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View article: Bridging Spectroscopy and Advanced Molecular Orientation Analysis with New 4+ Angle Polarization Toolbox in Quasar
Bridging Spectroscopy and Advanced Molecular Orientation Analysis with New 4+ Angle Polarization Toolbox in Quasar Open
Anisotropy plays a critical role in governing the mechanical, thermal, electrical, magnetic, and optical properties of materials, influencing their behavior across diverse applications. Probing and quantifying this directional dependence i…
View article: Adaptations of <i>Escherichia coli</i> K 12 to Synchrotron Sourced THz Radiation
Adaptations of <i>Escherichia coli</i> K 12 to Synchrotron Sourced THz Radiation Open
The biological effects of electromagnetic field (EMF) irradiation in the terahertz (THz) range remain ambiguous, despite numerous studies that have been conducted. In this paper, the metabolic response of Escherichia coli K 12 to EM…
View article: Deciphering the role of Cu0 and Cuσ+ in engendering the hydrogen production from glycerol reforming over Cu/CeO2: The effect of different Cu precursors
Deciphering the role of Cu0 and Cuσ+ in engendering the hydrogen production from glycerol reforming over Cu/CeO2: The effect of different Cu precursors Open
View article: Computational Imaging at the Infrared Beamline of the Australian Synchrotron Using the Lucy–Richardson–Rosen Algorithm
Computational Imaging at the Infrared Beamline of the Australian Synchrotron Using the Lucy–Richardson–Rosen Algorithm Open
The Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy (FTIRm) system of the Australian Synchrotron has a unique optical configuration with a peculiar beam profile consisting of two parallel lines. The beam is tightly focused using a 36× Schwarz…
View article: CCDC 2264411: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
CCDC 2264411: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination Open
An entry from the Cambridge Structural Database, the world’s repository for small molecule crystal structures. The entry contains experimental data from a crystal diffraction study. The deposited dataset for this entry is freely available …
View article: CCDC 2264409: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
CCDC 2264409: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination Open
An entry from the Cambridge Structural Database, the world’s repository for small molecule crystal structures. The entry contains experimental data from a crystal diffraction study. The deposited dataset for this entry is freely available …
View article: Measurement of thermal properties of the LHCb VELO detector using track-based software alignment
Measurement of thermal properties of the LHCb VELO detector using track-based software alignment Open
The thermal properties of the LHCb Vertex Locator (VELO) are studied using the real-time detector alignment procedure. The variation of the position and orientation of the detector elements as a function of the operating temperature of the…
View article: Computational three-dimensional Imaging with near infrared synchrotron beam using Fresnel zone apertures fabricated on barium fluoride windows using femtosecond laser ablation
Computational three-dimensional Imaging with near infrared synchrotron beam using Fresnel zone apertures fabricated on barium fluoride windows using femtosecond laser ablation Open
The near infrared (NIR) part of the infrared synchrotron beam is usually discarded to improve the signal to noise ratio of spectral imaging at the Australian Synchrotron. In this study, NIR synchrotron beam has been extracted and used for …
View article: Three-dimensional phase imaging with near infrared synchrotron beam using phase-retrieval algorithm
Three-dimensional phase imaging with near infrared synchrotron beam using phase-retrieval algorithm Open
The near infrared (NIR) part of the infrared synchrotron beam is usually dumped to improve the signal to noise ratio of spectral imaging. In this study, this NIR synchrotron beam has been extracted and used for three-dimensional (3D) phase…
View article: Computational Imaging at the Infrared Beamline of Australian Synchrotron Using Lucy-Richardson-Rosen Algorithm
Computational Imaging at the Infrared Beamline of Australian Synchrotron Using Lucy-Richardson-Rosen Algorithm Open
View article: Single Shot Lensless Interferenceless Phase Imaging of Biochemical Samples Using Synchrotron near Infrared Beam
Single Shot Lensless Interferenceless Phase Imaging of Biochemical Samples Using Synchrotron near Infrared Beam Open
Phase imaging of biochemical samples has been demonstrated for the first time at the Infrared Microspectroscopy (IRM) beamline of the Australian Synchrotron using the usually discarded near-IR (NIR) region of the synchrotron-IR beam. The s…
View article: Sulforaphane prevents and reverses allergic airways disease in mice via anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and epigenetic mechanisms
Sulforaphane prevents and reverses allergic airways disease in mice via anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and epigenetic mechanisms Open
View article: Single Shot Lensless Interferenceless Phase Imaging of Biochemical Samples Using Synchrotron Near Infrared Beam
Single Shot Lensless Interferenceless Phase Imaging of Biochemical Samples Using Synchrotron Near Infrared Beam Open
Phase imaging of biochemical samples has been demonstrated for the first time at the Infrared Microspectroscopy (IRM) beamline of the Australian Synchrotron using the usually discarded Near-IR (NIR) region of the synchrotron-IR beam. The s…
View article: Microspectroscopic visualization of how biochar lifts the soil organic carbon ceiling
Microspectroscopic visualization of how biochar lifts the soil organic carbon ceiling Open
The soil carbon (C) saturation concept suggests an upper limit to the storage of soil organic carbon (SOC). It is set by the mechanisms that protect soil organic matter from mineralization. Biochar has the capacity to protect new C, includ…
View article: Mid-infrared Incoherent Three-Dimensional Imaging Using Lucy-Richardson-Rosen Algorithm
Mid-infrared Incoherent Three-Dimensional Imaging Using Lucy-Richardson-Rosen Algorithm Open
Two computational reconstruction methods namely the Lucy-Richardson algorithm and non-linear reconstruction have been combined to develop Lucy-Richardson-Rosen algorithm. This new algorithm has been used to convert a two-dimensional infrar…
View article: Synchrotron-infrared microspectroscopy of live Leishmania major infected macrophages and isolated promastigotes and amastigotes
Synchrotron-infrared microspectroscopy of live Leishmania major infected macrophages and isolated promastigotes and amastigotes Open
The prevalence of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are advancing at an alarming rate. The NTD Leishmaniasis is now endemic in over 90 tropical and sub-tropical low socioeconomic countries. Current diagnosis for this disease involves sero…
View article: Single-shot mid-infrared incoherent holography using Lucy-Richardson-Rosen algorithm
Single-shot mid-infrared incoherent holography using Lucy-Richardson-Rosen algorithm Open
In recent years, there has been a significant transformation in the field of incoherent imaging with new possibilities of compressing three-dimensional (3D) information into a two-dimensional intensity distribution without two-beam interfe…
View article: The SALT—Readout ASIC for Silicon Strip Sensors of Upstream Tracker in the Upgraded LHCb Experiment
The SALT—Readout ASIC for Silicon Strip Sensors of Upstream Tracker in the Upgraded LHCb Experiment Open
SALT, a new dedicated readout Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) for the Upstream Tracker, a new silicon detector in the Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb) experiment, has been designed and developed. It is a 128-channel chip …
View article: Anisotropy of 3D Columnar Coatings in Mid-Infrared Spectral Range
Anisotropy of 3D Columnar Coatings in Mid-Infrared Spectral Range Open
Polarisation analysis in the mid-infrared fingerprint region was carried out on thin (∼1μm) Si and SiO2 films evaporated via glancing angle deposition (GLAD) method at 70∘ to the normal. Synchrotron-based infrared microspectroscopic…
View article: Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments Open
Since I started this project on exploitation films over ten years ago, the question most often posed to me has been, "How did you ever get interested in this stuff?"A second question, always implicit but never verbalized out of friendship …
View article: Monitoring radiation damage in the LHCb Tracker Turicensis
Monitoring radiation damage in the LHCb Tracker Turicensis Open
This paper presents the techniques used to monitor radiation damage in the LHCb Tracker Turicensis during the LHC Runs 1 and 2. Bulk leakage currents in the silicon sensors were monitored continuously, while the full depletion voltages of …
View article: Revealing the Elemental Distribution Within Latent Fingermarks Using Synchrotron Sourced X-Ray Fluorescence Microscopy
Revealing the Elemental Distribution Within Latent Fingermarks Using Synchrotron Sourced X-Ray Fluorescence Microscopy Open
Fingermarks are an important form of crime-scene trace evidence; however, their usefulness may be hampered by a variation in response or a lack of robustness in detection methods. Understanding the chemical composition and distribution wit…
View article: Noninvasive LHC transverse beam size measurement using inelastic beam-gas interactions
Noninvasive LHC transverse beam size measurement using inelastic beam-gas interactions Open
The beam-gas vertex (BGV) detector is an innovative instrument measuring noninvasively the transverse beam size in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) using reconstructed tracks from beam-gas interactions. The BGV detector was installed in 201…
View article: Focal Plane Array Infrared Imaging of Linear Polymeric Patterns
Focal Plane Array Infrared Imaging of Linear Polymeric Patterns Open
A focal plane array (FPA) detector was used for hyperspectral imaging in the infrared (IR) spectral region using thermal and synchrotron light sources. FPA Fourier-transform IR (FTIR) imaging microspectroscopy will be able to monitor real …
View article: Applications of Synchrotron-Source IR Spectroscopy for the Investigation of Insect Wings
Applications of Synchrotron-Source IR Spectroscopy for the Investigation of Insect Wings Open
Synchrotron-source infrared (IR) spectroscopy offers an effective method to characterise the chemical composition across surfaces. The intense light source allows the detection of trace quantities of different chemical components with a su…
View article: Nanoscale optical and structural characterisation of silk
Nanoscale optical and structural characterisation of silk Open
Background: Nanoscale composition of silk defining its unique properties via a hierarchical structural anisotropy has to be analysed at the highest spatial resolution of tens-of-nanometers corresponding to the size of fibrils made of b-she…
View article: Measuring Beamsize with the LHC Beam Gas Vertex Detector
Measuring Beamsize with the LHC Beam Gas Vertex Detector Open
The Beam Gas Vertex detector (BGV) is an innovative beam profile monitor being developed as part of the High Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) project at CERN. The goal is to continually measure the transverse beam size by reconstructing beam-gas in…
View article: The LHC Beam Gas Vertex Detector - a Non-Invasive Profile Monitor for High Energy Machines
The LHC Beam Gas Vertex Detector - a Non-Invasive Profile Monitor for High Energy Machines Open
The Beam Gas Vertex (BGV) monitor is being developed as part of the High Luminosity LHC project with the aim of providing measurements with less than 5% error on the beam size with an integration time of 5 minutes. It will be the only inst…
View article: Nanoscale chemical mapping of laser-solubilized silk
Nanoscale chemical mapping of laser-solubilized silk Open
A water soluble amorphous form of silk was made by ultra-short laser pulse irradiation and detected by nanoscale IR mapping. An optical absorption-induced nanoscale surface expansion was probed to yield the spectral response of silk at IR …
View article: First LHC transverse beam size measurements with the beam gas vertex detector
First LHC transverse beam size measurements with the beam gas vertex detector Open
The Beam Gas Vertex detector (BGV) is an innovative beam profile monitor based on the reconstruction of beam-gas interaction vertices which is being developed as part of the High Luminosity LHC project. Tracks are identified using several …