Wide field imaging energy dispersive X-ray absorption spectroscopy

Peng Qi,Nazanin Samadi,Ariel Gomez,Ingrid J Pickering,Mercedes Martinson,Bassey Bassey,Graham N George,L Dean Chapman,Olena Ponomarenko

doi:10.1038/s41598-019-54287-8

Abstract

A new energy dispersive X-ray absorption spectroscopy (EDXAS) method is presented for simultaneous wide-field imaging and transmission X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) to enable rapid imaging and speciation of elements. Based on spectral K-Edge Subtraction imaging (sKES), a bent Laue imaging system diffracting in the vertical plane was developed on a bend magnet beamline for selenium speciation. The high flux and small vertical focus, forming a wide horizontal line beam for projection imaging and computed tomography applications, is achieved by precise matching of lattice plane orientation and crystal surface (asymmetry angle). The condition generating a small vertical focus for imaging also provides good energy dispersion. Details for achieving sufficient energy and spatial resolution are demonstrated for both full field imaging and computed tomography in quantifying selenium chemical species. While this system has lower sensitivity as it uses transmission and may lack the flux and spatial resolution of a dedicated focused beamline system, it has significant potential in rapid screening of heterogeneous biomedical or environmental systems to correlate metal speciation with function.

Highlights

A new energy dispersive X-ray absorption spectroscopy (EDXAS) method is presented for simultaneous wide-field imaging and transmission X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) to enable rapid imaging and speciation of elements
XAS is often divided into two distinct regions: X-ray Absorption Near Edge Structure (XANES)-region from 0 up to about 50 eV above the absorption edge and Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (EXAFS)-region from 50 to 1000 eV above the absorption edge[1,2]
This paper describes an optimized bent Laue EDXAS system for speciation imaging of Se compounds

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Introduction

A new energy dispersive X-ray absorption spectroscopy (EDXAS) method is presented for simultaneous wide-field imaging and transmission X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) to enable rapid imaging and speciation of elements. Details for achieving sufficient energy and spatial resolution are demonstrated for both full field imaging and computed tomography in quantifying selenium chemical species While this system has lower sensitivity as it uses transmission and may lack the flux and spatial resolution of a dedicated focused beamline system, it has significant potential in rapid screening of heterogeneous biomedical or environmental systems to correlate metal speciation with function. In Energy Dispersive XAS (EDXAS), a bent crystal monochromator is typically used to provide a focused x-ray beam that contains all the energies required to make an XAS measurement[4]. The energy dispersive properties essential to the success of XAS are degraded by this energy blurring

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