The PSI Laboratory for Condensed Matter uses synchrotron radiation for spectroscopy, imaging and diffraction techniques.
Lab News & Scientific Highlights
Esplorare la stabilità delle ossa con un dettaglio nanometrico
I ricercatori del PSI hanno utilizzato una nuova tecnica di imaging per valutare con maggiore esattezza la nanostruttura del collo del femore. Questo potrebbe contribuire a comprendere per quale ragione questa parte del femore sia soggetta a fratture con una frequenza relativamente elevata.
Preserving film sound in the cold at the British Film Institute: new evidence for archives
Can magnetic film sound be stored in the cold? A collaboration between the British Film Institute and PSI found no detectable damage in the studied samples and points to a broader future for archives, in which laboratory methods and synchrotron techniques at the Swiss Light Source SLS help guide the preservation of complex audiovisual media.
Designing antiferromagnetic domains by stretching membranes in STXM
Researchers from an international collaboration between the United Kingdom and Switzerland have performed imaging of an antiferromagnetic iron oxide membrane using soft X-ray microscopy. By stretching the membranes using a gas cell, the team investigated the modification of domain structures under strain.