X-ray Laue Diffraction Microscopy in 3D at the Advanced Photon Source

Author(s):  
Wenjun Liu ◽  
Gene E. Ice
2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Liu ◽  
P. Zschack ◽  
J. Tischler ◽  
G. Ice ◽  
B. Larson

Author(s):  
R. M. Suter ◽  
C. M. Hefferan ◽  
S. F. Li ◽  
D. Hennessy ◽  
C. Xiao ◽  
...  

We describe our recent work on developing X-ray diffraction microscopy as a tool for studying three dimensional microstructure dynamics. This is a measurement technique that is demanding of experimental hardware and presents a challenging computational problem to reconstruct the sample microstructure. A dedicated apparatus exists at beamline 1-ID of the Advanced Photon Source for performing these measurements. Submicron mechanical precision is combined with focusing optics that yield ≈2μmhigh×1.3mm wide line focused beam at 50keV. Our forward modeling analysis approach generates diffraction from a simulated two dimensional triangular mesh. Each mesh element is assigned an independent orientation by optimizing the fit to experimental data. The method is computationally demanding but is adaptable to parallel computation. We illustrate the state of development by measuring and reconstructing a planar section of an aluminum polycrystal microstructure. An orientation map of ∼90 grains is obtained along with a map showing the spatial variation in the quality of the fit to the data. Sensitivity to orientation variations within grains is on the order of 0.1deg. Volumetric studies of the response of microstructures to thermal or mechanical treatment will soon become practical. It should be possible to incorporate explicit treatment of defect distributions and to observe their evolution.


Author(s):  
Ali Abboud ◽  
Ali AlHassan ◽  
Benjamin Dönges ◽  
Jean Sebastian Micha ◽  
Robert Hartmann ◽  
...  

2011 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 177-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Dejoie ◽  
Martin Kunz ◽  
Nobumichi Tamura ◽  
Colin Bousige ◽  
Kai Chen ◽  
...  

Although the spectrum originating from a superconducting bending magnet is quasi-continuous, it shows important intensity variations through its spectral range. A method to determine the incident energy-dependent flux variation based on the comparison between observed intensities and the calculated intensities of a well known structure (calcite) is presented here. It is found that the measured flux is highly sensitive to the use of correct Debye–Waller factors for the atoms of the standard crystal. By using the measured flux curve, it was possible to unambiguously index the Laue diffraction pattern of a trigonal crystal structure in its hexagonal setting. This is a crucial but difficult first step for the determination of strain and stress in materials with this symmetry, such as quartz, Mg, Ti, Znetc.


1999 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 1174-1184 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. R. Sandy ◽  
L. B. Lurio ◽  
S. G. J. Mochrie ◽  
A. Malik ◽  
G. B. Stephenson ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (S2) ◽  
pp. 200-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bi-Hsuan Lin ◽  
Shao-Chin Tseng ◽  
Xiao-Yun Li ◽  
Dai-Jie Lin ◽  
Hsu-Cheng Hsu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
X Ray ◽  

2000 ◽  
Vol 15 (11) ◽  
pp. 2488-2493 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. N. Thorpe ◽  
F. E. Senftle ◽  
M. Holt ◽  
J. Grant ◽  
W. Lowe ◽  
...  

Magnetization measurements, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and high-resolution micro-x-ray fluorescence (μ-XRF) using a synchrotron radiation source (Advanced Photon Source) were used to examine Fe3O4 particle agglomerates of nominally 10-nm particles at low concentrations (down to 0.03%) in thick epoxy resin samples. The magnetization measurements showed that at low concentrations (<0.5%) the magnetite particles, although closely packed in the agglomerates, did not interact magnetically. Predicated on a 2-μm sample step scan, the μ-XRF results were compatible with the presence of spherical agglomerates due to magnetostatic attraction, and these ranged in size from 100 to several thousand nanometers, as observed in TEM measurements. At smaller step scans the resolution could be significantly improved. Thus, the synchroton μ-XRF method was very useful in detecting very small concentrations of particles in thick samples and could probably be used to detect particles in amounts as low as 10−16 g.


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