Speciation of metal (loid) s in environmental samples by X-ray absorption spectroscopy: A critical review

M Gräfe, E Donner, RN Collins, E Lombi - Analytica Chimica Acta, 2014 - Elsevier
Element specificity is one of the key factors underlying the widespread use and acceptance
of X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) as a research tool in the environmental and geo …

[HTML][HTML] Imaging metals in biology: balancing sensitivity, selectivity and spatial resolution

DJ Hare, EJ New, MD de Jonge… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Metal biochemistry drives a diverse range of cellular processes associated with
development, health and disease. Determining metal distribution, concentration and flux …

X-ray-based techniques to study the nano–bio interface

C Sanchez-Cano, RA Alvarez-Puebla, JM Abendroth… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
X-ray-based analytics are routinely applied in many fields, including physics, chemistry,
materials science, and engineering. The full potential of such techniques in the life sciences …

Fate of ZnO nanoparticles in soils and cowpea (Vigna unguiculata)

P Wang, NW Menzies, E Lombi… - … science & technology, 2013 - ACS Publications
The increasing use of zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs) in various commercial products is
prompting detailed investigation regarding the fate of these materials in the environment …

Strategies for processing mega-pixel X-ray fluorescence hyperspectral data: a case study on a version of Caravaggio's painting Supper at Emmaus

M Alfeld, K Janssens - Journal of analytical atomic spectrometry, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Technical progress in the fields of X-ray sources, optics and detectors is constantly
enhancing the pace of data acquisition in XRF imaging. This enlarges the size of the …

[HTML][HTML] Germanium speciation in experimental and natural sphalerite: Implications for critical metal enrichment in hydrothermal Zn-Pb ores

W Liu, Y Mei, B Etschmann, M Glenn… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2023 - Elsevier
The critical metal germanium (Ge) is recovered as a by-product of mining other commodities,
such as zinc and thermal coal. We investigated the Ge incorporation mechanism in …

Accelerating Mineral Carbonation in Ultramafic Mine Tailings via Direct CO2 Reaction and Heap Leaching with Potential for Base Metal Enrichment and Recovery

JL Hamilton, S Wilson, B Morgan… - Economic …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Accelerated carbonation of ultramafic mine tailings has the potential to offset CO2 emissions
produced by mining ores from Cu-Ni-platinum group element, podiform chromite …

The Maia spectroscopy detector system: engineering for integrated pulse capture, low‐latency scanning and real‐time processing

R Kirkham, PA Dunn, AJ Kuczewski… - AIP Conference …, 2010 - pubs.aip.org
The Maia detector system is engineered for energy dispersive x‐ray fluorescence
spectroscopy and elemental imaging at photon rates exceeding 10 7/s, integrated scanning …

Elemental X-ray imaging using the Maia detector array: The benefits and challenges of large solid-angle

CG Ryan, R Kirkham, RM Hough, G Moorhead… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2010 - Elsevier
The fundamental parameter method for quantitative SXRF and PIXE analysis and imaging
using the dynamic analysis method is extended to model the changing X-ray yields and …

Transmission and emission x-ray microscopy: operation modes, contrast mechanisms and applications

B Kaulich, P Thibault, A Gianoncelli… - Journal of Physics …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
Advances in microscopy techniques based on x-rays have opened unprecedented
opportunities in terms of spatial resolution, combined with chemical and morphology …