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Germany meets Grenoble

29-01-2010

On 27 and 28 January 2010, the European research institutes in Grenoble ESRF, ILL and EMBL hosted the 1st Innovation Forum Germany @ Grenoble, organised on behalf of Germany’s Research Ministry, BMBF. Nearly 40 managers of German SMEs, technology t … (29-01-2010) Read More…

Pinning down the defects of silicon solar panels

17-12-2009

Many of the rooftops of new apartment blocks in Europe these days are covered by solar panels that aim at picking up the rays of the sun and converting them into energy. New guidelines point this as a cheap way of producing clean energy. Despite the … (17-12-2009) Read More…

Time-resolved studies feature in latest ESRFnews

16-12-2009

Experiments over time are currently carried out on several beamlines at the ESRF. This research is also one of the five key areas defining the core of the Upgrade Programme. The last ESRFnews of the year is dedicated to this subject. … (16-12-2009) Read More…

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X-ray beam transverse coherence analysis using near-field scattering

26-01-2010

A new method to map the two-dimensional transverse coherence function of an undulator X-ray beam is proposed. It is based on near-field speckles generated by the interference between perfectly spherical scattered waves from a colloidal suspension and … (26-01-2010) Read More…

A different kind of memory in Ge-Sb-Te memory alloys

13-01-2010

Phase-change materials such as Ge-Sb-Te (GST) memory alloys are used in rewritable optical memory devices such as CDs and DVDs. In such applications, changes due to temperature are used to store data. But these materials also undergo structural trans … (13-01-2010) Read More…

Electronic structure of ligand orbitals revealed by valence-to-core X-ray emission

22-12-2009

The electron orbitals of ligands in 3d transition metal complexes can be studied by means of X-ray emission spectroscopy (XES). A comprehensive experimental and theoretical study of the X-ray emission from the valence band of Mn coordination compl … (22-12-2009) Read More…

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