Laboratory X-ray microscopy for high-resolution imaging of environmental colloid structure

Chemical Geology

Volumn 329, Issue , 2012, Pages 26-31

  Hertz, H M ^a   Bertilson, M ^a   v Hofsten, O ^a   Gleber, S C ^b   Sedlmair, J ^b   Thieme, J ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diffractive optics; Environmental colloids; Laboratory scale; Laser plasma; Soils; X ray microscopy

Indexed keywords

3D INFORMATION; AQUEOUS MEDIA; COLLOID STRUCTURES; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; EXPOSURE TIME; GROUNDWATER AQUIFER; HIGH QUALITY; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING; LABORATORY SCALE; LASER PLASMA; LASER-PLASMA SOURCE; MORPHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION; NANO SCALE; NONTRONITES; STEREO IMAGING; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY; X RAY MICROSCOPY; ZONE PLATES;

AQUIFERS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COLLOIDS; DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRON OXIDES; LABORATORIES; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PLASMA INTERACTIONS; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; X RAY MICROSCOPES;

X RAYS;

AQUIFER; CHERNOZEM; COLLOID; HEMATITE; IRON OXIDE; LABORATORY METHOD; LUVISOL; MICROSCOPY; NONTRONITE; PLASMA; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84866508020     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.07.012     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. Aoki S., Kagoshima Y., Suzuki Y. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on X-ray Microscopy (Institute of Pure and Applied Physics Conference Series Vol. 7, Tokyo) 2006.
2. Attwood D.T. Soft X-rays and Extreme Ultraviolet Radiation 1999, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
3. Benk M., Bergmann K., Schäfer D., Wilhein T. Compact soft X-ray microscope using a gas-discharge light source. Opt. Lett. 2008, 33:2359-2361.
4. Berglund M., Rymell L., Peuker M., Wilhein T., Hertz H.M. Compact water-window transmission X-ray microscopy. J. Microsc. 2000, 197:268-273.
5. Bertilson M., Takman P.A.C., Vogt U., Holmberg A., Hertz H.M. Laboratory arrangement for soft X-ray zone-plate efficiency measurements. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 2007, 78:026103.
6. Bertilson M., von Hoftsten O., Lindblom M., Wilhein T., Hertz H.M. Compact high-resolution differential interference contrast soft X-ray microscopy. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2008, 92:064104.
7. Bertilson M., von Hofsten O., Vogt U., Holmberg A., Hertz H.M. High-resolution computed tomography with a compact soft X-ray microscope. Opt. Express 2009, 17:11057.
8. Bertilson M., von Hofsten O., Vogt U., Hertz H.M., Vogt U. Numerical model for tomographic image formation in X-ray microscopy. Opt. Express 2011, 19:11578.
9. Chao W., Harteneck B.D., Liddle J.A., Anderson E.H., Attwood D.T. Soft X-ray microscopy at a spatial resolution better than 15nm. Nature 2005, 435:1210-1213.
10. 9th International Conference on X-ray Microscopy. J. Phys: Conf. Ser. 2009, 186. C. David, F. Nolting, F. Pfeiffer, C. Quitmann, M. Stampanoni (Eds.).
11. de Groot J., Hemberg O., Holmberg A., Hertz H.M. Target optimization of a water-window liquid-jet laser-plasma source. J. Appl. Phys. 2003, 94:3717.
12. Nanoparticles in the Water Cycle: Properties, Analysis and Environmental Relevance 2010, Springer, 2010. F.H. Frimmel, R. Niessner (Eds.).
13. Gleber, S.-C., 2010. Soft X-ray stereo microscopy for investigation of dynamics and elemental distribution of colloidal systems from the environment, Ph.D. thesis, Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany, http://webdoc.sub.gwdg.de/diss/2010/gleber.
14. Gleber S.-C., Thieme J., Chao W., Fischer P. Stereo soft X-ray microscopy and elemental mapping of hematite and clay suspensions. J. Microsc. 2009, 235:199-208.
15. Hansson B.A.M., Hertz H.M. Liquid-jet laser plasma extreme ultraviolet sources: from droplets to filaments. J. Phys. D 2004, 37:3233.
16. Harutyunyan V.S., Kirchheim A.P., Monteiro P.J.M., Aivazyan A.P., Fischer P. Investigation of early growth of calcium hydroxide crystals in cement solution by soft X-ray transmission microscopy. J. Mater. Sci. 2009, 44:962-969.
17. Holmberg A., Rehbein S., Hertz H.M. Nano-fabrication of condenser and micro-zone plates for compact X-ray microscopy. Microelectron. Eng. 2004, 73-74:639-643.
18. Hoshino M., Aoki S. Laboratory-scale soft X-ray imaging microtomography using Wolter mirror optics. Appl. Phys. Express 2008, 1:067005.
19. Jansson P.A.C., Vogt U., Hertz H.M. Liquid-nitrogen-jet laser-plasma source for compact soft X-ray microscopy. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 2005, 76:43503-1-5.
20. Kirz J., Jacobsen C., Howells M. Soft-X-ray microscopes and their biological applications. Q. Rev. Biophys. 1995, 28:33-130.
21. Korn G., Thoss A., Stiel H., Vogt U., Richardson M., Elsaesser T., Faubel M. Ultrashort 1-kHz laser plasma hard X-ray source. Opt. Lett. 2002, 27:866-868.
22. Lindblom M., Reinspach J., Hofsten O., Bertilson M., Hertz H.M., Holmberg A. Nickel-germanium soft X-ray zone plates. J. Vac. Sci. Technol. 2009, B27:L5.
23. Reinspach J., Lindblom M., von Hofsten O., Bertilson M., Hertz H.M., Holmberg A. Cold-developed electron-beam patterned Zep 7000 for fabrication of 13-nm nickel zone plates. J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 2009, 27:2593.
24. Rudolph D., Schmahl G., Niemann B., Diehl M., Thieme J., Wilhein T., David C., Michelman K. Wet specimen imaging with an X-ray microscope with a pulsed plasma source. X-ray Microscopy IV 1994, 381-386. Bogorodskii Pechatnik Publishers, Chernogolovka, Moscow. V.V. Aristov, A.I. Erko (Eds.).
25. Rymell L., Hertz H.M. Droplet target for low-debris laser-plasma soft-X-ray generation. Opt. Commun. 1993, 103:105-110.
26. Biophysico-chemical Processes Involving Natural Nonliving Organic Matter in Environmental Systems 2009, Wiley, 2009. N. Senesi, B. Xing, P.M. Huang (Eds.).
27. Stollberg H., Hertz H.M. A vacuum-compatible wet-specimen chamber for compact X-ray microscopy. J. Microsc. 2007, 226:71.
28. Stollberg H., Yulin S., Takman P.A.C., Hertz H.M. High-reflectivity Cr/Sc multilayer condenser for compact X-ray microscopy. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 2006, 77:123101.
29. Sumner M. Handbook of Soil Science 2000, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 2000.
30. X-ray Microscopy 2002 - 7th International Conference on X-ray microscopy. Journal de Physique IV 2003, 104. EDP Science, Les Ulis. J. Susini, P. Joyeux, F. Polack (Eds.).
31. Takman P.A.C., Stollberg H., Johansson G.A., Holmberg A., Lindblom M., Hertz H.M. High-resolution compact X-ray microscopy. J. Microsc. 2007, 226:175.
32. Thieme J., McNulty I., Vogt S., Patterson D. Spectromicroscopy - a tool for environmental science. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2007, 41:6885-6889.
33. Thieme J., Sedlmair J., Gleber S.-C., Prietzel J., Coates J., Eusterhues K., Abbt-Braun G., Salome M. X-ray spectromicroscopy in soil and environmental sciences. J. Synchrotron Radiat. 2010, 17:149-157.
34. Uchida M., McDermott G., Wetzler M., Le Gros M.A., Myllys M., Knoechel C., Barron A.E., Larabell C.A. Soft X-ray tomography of phenotypic switching and cellular response to antifungal peptides in Candida albicans. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 2009, 106:19375-19380.
35. von Hofsten O., Bertilson M., Reinspach J., Holmberg A., Hertz H.M., Vogt U. Sub-25nm laboratory X-ray microscopy using a compound Fresnel zone plate. Opt. Lett. 2009, 34:2631-2633.
36. Wilhein T., Hambach D., Niemann B., Berglund M., Rymell L., Hertz H.M. Off-axis reflecting zoneplate for quantitative soft X-ray source characterization. Appl. Phys. Lett. 1997, 71:190-192.