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To understand the electrochemical potential of lithium-ion batteries, it’s important to decipher the chemical processes at electrode interfaces occurring during device activity. Using HIPPIE beamline, a research group investigated and modelled the influence of electrochemical potential differences in operando in these batteries. “With our experiments at HIPPIE, we had the opportunity to look at battery
Image: En route during the sampling expedition to the Qaidam Basin, in Qinghai Province, China. Credit: Xiangrui Kong How does one learn more about the characteristics of the Martian atmospheric chemistry and climate system while seated 56 million plus kilometres away? Using MAX IV’s HIPPIE beamline, an international research group studied the surface solvation of
image: (left) 3D volume rendering (iso-surface) of crystalline Si-star with Bragg-ptychography, (center), atomic displacement along the z direction. The color map shows strain (dimensionless) (right) SEM image of the same Si-star sample, for comparison. Credit: Dina Carbone To capture extraordinary nanoscale details in crystallography takes the powerful coherent flux of a 4th generation light source.
Illustration of the surface layers of the nickel superalloy and X-ray data. Credit: Alfred Larsson To develop longer-lasting metallic materials for harsh operating conditions requires understanding of their surface composition, structure and properties. A Swedish research group investigated the surface chemistry and thickness of the protective native oxide layer of nickel superalloys at MAX IV’s
Illustration of the virus SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of Covid-19. Credit: Pixabay An international collaboration of scientists identified four fragments that interact with the nsp10 protein of the SARS-CoV-2 virus using the FragMAX platform and BioMAX beamline. The fragments could be used to develop inhibitors that supplant key enzymes activated by the protein—an application which
Experimental setup for tele-ptychography at NanoMAX beamline. Credit: Angel Rodriguez-Fernandez Researchers at MAX IV measured echoes produced by silicon crystals using the coherent X-ray based technique, tele-ptychography, at NanoMAX imaging beamline. Their findings reveal that strain can be used to tune the time delay of echoes, an important step for tailoring ultrafast X-ray optics. “The
Diffraction pattern recorded during ptychographic scans using the Siemens star test sample. The large overall size of the signal on the detector indicates that even the smallest features of the sample contribute to the signal and can thus be reconstructed. Interference fringes (the separation between the intensity maxima and intensity minima) can clearly be seen,
Measuring the coincidence time resolution of the detectors in a TOF-PET test setup at CERN laboratory in Switzerland. Credit: Stefan Gundacker An international collaboration led by CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research, studied the efficiency of next-generation silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) using barium fluoride crystals when excited with X-ray and gamma photons. Their findings on scintillation
Linköping University scientist Xianjie Liu in the control room at HIPPIE beamline. Credit: MAX IV Laboratory How can tomorrow’s solar cells become even more energy efficient? This is what pioneering company Epishine is currently investigating at the MAX IV beamline HIPPIE. Swedish cleantech company Epishine’s patented manufacturing process for producing thin, flexible organic solar cells
How can more industrial companies make radical innovation and product optimisation through scientific discoveries? One important step is a better connection to intermediary companies. Welcome to Innovation Cohesion: A new approach to support industrial R&D, a public conference of the CAROTS project that will showcase the role of intermediary companies in strengthening ties between industry,