Phase-contrast tomography at the nanoscale using hard x rays
- 20 April 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 81 (14)
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.81.140105
Abstract
Synchrotron-based full-field tomographic microscopy established itself as a tool for noninvasive investigations. Many beamlines worldwide routinely achieve micrometer spatial resolution while the isotropic 100-nm barrier is reached and trespassed only by few instruments, mainly in the soft x-ray regime. We present an x-ray, full-field microscope with tomographic capabilities operating at 10 keV and with an isotropic resolution of 144 nm. Custom-designed optical components allow for ideal, aperture-matched sample illumination and very sensitive phase contrast imaging. We show here that the instrument has been successfully used for the nondestructive, volumetric investigation of single cells. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.81.140105 Received 25 February 2010Published 20 April 2010© 2010 The American Physical SocietyKeywords
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