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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
45 items found for 2017 [total: 543]
In-situ synchrotron X-ray characterization of corrosion products in Zr artificial pits in simulated physiological solutions Journal Of The Electrochemical Society, 164 Dec 2017 DOI: 10.1149/2.0671714jes
Probing tips of chromosomes Dec 2017
Science Highlight I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy
X-ray physico-chemical imaging during activation of cobalt-based Fischer–Tropsch synthesis catalysts Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society A: Mathematical, physical And Engineering Sciences, 376 Nov 2017 DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2017.0057
Nanoscale properties of human telomeres measured with a dual purpose X-ray fluorescence and super resolution microscopy gold nanoparticle probe Acs Nano, Nov 2017 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b07064
Laser annealed low temperature deposited polysilicon waveguides for nonlinear photonics Oct 2017 DOI: 10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2017.8086626
Conference Paper I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy
Olivine-hosted melt inclusions as an archive of redox heterogeneity in magmatic systems Earth And Planetary Science Letters, 479 Oct 2017 DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2017.09.029
Temporal redox variation in basaltic tephra from Surtsey volcano (Iceland) Bulletin Of Volcanology, 79 Oct 2017 DOI: 10.1007/s00445-017-1156-2
Journal Paper I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy
Controlled fabrication of osmium nanocrystals by electron, laser and microwave irradiation and characterisation by microfocus X-ray absorption spectroscopy Chemical Communications, 115 Oct 2017 DOI: 10.1039/C7CC07133G
Journal Paper I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy
Laser writing of polycrystalline Si ridge waveguides Oct 2017 DOI: 10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2017.8086657
Conference Paper I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy
Laser processing of amorphous silicon for photonic applications Oct 2017
Thesis I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy
Phosphorus cycling and burial in sediments of a seasonally hypoxic marine basin Estuaries And Coasts, 256 Oct 2017 DOI: 10.1007/s12237-017-0324-0
Micro-scale geochemical and crystallographic analysis of Buccinum undatum statoliths supports an annual periodicity of growth ring deposition Chemical Geology, Sept 2017 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2017.09.034
Journal Paper I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy
Operando chemical tomography of packed bed and membrane reactors for methane processing Sept 2017
Thesis I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy open access
The chemical form of metal species released from corroded taper junctions of hip implants: synchrotron analysis of patient tissue Scientific Reports, 7 Sept 2017 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-11225-w
Designing metal nanoparticles for catalysis Sept 2017
Thesis B18-Core EXAFS I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy open access
GaSb-core optical fibers Sept 2017
Conference Paper I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy
Summary of studies on the anaerobic corrosion of carbon steel in alkaline media in support of the Belgian supercontainer concept Corrosion Engineering, Science And Technology, 52 Aug 2017 DOI: 10.1080/1478422X.2017.1356981
Journal Paper I12-JEEP: Joint Engineering, Environmental and Processing I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy open access
Magnetite in comet Wild 2: evidence for parent body aqueous alteration Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 53 Jul 2017 DOI: 10.1111/maps.12909
Multiple fluid alterations in the martian subsurface recorded by nakhlites Jul 2017
Conference Paper I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy open access
Chemical and physical changes during seawater flow through intact dunite cores: An experimental study at 150-200°C Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, Jul 2017 DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2017.07.020
Journal Paper I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy
Can magmatic water contents be estimated from clinopyroxene phenocrysts in some lavas? A case study with implications for the origin of the Azores Islands Chemical Geology, June 2017 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2017.06.032
Journal Paper I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy
Mechanism of vanadium leaching during surface weathering of basic oxygen furnace steel slag blocks: a microfocus x-ray absorption spectroscopy and electron microscopy study Environmental Science & Technology, June 2017 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b00874
Getting zinc where it's needed June 2017
Science Highlight I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy
Metal Tolerance Protein 8 mediates manganese homeostasis and iron re-allocation during seed development and germination Plant Physiology, May 2017 DOI: 10.1104/pp.16.01646
The Nodulin 26-like intrinsic membrane protein OsNIP3;2 is involved in arsenite uptake by lateral roots in rice Journal Of Experimental Botany, May 2017 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erx165
Journal Paper I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy
In situ multimodal 3D chemical imaging of a hierarchically structured core@shell catalyst Journal Of The American Chemical Society, May 2017 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b02177
Journal Paper I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy
Material properties of tapered crystalline silicon core fibers Optical Materials Express, 7 May 2017 DOI: 10.1364/OME.7.002055
Identifying radioactive species in a decommissioned spent nuclear fuel pond May 2017
Science Highlight I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy
The limitations of hibonite as a single-mineral oxybarometer for early solar processes Chemical Geology, Apr 2017 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2017.03.031
Journal Paper I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy
X-ray microscopy for detection of metals in the brain Apr 2017 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6918-0_2
Book Chapter I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy
Improving zinc accumulation in barley endosperm using HvMTP1, a transition metal transporter Plant Biotechnology Journal, Apr 2017 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12749
Chemical imaging of Fischer-Tropsch catalysts under operating conditions Science Advances, 3 Mar 2017 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1602838
Cellular preservation of musculoskeletal specializations in the Cretaceous bird Confuciusornis Nature Communications, 8 Mar 2017 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14779
Visualisation of developmental ossification using trace element mapping Journal Of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 21 Mar 2017 DOI: 10.1039/C7JA00042A
Retardation of uranium and thorium by a cementitious backfill developed for radioactive waste disposal Chemosphere, Mar 2017 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.03.109
Effects of metal speciation on metal plant dynamics in the presence of plant growth promoting bacteria Mar 2017
Thesis B18-Core EXAFS I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy
Probing catalytic structure Mar 2017
Science Highlight I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy
A new set of standards for in-situ measurement of bromine abundances in natural silicate glasses: application to SR-XRF, LA-ICP-MS and SIMS techniques Chemical Geology, Feb 2017 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2017.01.012
Journal Paper I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy
Slow lung clearance and limited translocation of four sizes of inhaled iridium nanoparticles Particle And Fibre Toxicology, 14 Feb 2017 DOI: 10.1186/s12989-017-0185-5
Chemical imaging analysis of the brain with X-ray methods Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy, Feb 2017 DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2017.02.013
Sulfur behavior and redox conditions in Etnean hydrous basalts inferred from melt inclusions and experimental glasses Feb 2017
Thesis I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy open access
An in situ synchrotron XAS methodology for surface analysis under high temperature, pressure, and shear Review Of Scientific Instruments, 88 Jan 2017 DOI: 10.1063/1.4973354
Journal Paper I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy
Automatic processing of multimodal tomography datasets Journal Of Synchrotron Radiation, 24 Jan 2017 DOI: 10.1107/S1600577516017756
Synchrotron X-ray microscopy of metals in the brain: from the microscale Jan 2017
Book Chapter I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy
- Yue Zhang, Owen Addison, Petre Flaviu Gostin, Alexander Morrell, Angus J. M. C. Cook, Alethea Liens, Jing Wu, Konstantin Ignatyev, Mihai Stoica, Alison Davenport, "In-situ synchrotron X-ray characterization of corrosion products in Zr artificial pits in simulated physiological solutions", Journal Of The Electrochemical Society, 164, C1003 - C1012 (2017), DOI: 10.1149/2.0671714jes
- [Conference Paper] Anna Peacock, "In-fiber silicon photonics" (2017), DOI: 10.1364/OPN.30.3.000034
- [Science Highlight] Diamond Light Source, "Probing tips of chromosomes" (2017)
- Andrew M. Beale, Simon D. M. Jacques, Marco Di Michiel, J. Frederick W. Mosselmans, Stephen W. T. Price, Pierre Senecal, Antonios Vamvakeros, James Paterson, "X-ray physico-chemical imaging during activation of cobalt-based Fischer–Tropsch synthesis catalysts", Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society A: Mathematical, physical And Engineering Sciences, 376 (2017), DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2017.0057
- J . Charles C. Jeynes, Kalotina Geraki, Christopher Jeynes, Mi Zhaohong, Andrew A. Bettiol, Eva Latorre, Lorna Wendy Harries, Christian Soeller, "Nanoscale properties of human telomeres measured with a dual purpose X-ray fluorescence and super resolution microscopy gold nanoparticle probe", Acs Nano (2017), DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b07064
- [Conference Paper] Yohann Franz, Antoine Runge, Swezin Oo, Noel Healy, Gregorio Martinez-Jimenez, Ali Khokhar, Antulio Tarazona, Harold Chong, Sakellaris Mailis, Anna Peacock, "Laser annealed low temperature deposited polysilicon waveguides for nonlinear photonics" (2017), DOI: 10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2017.8086626
- Margaret Hartley, Oliver Shorttle, John Maclennan, Yves Moussallam, Marie Edmonds, "Olivine-hosted melt inclusions as an archive of redox heterogeneity in magmatic systems", Earth And Planetary Science Letters, 479, 192–205 (2017), DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2017.09.029
- C. Ian Schipper, Yves Moussallam, "Temporal redox variation in basaltic tephra from Surtsey volcano (Iceland)", Bulletin Of Volcanology, 79 (2017), DOI: 10.1007/s00445-017-1156-2
- Anais Pitto-Barry, Kalotina Geraki, Michael D. Horbury, Vasilios G. Stavros, J. Frederick W. Mosselmans, Richard I. Walton, Peter J. Sadler, Nicolas P. E. Barry, "Controlled fabrication of osmium nanocrystals by electron, laser and microwave irradiation and characterisation by microfocus X-ray absorption spectroscopy", Chemical Communications, 115 (2017), DOI: 10.1039/C7CC07133G
- [Conference Paper] G. Martinez-Jimenez, Y. Franz, A. F. J. Runge, M. Ceschia, N. Heal, S. Z. Oo, A. Tarazona, H. M. H. Chong, A. C. Peacock, S. Mailis, "Laser writing of polycrystalline Si ridge waveguides" (2017), DOI: 10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2017.8086657
- [Thesis] Gregorio Martinez-Jimenez, "Laser processing of amorphous silicon for photonic applications" (2017)
- Fatimah Sulu-Gambari, Mathilde Hagens, Thilo Behrends, Dorina Seitaj, Filip J. R. Meysman, Jack Middelburg, Caroline P. Slomp, "Phosphorus cycling and burial in sediments of a seasonally hypoxic marine basin", Estuaries And Coasts, 256 (2017), DOI: 10.1007/s12237-017-0324-0
- Philip R. Hollyman, Simon R. N. Chenery, Konstantin Ignatyev, Vladimir V. Laptikhovsky, Christopher A. Richardson, "Micro-scale geochemical and crystallographic analysis of Buccinum undatum statoliths supports an annual periodicity of growth ring deposition", Chemical Geology (2017), DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2017.09.034
- [Thesis] Antonios Vamvakeros, "Operando chemical tomography of packed bed and membrane reactors for methane processing" (2017)
- Anna Di Laura, Paul D. Quinn, Vasiliki C. Panagiotopoulou, Harry S. Hothi, Johann Henckel, Jonathan J. Powell, Fitim Berisha, Fernanda Amary, J. Fred W. Mosselmans, John A. Skinner, Alister J. Hart, "The chemical form of metal species released from corroded taper junctions of hip implants: synchrotron analysis of patient tissue", Scientific Reports, 7 (2017), DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-11225-w
- [Thesis] Scott Rogers, "Designing metal nanoparticles for catalysis" (2017)
- [Conference Paper] Seunghan Song, Noel Healy, Ulf Österberg,, Michael Fokine, Trygve Sørgård, Anna Peacock, Ursula Gibson, "GaSb-core optical fibers" (2017)
- N. R. Smart, A. P. Rance, D. J. Nixon, P. a. h. Fennell, B. Reddy, B. Kursten, "Summary of studies on the anaerobic corrosion of carbon steel in alkaline media in support of the Belgian supercontainer concept", Corrosion Engineering, Science And Technology, 52, 217 - 226 (2017), DOI: 10.1080/1478422X.2017.1356981
- Leon Hicks, J. L. Macarthur, J. C. Bridges, M. C. Price, J. E. Wickham-Eade, M. J. Burchell, G. M. Hansford, A. L. Butterworth, S. J. Gurman, S. H. Baker, "Magnetite in comet Wild 2: evidence for parent body aqueous alteration", Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 53 (2017), DOI: 10.1111/maps.12909
- [Conference Paper] Agata Krzesinska, Paul Schofield, Tina Geraki, Joe Michalski, Caroline Smith, "Multiple fluid alterations in the martian subsurface recorded by nakhlites" (2017)
- Andrew J. Luhmann, Benjamin M. Tutolo, Brian C. Bagley, David F. R. Mildner, Peter Scheuermann, Joshua M. Feinberg, Konstantin Ignatyev, William E. Seyfried, "Chemical and physical changes during seawater flow through intact dunite cores: An experimental study at 150-200°C", Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta (2017), DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2017.07.020
- Michael Turner, Simon Turner, Nikita Mironov, Maxim Portnyagin, Kaj Hoernle, "Can magmatic water contents be estimated from clinopyroxene phenocrysts in some lavas? A case study with implications for the origin of the Azores Islands", Chemical Geology (2017), DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2017.06.032
- Andrew James Hobson, Douglas I. Stewart, Andrew W. Bray, Robert J. G. Mortimer, Will Mayes, Michael Rogerson, Ian T. Burke, "Mechanism of vanadium leaching during surface weathering of basic oxygen furnace steel slag blocks: a microfocus x-ray absorption spectroscopy and electron microscopy study", Environmental Science & Technology (2017), DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b00874
- [Science Highlight] Diamond Light Source, "Getting zinc where it's needed" (2017)
- Seckin Eroglu, Ricardo F. H. Giehl, Bastian Meier, Michiko Takahashi, Yasuko Terada, Konstantin Ignatiev, Elisa Andresen, Hendrik Küpper, Edgar Peiter, Nicolaus Von Wiren, "Metal Tolerance Protein 8 mediates manganese homeostasis and iron re-allocation during seed development and germination", Plant Physiology (2017), DOI: 10.1104/pp.16.01646
- Yi Chen, Sheng-Kai Sun, Zhong Tang, Guidong Liu, Katie Moore, Frans J. M. Maathuis, Antony J. Miller, Steve P. Mcgrath, Fang-Jie Zhao, "The Nodulin 26-like intrinsic membrane protein OsNIP3;2 is involved in arsenite uptake by lateral roots in rice", Journal Of Experimental Botany (2017), DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erx165
- Thomas Sheppard, Stephen W. T. Price, Federico Benzi, Sina Baier, Michael Klumpp, Roland Dittmeyer, Wilhelm Schwieger, Jan-Dierk Grunwaldt, "In situ multimodal 3D chemical imaging of a hierarchically structured core@shell catalyst", Journal Of The American Chemical Society (2017), DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b02177
- Y. Franz, A. F. J. Runge, H. Ren, N. Healy, K. Ignatyev, M. Jones, T. Hawkins, J. Ballato, U. J. Gibson, A. C. Peacock, "Material properties of tapered crystalline silicon core fibers", Optical Materials Express, 7 (2017), DOI: 10.1364/OME.7.002055
- [Science Highlight] Diamond Light Source, "Identifying radioactive species in a decommissioned spent nuclear fuel pond" (2017)
- Andrew J. Berry, Paul F. Schofield, Antonina N. Kravtsova, Laura A. Miller, Natasha R. Stephen, Andrew M. Walker, Alexander V. Soldatov, Trevor R. Ireland, K. Geraki, J. Fred W. Mosselmans, "The limitations of hibonite as a single-mineral oxybarometer for early solar processes", Chemical Geology (2017), DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2017.03.031
- [Book Chapter] Joanna F. Collingwood, Freddy Adams, "X-ray microscopy for detection of metals in the brain" (2017), DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6918-0_2
- Paloma Menguer, Thomas Vincent, Anthony Miller, James K. M. Brown, Eva Vincze, Søren Borg, Preben Bach Holm, Dale Sanders, Dorina Podar, "Improving zinc accumulation in barley endosperm using HvMTP1, a transition metal transporter", Plant Biotechnology Journal (2017), DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12749
- Stephen W. T. Price, David Martin, Aaron Parsons, Wojciech A. Sławiński, Antonios Vamvakeros, Stephen J. Keylock, Andrew Beale, J. Frederick W. Mosselmans, "Chemical imaging of Fischer-Tropsch catalysts under operating conditions", Science Advances, 3 (2017), DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1602838
- Baoyu Jiang, Tao Zhao, Sophie Regnault, Nicholas P. Edwards, Simon C. Kohn, Zhiheng Li, Roy A. Wogelius, Michael J. Benton, John R. Hutchinson, "Cellular preservation of musculoskeletal specializations in the Cretaceous bird Confuciusornis", Nature Communications, 8, 14779 (2017), DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14779
- Jennifer Anne, Nicholas P. Edwards, Arjen Van Veelen, Victoria Egerton, Phillip L. Manning, J . Frederick W. Mosselmans, Stephen Parry, William I. Sellers, Michael Buckley, Roy A. Wogelius, "Visualisation of developmental ossification using trace element mapping", Journal Of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 21 (2017), DOI: 10.1039/C7JA00042A
- M. Felipe-Sotelo, J. Hinchliff, L. P. Field, A. E. Milodowski, O. Preedy, D. Read, "Retardation of uranium and thorium by a cementitious backfill developed for radioactive waste disposal", Chemosphere (2017), DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.03.109
- [Thesis] Nyekachi Chituru Adele, "Effects of metal speciation on metal plant dynamics in the presence of plant growth promoting bacteria" (2017)
- [Science Highlight] Diamond Light Source, "Probing catalytic structure" (2017)
- Anita Cadoux, Giada Iacono-Marziano, Antonio Paonita, Etienne Deloule, Alessandro Aiuppa, G. Nelson Eby, Michela Costa, Lorenzo Brusca, Kim Berlo, Kaltina Geraki, Tamsin A. Mather, David M. Pyle, Ida Di Carlo, "A new set of standards for in-situ measurement of bromine abundances in natural silicate glasses: application to SR-XRF, LA-ICP-MS and SIMS techniques", Chemical Geology (2017), DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2017.01.012
- Alison Buckley, James Warren, Alan Hodgson, Tim Marczylo, Konstantin Ignatyev, Chang Guo, Rachel Smith, "Slow lung clearance and limited translocation of four sizes of inhaled iridium nanoparticles", Particle And Fibre Toxicology, 14 (2017), DOI: 10.1186/s12989-017-0185-5
- Joanna F. Collingwood, Freddy Adams, "Chemical imaging analysis of the brain with X-ray methods", Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy (2017), DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2017.02.013
- [Thesis] Mimma Emanuela Gennaro, "Sulfur behavior and redox conditions in Etnean hydrous basalts inferred from melt inclusions and experimental glasses" (2017)
- Abdel Dorgham, A. Neville, K. Ignatyev, F. Mosselmans, A. Morina, "An in situ synchrotron XAS methodology for surface analysis under high temperature, pressure, and shear", Review Of Scientific Instruments, 88 (2017), DOI: 10.1063/1.4973354
- Aaron D. Parsons, Stephen W. T. Price, Nicola Wadeson, Mark Basham, Andrew M. Beale, Alun W. Ashton, J. Frederick. W. Mosselmans, Paul D. Quinn, "Automatic processing of multimodal tomography datasets", Journal Of Synchrotron Radiation, 24, 248 - 256 (2017), DOI: 10.1107/S1600577516017756
- [Book Chapter] Joanna F. Collingwood, Freddy Adams, "Synchrotron X-ray microscopy of metals in the brain: from the microscale" (2017)
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