Main task of the project will be the application of non-destructive X-ray based high-resolution spectro-microscopic imaging methods and development of related data processing tools, with the aim to establish simple diffusion simulations by means of pore network modeling (PNM). Main microscopic methods will be synchrotron-based full-field transmission X-ray microscopy(FF-TXM) and X-ray fluorescence XRF tomography ; it will be tested whether these established tools can be supplemented by X-ray diffraction imaging, namely ptychography (scanning coherent diffraction imaging), and X-ray holotomography to achieve even higher 3D resolution, aiming to break the ‘meso-pore barrier’ of 50 nm.
Publications
Bossers, K W; Valadian, R; Zanoni, S; Smeets, R; Friederichs, N; Garrevoet, J; Meirer, F; Weckhuysen, B M
Correlated X-ray Ptychography and Fluorescence Nano-Tomography on the Fragmentation Behavior of an Individual Catalyst Particle during the Early Stages of Olefin Polymerization Journal Article
In: Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142 (8), pp. 3691-3695, 2020.
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title = {Correlated X-ray Ptychography and Fluorescence Nano-Tomography on the Fragmentation Behavior of an Individual Catalyst Particle during the Early Stages of Olefin Polymerization},
author = {K W Bossers and R Valadian and S Zanoni and R Smeets and N Friederichs and J Garrevoet and F Meirer and B M Weckhuysen},
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year = {2020},
date = {2020-01-01},
journal = {Journal of the American Chemical Society},
volume = {142},
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pages = {3691-3695},
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