Development of high performance electrode materials for energy storage is one of the most
important issues for our future society. However, a lack of clear analytical views limits critical …

Bone is organized in a hierarchical 3D architecture. Traditionally, analysis of the skeletal
system was based on bone mass assessment by radiographic methods or on the …

Advances in science, medicine and engineering rely on breakthroughs in imaging,
particularly for obtaining multiscale, three-dimensional information from functional systems …

The initiation and propagation of short cracks are critical to the detailed understanding of the
failure mechanisms of engineering materials and structures. Therefore, for a safety critical …

The delithiation reaction in lithium ion batteries is often accompanied by an
electrochemically driven phase transformation process. Tracking the phase transformation …

A key stage in planet formation is the evolution of a gaseous and magnetized solar nebula.
However, the lifetime of the nebular magnetic field and nebula are poorly constrained. We …

Understanding the evolution of chemical composition and morphology of battery materials
during electrochemical cycling is fundamental to extending battery cycle life and ensuring …

Materials degradation—the main limiting factor for widespread application of alloy anodes in
battery systems—was assumed to be worse in sodium alloys than in lithium analogues due …

Anisotropy, or alternatively, isotropy of phase transformations extensively exist in a number
of solid-state materials, with performance depending on the three-dimensional …

In the last decade, transmission X‐ray microscopes (TXMs) have come into operation in
most of the synchrotrons worldwide. They have proven to be outstanding tools for non …