The CARNAUBA X-ray nanospectroscopy beamline at the Sirius-LNLS synchrotron light source: Developments, commissioning, and first science at the TARUMA station

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Tolentino, Helio C. N. ; Geraldes, Renan R. ; da Silva, Francisco M. C. ; Guaita, Maria Gabriella D. ; Camarda, Carolina M. ; Szostak, Rodrigo ; Neckel, Itamar T. ; Teixeira, Veronica C. ; Hesterberg, Dean ; Perez, Carlos A. ; Galante, Douglas ; Callefo, Flavia ; Neto, Antonio C. P. ; Kofukuda, Leonardo M. ; Sotero, Anna P. S. ; Moreno, Gabriel B. Z. L. ; Luiz, Sergio A. L. ; Bueno, Cassiano S. N. C. ; Lena, Francesco R. ; Westfahl, Harry

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena; v. 266, p. 25-pg., 2023-06-15.

Abstract

We review the main developments and first commissioning experiments at the CARNAUBA X-ray nanoprobe beamline, recently installed at the brand-new Sirius 4th-generation synchrotron radiation source at the Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS). The paper briefly discusses the X-ray nanoprobe instrument, emphasizing the first deployed experimental station TARUMA, and showcases preliminary results in a broad range of areas that benefit from diverse sample environments. Research domains like photovoltaics, photonics, electrocatalysis, geoscience, and agriculture are investigated from the viewpoint of chemistry, atomic structure, morphology, and redox dynamics phenomena covered by the beamline techniques. Finally, future capabilities are presented based on a new instrument under development. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 21/01357-6 - Hybrid perovskite solar cells investigated in operando by synchrotron radiation techniques
• Grantee: Rodrigo Szostak
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• FAPESP's process: 20/02537-5 - Exploring Nanopaleontology: new parameters of biogenicity and the study of biosignatures with synchrotron light
• Grantee: Flávia Callefo
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• FAPESP's process: 21/05083-8 - Nanoscale multitechnical synchrotron characterization applied to the problem of biogenicity of minerals
• Grantee: Douglas Galante
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants