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View article: Development of a New Generation Multi-Element Monolithic HPGe sensor for XAFS applications
Development of a New Generation Multi-Element Monolithic HPGe sensor for XAFS applications Open
Recent upgrades in synchrotron radiation facilities, which now produce highly brilliant and coherent beams, result in a broader array of experiments challenging the available detectors. In X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (XAFS) experiments…
View article: Progress in the Development of Multi-Element Monolithic Germanium Detectors in LEAPS-INNOV Project: Insights from Detector Performance Simulation
Progress in the Development of Multi-Element Monolithic Germanium Detectors in LEAPS-INNOV Project: Insights from Detector Performance Simulation Open
This study presents a detailed simulation-based analysis of the detection limits of multi-element monolithic Germanium (Ge) detectors to cadmium traces in environmental soil samples. Using the capabilities of the Geant4 Monte Carlo toolkit…
View article: Next Generation Multi-element monolithic Germanium detectors for Spectroscopy: First integration at ESRF facility
Next Generation Multi-element monolithic Germanium detectors for Spectroscopy: First integration at ESRF facility Open
The XAFS-DET work package of the European LEAPS-INNOV project is developing a high-purity Germanium detectors for synchrotron applications requiring spectroscopic-grade response. The detectors integrate three key features: (1) newly design…
View article: The EuAPS Betatron Radiation Source: Status Update and Photon Science Perspectives
The EuAPS Betatron Radiation Source: Status Update and Photon Science Perspectives Open
The EuPRAXIA EU project is at the forefront of advancing particle accelerator research and the development of photon sources through innovative plasma acceleration approaches. Within this framework, the EuAPS project aims to exploit laser …
View article: X-ray and neutron imaging for cultural heritage: the INFN-CHNet experience
X-ray and neutron imaging for cultural heritage: the INFN-CHNet experience Open
View article: EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB status update
EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB status update Open
EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB is a new multi-disciplinary user-facility that is\ncurrently under construction at the Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati of the\nINFN in the framework of the EuPRAXIA collaboration. The electron beam will be\naccelerated …
View article: The INFN-LNF present and future accelerator-based light facilities
The INFN-LNF present and future accelerator-based light facilities Open
View article: Development of multi-element monolithic germanium detectors for X-ray detection at synchrotron facilities
Development of multi-element monolithic germanium detectors for X-ray detection at synchrotron facilities Open
View article: LISA Report 2014-2019
LISA Report 2014-2019 Open
5 Year report (2014-2019) of LISA presented to the ESRF Scientific Advisory Commeettee (SAC) for the renewal of the operation contract of the beamline.
View article: Plasma-Generated X-ray Pulses: Betatron Radiation Opportunities at EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB
Plasma-Generated X-ray Pulses: Betatron Radiation Opportunities at EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB Open
EuPRAXIA is a leading European project aimed at the development of a dedicated, ground-breaking, ultra-compact accelerator research infrastructure based on novel plasma acceleration concepts and laser technology and on the development of t…
View article: Revisiting properties of CaCoSinO2n+2. Crystal and electronic structure
Revisiting properties of CaCoSinO2n+2. Crystal and electronic structure Open
In a public space there are several reports of materials with general stoichiometry CaCoSinO2n+2. Pyroxene CaCoSi2O6 is probably the best-known representative for n = 2 but not much is known about materials with n = 3 and n = 4. In this st…
View article: Detectors and Cultural Heritage: The INFN-CHNet Experience
Detectors and Cultural Heritage: The INFN-CHNet Experience Open
Detectors are a key feature of the contemporary scientific approach to cultural heritage (CH), both for diagnostics and conservation. INFN-CHNet is the network of the Italian National Institute of Nuclear Physics that develops and applies …
View article: Photon beam line of the water window FEL for the EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB project
Photon beam line of the water window FEL for the EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB project Open
A proposal for building a new Free Electron Laser facility at the Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB, is at present under consideration. This FEL facility will exploit plasma acceleration to produce ultra-bright photon pu…
View article: High Precision X-Ray Measurements
High Precision X-Ray Measurements Open
Since their discovery in 1895, the detection of X-rays has had a strong impact on and various applications in several fields of science and human life. Impressive efforts have been made to develop new types of detectors and new techniques,…
View article: The Potential of EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB for Radiation Based Techniques
The Potential of EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB for Radiation Based Techniques Open
A proposal for building a Free Electron Laser, EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB, at the Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, is at present under consideration. This FEL facility will provide a unique combination of a high brightness GeV-range electron beam…
View article: DAFNE-Light DXR1 Soft X-Ray Synchrotron Radiation Beamline: Characteristics and XAFS Applications
DAFNE-Light DXR1 Soft X-Ray Synchrotron Radiation Beamline: Characteristics and XAFS Applications Open
X-ray Absorption Fine Structure Spectroscopy (XAFS) is a powerful technique to investigate the local atomic geometry and the chemical state of atoms in different types of materials, especially if lacking a long-range order, such as nanomat…
View article: Characterization of a Poly‐4‐Vinylpyridine‐Supported CuPd Bimetallic Catalyst for Sonogashira Coupling Reactions
Characterization of a Poly‐4‐Vinylpyridine‐Supported CuPd Bimetallic Catalyst for Sonogashira Coupling Reactions Open
CuPd bimetallic solvated metal atoms (SMA) synthesized by metal vapor synthesis (MVS) technique and supported on poly‐4‐vinylpyridine (PVPy) resin, showed significantly higher catalytic activity in Sonogashira‐type carbon–carbon coupling r…
View article: Structural characterization of bimetallic Pd-Cu vapor derived catalysts
Structural characterization of bimetallic Pd-Cu vapor derived catalysts Open
Pd-Cu bimetallic Solvated Metal Atoms (SMA) were synthesized by metal vapor synthesis technique and supported on PVPy resin. Since the catalytic activity, of the Pd-Cu system turned out to be quite high also compared to the corresponding m…
View article: Studies of valence of selected rare earth silicides determined using Si K and Pd/Rh L2,3 XANES and LAPW numerical studies
Studies of valence of selected rare earth silicides determined using Si K and Pd/Rh L2,3 XANES and LAPW numerical studies Open
View article: What next at LNF: Perspectives of physics research at the Frascati National Laboratories
What next at LNF: Perspectives of physics research at the Frascati National Laboratories Open
The Frascati National Laboratories (LNF) are the oldest and largest research infrastructure of INFN, mainly devoted to the research in nuclear and particle physics, to the development of particle accelerators and frontier studies on new ac…