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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
33 items found for 2025 [total: 543]
Biotic transformation of abiotically stable nanoscale UiO-66 metal-organic framework by Daphnia magna results in chronic reproductive toxicity Acs Nano, Dec 2025 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5c16532
Dehydroxylate I formation from the thermal decomposition of serpentine on c-complex asteroids: similarities to carlosturanite Earth, Planets And Space, 77 Dec 2025 DOI: 10.1186/s40623-025-02310-w
A comparison of micronutrient elements in cooked white, brown and parboiled rice using synchrotron micro-X-ray fluorescence imaging Food Chemistry, 495 Dec 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2025.146421
Journal Paper I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy
Phenotypic characterization of an Atp13a2 knockout rat model of Parkinson’s disease Npj Parkinson'S Disease, 11 Nov 2025 DOI: 10.1038/s41531-025-01171-0
Crystal and electronic structure studies of La4Ni3O10−δ under high-pressure and low-temperature conditions Journal Of The American Chemical Society, Nov 2025 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c13966
Journal Paper I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy
Sulfur-bearing serpentine in carbonaceous chondrites Meteoritics & Planetary Science, Nov 2025 DOI: 10.1111/maps.70069
Speciation and leaching behaviour of inorganic contaminants in actively eroding historical coastal municipal solid waste landfills Marine Pollution Bulletin, 219 Oct 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2025.118341
Impact of geochemical iron and sulfur redox cycling on arsenic release along a salinity gradient: sea level rise implications Journal Of Hazardous Materials, 51 Oct 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2025.140071
Journal Paper I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy
Intergenerational impact of paternal low protein diet on offspring bone health in mice Function, Oct 2025 DOI: 10.1093/function/zqaf051
Beyond the surface: mechanical and porosity gradients in eroded enamel Journal Of Dental Research, Oct 2025 DOI: 10.1177/00220345251385464
Spatially resolved X-ray imaging and molecular characterisation of sulfur and iron in organic- and sulfur-rich hydrocarbon source mudstones Chemical Geology, 692 Sept 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2025.122971
Synchrotrons, neutron sources, and XFELs guiding the future of safe and sustainable nanomaterials Cell Reports Physical Science, 8 Sept 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrp.2025.102806
Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS I14-Hard X-ray Nanoprobe I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy I19-Small Molecule Single Crystal Diffraction open access
Capturing rapid nanomaterial transformations with cross-platform operando characterization Nature Reviews Materials, 46 Sept 2025 DOI: 10.1038/s41578-025-00844-9
Order-disorder phase stabilization by pressure-induced charge transfer enhances the ferroelectric photovoltaic effect in multiferroic BaFe4O7 Advanced Science, 5 Aug 2025 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202511022
Volatility of mercury and related volatile metals at magmatic temperatures Chemical Geology, 35 Aug 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2025.123018
Journal Paper I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy
The gangue sponge: implications for in-situ/heap leaching of chalcopyrite Applied Geochemistry, 279 Jul 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2025.106500
Characterization of cryo-cooled silicon crystal monochromators via measurement of flux versus power Journal Of Synchrotron Radiation, 32 Jul 2025 DOI: 10.1107/S160057752500342X
Journal Paper I04-Macromolecular Crystallography I07-Surface & interface diffraction I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy I19-Small Molecule Single Crystal Diffraction open access
Revealing prostate calcification heterogeneity through their elemental distribution Chemical & Biomedical Imaging, 65 Jul 2025 DOI: 10.1021/cbmi.5c00050
Reclamation of available phosphorus and separation of heavy metals from sewage sludge via FeCl3-assisted electrokinetic treatment and pyrolysis Journal Of Environmental Management, 387 Jul 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125882
Journal Paper I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy
Temperature dependence of the chemical vs. the electrochemical electrolyte oxidation in lithium-ion batteries with Ni rich CAMs: gas evolution, salt decomposition, and metal dissolution Journal Of The Electrochemical Society, June 2025 DOI: 10.1149/1945-7111/ade0ec
Differential pathological dynamics triggered by distinct Parkinson patient-derived α-synuclein extracts in nonhuman primates Science Advances, 11 June 2025 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adu6050
Distribution and speciation of Cu and Zn near spring barley (Hordeum vulgare) roots in digested sewage sludge-amended soil Environmental Geochemistry And Health, 47 May 2025 DOI: 10.1007/s10653-025-02482-0
Comparison of naturally altered archaeological glasses from a marine environment with accelerated laboratory tests; implications for modelling long-term corrosion Applied Geochemistry, 184 May 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2025.106363
3D Multi-modal Imaging of demineralised dentine using combined synchrotron μ-XRD-CT and STXM-CT Journal Of Structural Biology, 10 May 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2025.108208
Journal Paper I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy
Pump-probe experiments in Diamond Light Source using PORTO laser system May 2025 DOI: 10.1364/CLEO_SI.2025.SS157_7
Conference Paper I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy
The source of hydrogen in Earth's building blocks Icarus, 337 Apr 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2025.116588
Prostate microcalcification crystallography as a marker of pathology Scientific Reports, 15 Apr 2025 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-98692-8
Uranium mineral particles produced by weathering in Sierra Peña Blanca, Chihuahua, Mexico: a synchrotron-based study Minerals, 15 Mar 2025 DOI: 10.3390/min15040333
Journal Paper B18-Core EXAFS I18-Microfocus Spectroscopy I20-Scanning-X-ray spectroscopy (XAS/XES) open access
Spatial variability of metal(loid) leaching from coastal colliery wastes under freshwater and saline water conditions Journal Of Environmental Management, 376 Mar 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.124489
Anisotropy visualisation from X-ray diffraction of biological apatite in mixed phase calcified tissue samples Scientific Reports, 15 Feb 2025 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-88940-2
Tailoring of creep regime domain wall dynamics in perpendicularly magnetized Pd/Co/Pd trilayers Advanced Materials Interfaces, 9 Feb 2025 DOI: 10.1002/admi.202400804
Comparative analysis of cathode morphologies in structural batteries using X-ray absorption near edge spectroscopy (XANES) and electrochemical methods Journal Of Power Sources, 630 Feb 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2024.236050
Quantifying structural changes in organised biomineralized surfaces using synchrotron Polarisation-induced Contrast X-ray Fluorescence Acta Biomaterialia, 10 Jan 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2025.01.042
- Swaroop Chakraborty, Pankti Dhumal, Iuliia Mikulska, Sang Pham, Laura-Jayne Ellis, Dhruv Menon, Superb K. Misra, Iseult Lynch, "Biotic transformation of abiotically stable nanoscale UiO-66 metal-organic framework by Daphnia magna results in chronic reproductive toxicity", Acs Nano (2025), DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5c16532
- Laura E. Jenkins, Ashley J. King, Martin R. Lee, Luke Daly, Konstantin Ignatyev, Cameron J. Floyd, Pierre-Etienne M. C. Martin, "Dehydroxylate I formation from the thermal decomposition of serpentine on c-complex asteroids: similarities to carlosturanite", Earth, Planets And Space, 77 (2025), DOI: 10.1186/s40623-025-02310-w
- Manoj Menon, Alan Smalley, Kalotina Geraki, Masoud Babaei, Viren Ranawana, "A comparison of micronutrient elements in cooked white, brown and parboiled rice using synchrotron micro-X-ray fluorescence imaging", Food Chemistry, 495 (2025), DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2025.146421
- Rémi Kinet, Joanna Sikora, Marie-Laure Arotcarena, Melina Decourt, Eric Balado, Evelyne Doudnikoff, Sylvain Bohic, Marta Vesnaver, Anna Lovisotto, Marie-Laure Thiolat, Nathalie Dutheil, Claire Mazzocco, Karim Harhouri, Rémy Steinschneider, Severine Menoret, Laurent Tesson, Ignacio Anegon, Michele Morari, Miquel Vila, François Georges, Erwan Bezard, Pierre-Olivier Fernagut, Benjamin Dehay, "Phenotypic characterization of an Atp13a2 knockout rat model of Parkinson’s disease", Npj Parkinson'S Disease, 11 (2025), DOI: 10.1038/s41531-025-01171-0
- Nana Li, Wenge Yang, Jiayi Guan, Limin Yan, Xiaozhi Yan, Mingtao Li, Xuqiang Liu, Kai Zhang, Feiyu Li, Shu Cai, Haini Dong, Adama N-Diaye, Junjie Zhang, Yantao Cao, Hanjie Guo, Qingyu Kong, Liling Sun, Monica Amboage, "Crystal and electronic structure studies of La4Ni3O10−δ under high-pressure and low-temperature conditions", Journal Of The American Chemical Society (2025), DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c13966
- N. Topping, J. C. Bridges, L. J. Hicks, L. Petera, C. S. Allen, J. Ryu, D. G. Hopkinson, M. Danaie, L. Blase, F. M. Willcocks, G. Douglas, H. G. Changela, T. Noguchi, T. Matsumoto, A. Miyake, "Sulfur-bearing serpentine in carbonaceous chondrites", Meteoritics & Planetary Science (2025), DOI: 10.1111/maps.70069
- Ian T. Burke, Patrizia Onnis, Alex L. Riley, Catherine J. Gandy, Violeta Ramos, Gavyn K. Rollinson, Patrick Byrne, Richard A. Crane, Karen A. Hudson-Edwards, Elin Jennings, William M. Mayes, J. Frederick W. Mosselmans, Adam P. Jarvis, "Speciation and leaching behaviour of inorganic contaminants in actively eroding historical coastal municipal solid waste landfills", Marine Pollution Bulletin, 219 (2025), DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2025.118341
- Matheus Sampaio C. Barreto, Luis Carlos Colocho Hurtarte, Susan Nehzati, Fatemeh Izaditame, Joshua J. Lemonte, Yan Jin, Donald L. Sparks, "Impact of geochemical iron and sulfur redox cycling on arsenic release along a salinity gradient: sea level rise implications", Journal Of Hazardous Materials, 51 (2025), DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2025.140071
- Slobodan Sirovica, Alexander P. Morrell, Owen Addison, Richard A. Martin, Adam J. Watkins, "Intergenerational impact of paternal low protein diet on offspring bone health in mice", Function (2025), DOI: 10.1093/function/zqaf051
- H. L. Ooi, A. Almansour, A. Leblanc, D. White, A. Morrell, O. Addison, "Beyond the surface: mechanical and porosity gradients in eroded enamel", Journal Of Dental Research (2025), DOI: 10.1177/00220345251385464
- Yusuf Abubakar, Roy A. Wogelius, Victoria S. Coker, Kevin G. Taylor, Nicholas P. Edwards, Bart E. Van Dongen, "Spatially resolved X-ray imaging and molecular characterisation of sulfur and iron in organic- and sulfur-rich hydrocarbon source mudstones", Chemical Geology, 692 (2025), DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2025.122971
- Swaroop Chakraborty, Sylvia Britto, Miguel Gomez-Gonzalez, Ana Guilherme Buzanich, Iuliia Mikulska, "Synchrotrons, neutron sources, and XFELs guiding the future of safe and sustainable nanomaterials", Cell Reports Physical Science, 8 (2025), DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrp.2025.102806
- Swaroop Chakraborty, Superb K. Misra, Jamie R. Lead, Iseult Lynch, "Capturing rapid nanomaterial transformations with cross-platform operando characterization", Nature Reviews Materials, 46 (2025), DOI: 10.1038/s41578-025-00844-9
- Jiayi Guan, Bihan Wang, Nana Li, Shang Peng, Ganghua Zhang, Limin Yan, Xuqiang Liu, Kai Zhang, Mingtao Li, Adama N-Diaye, Qingyu Kong, Dongzhou Zhang, Xu Zhao, Ting Liu, Kejun Bu, Yuhong Mao, Gui Wang, Xujie Lü, Xiang Li, Tao Zeng, Wenge Yang, "Order-disorder phase stabilization by pressure-induced charge transfer enhances the ferroelectric photovoltaic effect in multiferroic BaFe4O7", Advanced Science, 5 (2025), DOI: 10.1002/advs.202511022
- Julien Boulliung, Bernard J. Wood, Tamsin A. Mather, "Volatility of mercury and related volatile metals at magmatic temperatures", Chemical Geology, 35 (2025), DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2025.123018
- Mareike Rosemann, Barbara Etschmann, Luis Verdugo, Kalotina Geraki, Nick D. Owen, John O’callaghan, Nicolas Meisser, Bin Hu, Luke Vollert, Joel Brugger, "The gangue sponge: implications for in-situ/heap leaching of chalcopyrite", Applied Geochemistry, 279 (2025), DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2025.106500
- Lucia Alianelli, Hossein Khosroabadi, John Sutter, Andrew C. Walters, Pierpaolo Romano, Kalotina Geraki, Francesco Carla, Jonathan Rawle, Sarah Barnett, Kawal Sawhney, "Characterization of cryo-cooled silicon crystal monochromators via measurement of flux versus power", Journal Of Synchrotron Radiation, 32 (2025), DOI: 10.1107/S160057752500342X
- Sarah B. Gosling, Emily L. Arnold, Lois Adams, Paul Cool, Kalotina Geraki, Mark O. Kitchen, Iain D. Lyburn, Keith D. Rogers, Tim Snow, Nick Stone, Charlene E. Greenwood, "Revealing prostate calcification heterogeneity through their elemental distribution", Chemical & Biomedical Imaging, 65 (2025), DOI: 10.1021/cbmi.5c00050
- Xutong Wang, Huwei Li, Junxia Wang, Wolfram Buss, Anna Bogush, Ondrej Masek, Youjun Zhang, Fan Yu, Beibei Yan, Zhanjun Cheng, Xiaoqiang Cui, Guanyi Chen, Konstantin Ignatyev, "Reclamation of available phosphorus and separation of heavy metals from sewage sludge via FeCl3-assisted electrokinetic treatment and pyrolysis", Journal Of Environmental Management, 387 (2025), DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125882
- Leonhard Reinschlüssel, Lennart Reuter, Philip Rapp, Moritz Bock, Anne Berger, Markus Achim Schilling, Hubert Gasteiger, "Temperature dependence of the chemical vs. the electrochemical electrolyte oxidation in lithium-ion batteries with Ni rich CAMs: gas evolution, salt decomposition, and metal dissolution", Journal Of The Electrochemical Society (2025), DOI: 10.1149/1945-7111/ade0ec
- R. Kinet, M. Bourdenx, S. Dovero, M. Darricau, M.-L. Arotcarena, S. Camus, G. Porras, M.-L. Thiolat, I. Trigo-Damas, S. Bohic, M. Morari, E. Doudnikoff, M. Goikoetxea, S. Claverol, C. Tokarski, N. Kruse, B. Mollenhauer, C. Estrada, N. Garcia-Carrillo, M. T. Herrero, M. Vila, J. A. Obeso, E. Bezard, B. Dehay, "Differential pathological dynamics triggered by distinct Parkinson patient-derived α-synuclein extracts in nonhuman primates", Science Advances, 11 (2025), DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adu6050
- Jianting Feng, Ian T. Burke, Felipe E. Sepulveda Olea, Xiaohui Chen, Douglas I. Stewart, "Distribution and speciation of Cu and Zn near spring barley (Hordeum vulgare) roots in digested sewage sludge-amended soil", Environmental Geochemistry And Health, 47 (2025), DOI: 10.1007/s10653-025-02482-0
- Clare L. Thorpe, Nick Aldred, Stuart Creasey-Gray, Martin C. Stennett, Eperke A. Rencz, Susan Nehzati, Latham T. Haigh, Garry Manifold, Nishta Vallo, Christoph Lenting, Claire L. Corkhill, Russell J. Hand, "Comparison of naturally altered archaeological glasses from a marine environment with accelerated laboratory tests; implications for modelling long-term corrosion", Applied Geochemistry, 184 (2025), DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2025.106363
- Nathanael Leung, Robert A. Harper, Bin Zhu, Stuart A. Bartlett, Konstantin Ignatyev, Richard M. Shelton, Gabriel Landini, Tan Sui, "3D Multi-modal Imaging of demineralised dentine using combined synchrotron μ-XRD-CT and STXM-CT", Journal Of Structural Biology, 10 (2025), DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2025.108208
- [Conference Paper] Gabriel Karras, Stuart Bartlett, Edward Bowman, Sam Liewis, Ben Coulson, Ann Fitzpatrick, Lauren Hatcher, Konstantin Ignatyev, Mark Warren, Michael W George, Andrew J. Dent, "Pump-probe experiments in Diamond Light Source using PORTO laser system" (2025), DOI: 10.1364/CLEO_SI.2025.SS157_7
- Thomas J. Barrett, James F. J. Bryson, Kalotina Geraki, "The source of hydrogen in Earth's building blocks", Icarus, 337 (2025), DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2025.116588
- Sarah B. Gosling, Emily L. Arnold, Lois Adams, Paul Cool, Kalotina Geraki, Mark O. Kitchen, Iain D. Lyburn, Keith D. Rogers, Tim Snow, Nick Stone, Charlene E. Greenwood, "Prostate microcalcification crystallography as a marker of pathology", Scientific Reports, 15 (2025), DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-98692-8
- Cristina Hernández-Herrera, Jesús G. Canché-Tello, Yair Rodríguez-Guerra, Fabián G. Faudoa-Gómez, Diane M. Eichert, Konstantin Ignatyev, Rocío M. Cabral-Lares, Victoria Pérez-Reyes, Hilda E. Esparza-Ponce, Maria-Elena Montero-Cabrera, "Uranium mineral particles produced by weathering in Sierra Peña Blanca, Chihuahua, Mexico: a synchrotron-based study", Minerals, 15 (2025), DOI: 10.3390/min15040333
- Catherine J. Gandy, Ian T. Burke, Patrick Byrne, Nick Cooper, Richard A. Crane, Karen A. Hudson-Edwards, William M. Mayes, Patrizia Onnis, Alex L. Riley, Adam P. Jarvis, "Spatial variability of metal(loid) leaching from coastal colliery wastes under freshwater and saline water conditions", Journal Of Environmental Management, 376 (2025), DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.124489
- Robert Scott, Iain D. Lyburn, Eleanor Cornford, Pascaline Bouzy, Nicholas Stone, Charlene Greenwood, Sarah Gosling, Emily L. Arnold, Ihsanne Bouybayoune, Sarah E. Pinder, Keith Rogers, "Anisotropy visualisation from X-ray diffraction of biological apatite in mixed phase calcified tissue samples", Scientific Reports, 15 (2025), DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-88940-2
- Anurag Keloth, Rakhul Raj, V. Raghavendra Reddy, Mukul Gupta, Ilaria Carlomagno, Andrei Gloskovksii, Timo Kuschel, Ajay Gupta, Sarathlal Koyiloth Vayalil, "Tailoring of creep regime domain wall dynamics in perpendicularly magnetized Pd/Co/Pd trilayers", Advanced Materials Interfaces, 9 (2025), DOI: 10.1002/admi.202400804
- Thomas Barthelay, Robert Gray, Howard Richards, Paloma Rodriguez Santana, Sylvia Britto, Kalotina Geraki, Zhenyuan Xia, Johanna Xu, Leif E. Asp, Chris Bowen, Frank Marken, Alexander Lunt, Andrew Rhead, "Comparative analysis of cathode morphologies in structural batteries using X-ray absorption near edge spectroscopy (XANES) and electrochemical methods", Journal Of Power Sources, 630 (2025), DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2024.236050
- Hui Lynn Ooi, Alexander Morrell, Aaron Leblanc, Slobodan Sirovica, David Bartlett, Owen Addison, "Quantifying structural changes in organised biomineralized surfaces using synchrotron Polarisation-induced Contrast X-ray Fluorescence", Acta Biomaterialia, 10 (2025), DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2025.01.042
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