Highlights: Structure of materials

X-ray imaging with sandpaper enables advanced 3D virtual histology
Ultra-fast X-ray imaging of keyhole dynamics during laser 3D printing
Supervised deep learning for real-time monitoring of laser welding quality with X-ray radiographic guidance
Spatially quantifying crystallographic heterogeneities in operating Li-ion electrodes
Spinodal decomposition governs the formation of the multi-scale structure of the skeletal elements of the brittle star
Spatially resolving the state of charge in Li-ion electrodes
Towards a perfect chemical reactor
Operando imaging of a methane-reforming catalyst bed
3D multiscale imaging of human vocal folds
Imaging the precursors to rupture in rocks and their role in earthquake nucleation
Surface distortion descriptor relates catalytic activity to the proportion of surface defects in oxygen reduction reaction electrocatalysis
Studying metal alloy solidification using X-ray radiography and machine learning
Revealing Old Masters pigment grades by synchrotron X-ray diffraction
Mixing instabilities during shearing in metals
Structural disorder accelerates the kinetics of electrocatalytic reactions
Solidification cracking during welding of steel revealed
#weekendusers Reproducing the origins of planets with a gas gun
From "alien" rivers to materials for technology
First users on brand new beamline ID15
X-ray ghost imaging using individual synchrotron pulses
Combining operando X-ray techniques to study lithium ion batteries
#weekendusers Nanofocusing at high energies
Life history of the 360-My-old tetrapod Acanthostega rewrites the tetrapod move onto land
The force unleashed: how forces are transmitted through grain piles
ESRF hard X-rays help in developing disordered materials for "smart windows"
Localised deformation in nickel-titanium shape memory alloy wires
ESRF scans most complete heterodontosaurus skeleton ever found
The puzzle of the changing nanogold
Getting to the heart of fossils
Real-time X-ray imaging of silicon wafer fracture
Where science never sleeps
6-dimensional diffraction contrast tomography and indexing by blind reconstruction
Unconventional high-Tc superconductivity in fullerides
Formation and evolution of a high catalytic performance carbon supported Pd sulfide nano-phase
Formation of quasi-solid structure by adsorbed noble gas atoms in pores of metal-organic framework
Unravelling the structural coding of a complex zeolite family
In situ fatigue analysis of dental implants with X-ray tomography
The coelacanth out of breath
Metal-organic framework with novel topology discovered through in situ monitoring of a mechanochemical reaction
Evidence of the impact of solvated nanoparticles upon their surroundings
Capturing rapid failure mechanisms of lithium-ion batteries by high speed tomography
Brilliant Synchrotron radiation and electron microscopy – a powerful combination for challenging structure analyses
Microbeam diffraction gives new insights into the working of lithium-ion battery electrodes
Tracking live how catalysts deteriorate
Creating reactivity using unstable endmembers
Revealing the molecular structure of kerogen in gas shale
Correlation between structural changes and atomic motion during physical ageing in metallic glasses
Revealing the internal mechanics of an operating lithium battery via high speed X-ray computed tomography and digital volume correlation
In situ fatigue analysis of dental implants with X-ray tomography
Microbeam diffraction gives new insights into the working of lithium-ion battery electrodes
Illuminating the physical process of catalyst deactivation
Pushing crystallography across the nucleation barrier
In situ monitoring of “jumping crystals” by X-ray powder diffraction
On the inhomogeneous ground state of a triangular antiferromagnet
Revealing rapid dynamics in weld solidification
Time-resolved X-ray diffraction with enhanced sensitivity
Mechanochemical synthesis of pharmaceutical cocrystals monitored by real-time in situ powder X-ray diffraction
Discovery of an unexpected Li-ion battery charging mechanism
Multinary thermoelectrics – a challenge for crystal structure determination
Coarsening and break-up revealed by X-ray microtomography of phase-separated glasses
Morphological evolution of the growing mollusc shell revealed by X-ray computed microtomography
Coarsening and break-up revealed by X-ray microtomography of phase-separated glasses
Ultra-fast processes imaged with picosecond hard X-ray flashes
Fast diffraction imaging for nano- and micro- electronics and functional materials
Self-organised dynamics of nanodot patterns on a surface
Perfect crystals evolving from highly-mismatched epitaxial structures
Organic photovoltaic device local structure revealed by combined X-ray diffraction and fluorescence
Particle and liquid motion in semi-solid aluminium alloys
A path to new manganites with perovskite structure
Looking inside a working chemical reactor with time and space resolved X-ray diffraction
Ionic spatial distribution at polarised mercury surfaces probed by X-ray reflectivity
Smoother copper films for microchips
Submicrometre diffraction in dense arrays of three-dimensional germanium crystals
Does liquid-ordering play a role in determining the crystallographic structure of nanowires?
The missing link: surface freezing meets self-assembly
Observing catalysts in multiple dimensions
When oil and water do mix: the nanoscale structure of a surfactant-modified hydrophobic interface
Acids attack: tracing rapid metal etching on the atomic scale
Orientational ordering of non-planar phthalocyanines on Cu(111) revealed by X-ray standing wave experiments
Shape-induced symmetry in nanoparticle assemblies
Shedding light on the heart of a transistor
A new dimension in short fatigue crack characterisation
Warming up for clathrates research
Occlusion of copolymer micelles in calcite single crystals generates an artificial biomineral
Discovery of a novel zeolite-like framework in an oxonitridophosphate
The compliant behaviour of germanium nanocluster arrays on free-standing silicon nanostructures
Landmark discovery has magnetic appeal for scientists
Seeing inside a working catalyst
A new technique to see crystals like never before
Strong inside, weak outside: Graphene on Ir(111)
Shedding light on the heart of a transistor
Trapped - Clathrate Hydrates at Ambient Conditions
When oil and water do mix: the nanoscale structure of a surfactant-modified hydrophobic interface
Rapid etching revealed by X-rays
Suppression of antiferromagnetic order and emergence of superconductivity in Co- and Ni-doped NaFeAs
Fullerenium salts: a new family of C60 based materials
Electric-field-induced phase-change behaviour in (Bi0.5Na0.5)TiO3–BaTiO3–(K0.5Na0.5)NbO3: A combinatorial investigation
In situ diffraction of the electrochemical reduction pathway of TiO2
CO dissociation and transient carbon storage by supported Pd nanoparticles during CO/NO cycling
On the origin of the hydrophobic water gap