.0631606jes
In-situ removal and characterisation of uranium-containing particles from sediments surrounding the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy, 117 Mar 2016 DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2015.12.010
CO2 laser-induced directional recrystallization to produce single crystal silicon-core optical fibers with low loss Advanced Optical Materials, Mar 2016 DOI: 10.1002/adom.201500784
Water and the formation of the NWA 8114 Martian regolith Mar 2016
Conference Paper B22-Multimode InfraRed imaging And Microspectroscopy I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy open access
Structure and magnetism in Cr-embedded Co nanoparticles Journal Of Physics: Condensed Matter, 28 Feb 2016 DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/28/4/046003
Journal Paper I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy
Redox and ligand exchange during the reaction of tetrachloroaurate with hexacyanoferrate(II) at a liquid-liquid interface: voltammetry and X-ray absorption fine-structure studies Electrochimica Acta, 190 Feb 2016 DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.12.108
Spinel–rock salt transformation in LiCoMnO Proceedings Of The Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical And Engineering Science, 472 Jan 2016 DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2014.0991
Ferropicrites as evidence for lithological heterogeneity in the mantle source of continental flood basalts Jan 2016
Thesis I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy
Scavenging of uranium in experimental and natural samples Jan 2016
Thesis I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy open access
- Simone Pollastri, Alessandro F. Gualtieri, Ruggero Vigliaturo, Konstantin Ignatyev, Elisabetta Strafella, Armanda Pugnaloni, Alessandro Croce, "Stability of mineral fibres in contact with human cell cultures. An in situ μXANES, μXRD and XRF iron mapping study", Chemosphere, 164, 547 - 557 (2016), DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.08.139
- Amna Abdel-Gadir, Reshid Berber, John B. Porter, Paul Quinn, Deepak Suri, Peter Kellman, Alister Hart, James C. Moon, Charlotte Manisty, John Skinner, "Detection of metallic cobalt and chromium liver deposition following failed hip replacement using T2* and R2 magnetic resonance", Journal Of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, 18 (2016), DOI: 10.1186/s12968-016-0248-z
- Simon Carter, Andy Fisher, Raquel Garcia, Bridget Gibson, John Marshall, Ian Whiteside, "Atomic spectrometry update: review of advances in the analysis of metals, chemicals and functional materials", Journal Of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 31, 2114 - 2164 (2016), DOI: 10.1039/C6JA90044E
- Thomas Walker, Christos Michaelides, Antigoni Ekonomou, Tina Geraki, Harold G. Parkes, Maria Suessmilch, Amy H. Herlihy, William R. Crum, Po-Wah So, "Dissociation between iron accumulation and ferritin upregulation in the aged substantia nigra: attenuation by dietary restriction", Aging (2016), DOI: 10.18632/aging.101069
- Christopher J. Serpell, Reida N. Rutte, Kalotina Geraki, Elzbieta Pach, Markus Martincic, Magdalena Kierkowicz, Sonia De Munari, Kim Wals, Ritu Raj, Belen Ballesteros, Gerard Tobias, Daniel C. Anthony, Benjamin G. Davis, "Carbon nanotubes allow capture of krypton, barium and lead for multichannel biological X-ray fluorescence imaging", Nature Communications, 7, 13118 (2016), DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13118
- [Conference Paper] Alia Al-Ebraheem, Lauren Miller, Kalotina Geraki, Kimberly L. Desmond, Greg J. Stanisz, Nicholas A. Bock, Michael Farquharson, "Transition metal distribution in the brain and spinal cord of a dysmyelinated rodent" (2016), DOI: 10.1063/1.4961139
- Robert Scott, Nicholas Stone, Catherine Kendall, Kalotina Geraki, Keith Rogers, "Relationships between pathology and crystal structure in breast calcifications: an in situ X-ray diffraction study in histological sections", Npj Breast Cancer, 2 (2016), DOI: 10.1038/npjbcancer.2016.29
- Yves Moussallam, Marie Edmonds, Bruno Scaillet, Nial Peters, Mimma Emanuela Gennaro, Issy Sides, Clive Oppenheimer, "The impact of degassing on the oxidation state of basaltic magmas: A case study of Kīlauea volcano", Earth And Planetary Science Letters, 450, 317 - 325 (2016), DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.06.031
- Patrick Byrne, Kevin G. Taylor, Karen A. Hudson-Edwards, Judith E. S. Barrett, "Speciation and potential long-term behaviour of chromium in urban sediment particulates", Journal Of Soils And Sediments (2016), DOI: 10.1007/s11368-016-1558-3
- Nicholas Edwards, Arjen Van Veelen, Jennifer Anné, Phillip Manning, Uwe Bergmann, William Sellers, Victoria Egerton, Dimosthenis Sokaras, Roberto Alonso-Mori, Kazumasa Wakamatsu, Shosuke Ito, Roy A. Wogelius, "Elemental characterisation of melanin in feathers via synchrotron X-ray imaging and absorption spectroscopy", Scientific Reports, 6 (2016), DOI: 10.1038/srep34002
- [Science Highlight] Diamond Light Source, "Microscopy focus: I18" (2016)
- Marta Ugarte, Tina Geraki, Glen Jeffery, "Iron accumulates in the primate choroid of the eye with aging as revealed with synchrotron X-ray fluorescence microscopy", Metallomics (2016), DOI: 10.1039/C6MT00125D
- [Conference Paper] Anna Peacock, Noel Healy, Fariza Suhailin, Sakellaris Mailis, John Ballato, Ursula Gibson, "Crystalline core silicon fibers for optoelectronic applications" (2016), DOI: 10.1364/IPRSN.2016.IM3A.1
- Fatimah Sulu-Gambari, Dorina Seitaj, Thilo Behrends, Dipanjan Banerjee, Filip J. R. Meysman, Caroline P. Slomp, "Impact of cable bacteria on sedimentary iron and manganese dynamics in a seasonally-hypoxic marine basin", Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta (2016), DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2016.07.028
- [Thesis] Mustafa Kurt, "Nanocomposite magnetic films assembled from nanoparticles" (2016)
- S. T. Williams, S. Ito, K. Wakamatsu, T. Goral, Nicholas Edwards, R A Wogelius, T. Henkel, L. F. C. De Oliveira, L. F. Maia, S. Strekopytov, T. Jeffries, D. I. Speiser, J. T. Marsden, "Identification of shell colour pigments in marine snails Clanculus pharaonius and C. margaritarius (Trochoidea; Gastropoda)", Plos One, 11 (2016), DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0156664
- [Poster] L. J. Hicks, J. L. Macarthur, J. E. Wickham-Eade, M. C. Price, M. J. Burchell, A. L. Butter-Worth, S. H. Baker, "Analogues for Wild2: carbonaceous chondrites shot into aerogel" (2016)
- A. Fox, J. Gahan, I. Ikoyi, W. Kwapinski, O. O’sullivan, P. D. Cotter, Achim Schmalenberger, "Miscanthus biochar promotes growth of spring barley and shifts bacterial community structures including phosphorus and sulfur mobilizing bacteria", Pedobiologia, 59, 195 - 202 (2016), DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2016.07.003
- [Diamond Annual Review Highlight] Diamond Light Source, "How bacteria reduce metal toxicity to plants" (2016)
- Alan Chadwick, Aaron Berko, Eleanor Schofield, Andrew D. Smith, Fred Mosselmans, A. Mark Jones, Giannantonio Cibin, "The application of X-ray absorption spectroscopy in archaeological conservation: Example of an artefact from Henry VIII warship, the Mary Rose", Journal Of Non-Crystalline Solids (2016), DOI: 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2016.05.020
- Amy Atkins, Sam Shaw, Caroline Peacock, "Release of Ni from birnessite during transformation of birnessite to todorokite: Implications for Ni cycling in marine sediments", Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta (2016), DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2016.06.007
- P. M. Doyle, A. Berry, P. Schofield, J. F. W Mosselmans, "The effect of site geometry, Ti content and Ti oxidation state on the Ti K-edge XANES spectrum of synthetic hibonite", Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta (2016), DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2016.05.001
- [Book Chapter] Fred Mosselmans, Carolyn Pearce, William Bower, Richard Pattrick, Stephen Price, Andrew Beale, Adam Sims, Laura Barrio, "Microscopic x-ray imaging techniques applied to mineral systems and catalyst particles" (2016)
- Helene Guenet, Mélanie Davranche, Delphine Vantelon, Mathieu Pédrot, Maya Al-Sid-Cheikh, Aline Dia, Jacques Jestin, "Evidence of organic matter control on As oxidation by iron oxides in riparian wetlands", Chemical Geology (2016), DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2016.06.023
- [Thesis] Matthias Egger, "Anaerobic oxidation of methane and its impact on iron and phosphorus cycling in marine sediments" (2016)
- [Conference Paper] Antonina N Kravtsova, Alexander V Soldatov, Andrew M Walker, Andrew J Berry, "The Ti environment in natural hibonite: XANES spectroscopy and computer modelling" (2016), DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/712/1/012089
- W. R. Bower, K. Morris, J. F. W. Mosselmans, O. R. Thompson, A. W. Banford, K. Law, R. A. D. Pattrick, "Characterising legacy spent nuclear fuel pond materials using microfocus X-ray absorption spectroscopy", Journal Of Hazardous Materials (2016), DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2016.05.037
- [Conference Paper] S. -Y. Chang, L. B. Molleta, S. G. Booth, A. Uehara-Kasuno, J. F. W. Mosselmans, K. Ignatyev, R. A. W. Dryfe, S. L. M. Schroeder, "Automated analysis of XANES: A feasibility study of Au reference compounds" (2016), DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/712/1/012070
- Kimberly L. Desmond, Alia Al-Ebraheem, Rafal Janik, Wendy Oakden, Jacek M. Kwiecien, Wojciech Dabrowski, Radoslaw Rola, Tina Geraki, Michael Farquharson, Greg J. Stanisz, Nicholas A. Bock, "Differences in iron and manganese concentration may confound the measurement of myelin from R 1 and R 2 relaxation rates in studies of dysmyelination", Nmr In Biomedicine (2016), DOI: 10.1002/nbm.3549
- William Bower, Carolyn Pearce, Andrew Smith, Simon Pimblott, Fred Mosselmans, Sarah Haigh, James Mckinley, Richard Pattrick, "Radiation damage in biotite mica by accelerated α-particles: A synchrotron microfocus X-ray diffraction and X-ray absorption spectroscopy study", American Mineralogist, 101, 928 - 942 (2016), DOI: 10.2138/am-2016-5280CCBYNCND
- P. Kille, A. J. Morgan, K. Powell, J. F. W. Mosselmans, D. Hart, P. Gunning, A. Hayes, D. Scarborough, I. Mcdonald, John Charnock, "‘Venus trapped, Mars transits': Cu and Fe redox chemistry, cellular topography and in situ ligand binding in terrestrial isopod hepatopancreas", Open Biology, 6 (2016), DOI: 10.1098/rsob.150270
- Jennifer Anné, R A Wogelius, Nicholas Edwards, Arjen Van Veelen, Konstantin Ignatyev, Phillip Manning, "Chemistry of bone remodelling preserved in extant and fossil Sirenia", Metallomics (2016), DOI: 10.1039/C5MT00311C
- Yelena Gorlin, Manu Patel Ubrani Mruthunjayappa, Anna Freiberg, Qi He, Michele Piana, Moniek Tromp, Hubert A. Gasteiger, "Understanding the charging mechanism of lithium-sulfur batteries using spatially resolved operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy", Journal Of The Electrochemical Society, 163, A930 - A939 (2016), DOI: 10.1149/2.0631606jes
- P. G. Martin, I. Griffiths, C. P. Jones, C. A. Stitt, M. Davies-Milner, J. F. Mosselmans, Y. Yamashiki, D. A. Richards, T. B. Scott, "In-situ removal and characterisation of uranium-containing particles from sediments surrounding the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant", Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy, 117, 1-7 (2016), DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2015.12.010
- Noel Healy, Michael Fokine, Yohann Franz, Thomas Hawkins, Maxwell Jones, John Ballato, Anna Peacock, Ursula Gibson, "CO2 laser-induced directional recrystallization to produce single crystal silicon-core optical fibers with low loss", Advanced Optical Materials (2016), DOI: 10.1002/adom.201500784
- [Conference Paper] J. L. Macarthur, J. C. Bridges, L. J. Hicks, R. Burgess, K. H. Joy, "Water and the formation of the NWA 8114 Martian regolith" (2016)
- Steve Baker, Mustafa Kurt, Mervyn Roy, Martin Lees, Chris Binns, "Structure and magnetism in Cr-embedded Co nanoparticles", Journal Of Physics: Condensed Matter, 28 (2016), DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/28/4/046003
- Akihiro Uehara-Kasuno, Sin-Yuen Chang, Samuel G. Booth, Sven L. M. Schroeder, J. Frederick W. Mosselmans, Robert A. W. Dryfe, "Redox and ligand exchange during the reaction of tetrachloroaurate with hexacyanoferrate(II) at a liquid-liquid interface: voltammetry and X-ray absorption fine-structure studies", Electrochimica Acta, 190 (2016), DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.12.108
- Nik Reeves-Mclaren, Joanne Sharp, Héctor Beltrán-Mir, W. Mark Rainforth, Anthony R. West, "Spinel–rock salt transformation in LiCoMnO", Proceedings Of The Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical And Engineering Science, 472 (2016), DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2014.0991
- [Thesis] Eleanor Jennings, "Ferropicrites as evidence for lithological heterogeneity in the mantle source of continental flood basalts" (2016)
- [Thesis] Kan Li, "Scavenging of uranium in experimental and natural samples" (2016)
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