In this paper, we describe a numerical method of simulating two-dimensional images in a compact soft X-ray microscope using partially coherent illumination considerations. The work was motivated by recent test object images obtained by the latest generation in-house compact soft X-ray microscope, which showed diffraction-like artifacts not observed previously. The numerical model approximates t...

A hard x-ray imaging microscope based on a phase zone plate has been developed and tested. The zone plate, with a 5 cm focal length and a 0.2 pm smallest linewidth, was used to image 8 keV x rays from the samples. The imaging microscope can be used to obtain nearly diffraction-limited resolution over the entire imaging field, and its resolution is almost independent of source size and source mo...

In this research the effects of; increasing the amount of nickel and adding aluminum to create and prolong sulfidation resistance of Fe-Ni-Cr alloys have been investigated. Sulfidation tests were carried out at 1100°C in S/O bearing atmosphere. Prior to the tests, the specimens were annealed in argon at 1250°C for 8 hrs. Weight changes were measured and corroded deposits were analyzed byscannin...

Thin films of indium doped zinc sulfide (ZnS) for different indium (In) concentrations (x=0.0 - 0.8) were deposited onto glass substrate by spray pyrolysis method at 523K temperature. Aqueous solution of zinc acetate, indium chloride and thiorea were used to deposit the In-Zn-S film. The deposited thin films were characterized by Energy dispersive X-ray (EDX), Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)...

Haemoglobin molecules isolated from normal human subjects have been directly micrographed under the electron microscope following in general Hall's technique. The average height (h) and the widths along (w(11)) and perpendicular (w( perpendicular)) to the shadow direction of the molecules have been measured as 56.5 +/- 6.6 A, 122.7 +/- 15 A, and 120.9 +/- 20 A, respectively. The exaggeration in...

A software platform is presented that brings the instruments of the Stockholm X-ray microscope (XRM) together. The code is designed with flexibility and extensibility in mind. Its features are reported and promise to make the microscope operation more comfortable to the user.