• HOME
  • NEWS
  • EXPLORE
    • CAREER
      • Companies
      • Jobs
    • EVENTS
    • iGEM
      • News
      • Team
    • PHOTOS
    • VIDEO
    • WIKI
  • BLOG
  • COMMUNITY
    • FACEBOOK
    • INSTAGRAM
    • TWITTER
Friday, October 3, 2025
BIOENGINEER.ORG
No Result
View All Result
  • Login
  • HOME
  • NEWS
  • EXPLORE
    • CAREER
      • Companies
      • Jobs
        • Lecturer
        • PhD Studentship
        • Postdoc
        • Research Assistant
    • EVENTS
    • iGEM
      • News
      • Team
    • PHOTOS
    • VIDEO
    • WIKI
  • BLOG
  • COMMUNITY
    • FACEBOOK
    • INSTAGRAM
    • TWITTER
  • HOME
  • NEWS
  • EXPLORE
    • CAREER
      • Companies
      • Jobs
        • Lecturer
        • PhD Studentship
        • Postdoc
        • Research Assistant
    • EVENTS
    • iGEM
      • News
      • Team
    • PHOTOS
    • VIDEO
    • WIKI
  • BLOG
  • COMMUNITY
    • FACEBOOK
    • INSTAGRAM
    • TWITTER
No Result
View All Result
Bioengineer.org
No Result
View All Result
Home NEWS Science News Chemistry

The IKBFU scientists created the first diamond x-ray micro lens

Bioengineer by Bioengineer
March 3, 2020
in Chemistry
Reading Time: 2 mins read
0
IMAGE
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on LinkedinShare on RedditShare on Telegram

After the synchrotrons of the fourth generation were invented there was an urgent need for a fundamentally new optics that could withstand high temperatures and radiation loads

IMAGE

Credit: Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University


After the synchrotrons of the fourth generation were invented (these are particle accelerators, which are, in fact, giant research facilities), there was an urgent need for a fundamentally new optics that could withstand high temperatures and radiation loads created by a powerful x-ray stream.

Scientists use metal and polymer lenses, but they are short-lived and the image they produce is distorted.

Several days ago the Optics Express scientific journal has published an article of the IKBFU scientists who offered a new innovative method of diamond x-ray microlens production.

Polina Medvedskaya, the scientist at the “Coherent Optics for Mega science-class plants” research center told us:

“A diamond is a unique and expensive material. But it is almost indestructible which makes the lens made of it more economically profitable than metallic or polymeric ones in the long run. The problem is that a diamond is the hardest material on the planet and it is extremely difficult to process. But we have found a way to do it. The IKBFU scientists used an electron-ion microscope (FIB) to process it”

Another scientist from the center Ivan Lyatun explained:

“It is concerning for a layman how is it possible to process something by using a microscope? But we have the microscope set on certain configuration that allows it not only to be used as a tool for analysis, but also to shape objects in the necessary form. Using microscopes like the one we make ultra-thin, nano-level cuts. And so we decided to make a microlens”

The result exceeded scientists’ expectations. A series of thinner-than-human-hair lenses were produced and it may be used for in the most powerful synchrotrons and x-ray lasers. According to the scientists, the use of lenses made by them will make it possible to obtain more detailed information about any material – to study the structure of nanostructures, to obtain maximum information about protein crystals, which will make it possible to synthesize new drugs.

In a word, new diamond lenses will allow us to penetrate deeper into the secrets of matter, to find out what was previously hidden from the eyes of man.

###

Media Contact
Sergey Bulanov
[email protected]
7-921-268-5362

Original Source

http://eng.kantiana.ru/news/261308/

Related Journal Article

http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.384647

Tags: Atomic/Molecular/Particle PhysicsChemistry/Physics/Materials SciencesMaterialsMolecular PhysicsNanotechnology/MicromachinesOpticsParticle Physics
Share12Tweet8Share2ShareShareShare2

Related Posts

Rice membrane extracts lithium from brine faster and with reduced waste

Rice membrane extracts lithium from brine faster and with reduced waste

October 2, 2025
blank

Pseudokinases Drive Peptide Cyclization via Thioether Crosslinking

October 2, 2025

MIT Researchers Develop Simple Formula to Enhance Fast-Charging, Durable Batteries

October 2, 2025

Registration and Scientific Program Now Open for Upcoming Plasma Physics Conference

October 2, 2025
Please login to join discussion

POPULAR NEWS

  • New Study Reveals the Science Behind Exercise and Weight Loss

    New Study Reveals the Science Behind Exercise and Weight Loss

    92 shares
    Share 37 Tweet 23
  • New Study Indicates Children’s Risk of Long COVID Could Double Following a Second Infection – The Lancet Infectious Diseases

    82 shares
    Share 33 Tweet 21
  • Physicists Develop Visible Time Crystal for the First Time

    74 shares
    Share 30 Tweet 19
  • How Donor Human Milk Storage Impacts Gut Health in Preemies

    65 shares
    Share 26 Tweet 16

About

We bring you the latest biotechnology news from best research centers and universities around the world. Check our website.

Follow us

Recent News

Stable Sodium-Ion Battery Cathode: K-rich Copper Hexacyanoferrate

Revolutionizing Lithium-Ion Battery Lifespan Predictions with AI

Alleviating ECT Anxiety Through Progressive Muscle Relaxation

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Success! An email was just sent to confirm your subscription. Please find the email now and click 'Confirm' to start subscribing.

Join 60 other subscribers
  • Contact Us

Bioengineer.org © Copyright 2023 All Rights Reserved.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
No Result
View All Result
  • Homepages
    • Home Page 1
    • Home Page 2
  • News
  • National
  • Business
  • Health
  • Lifestyle
  • Science

Bioengineer.org © Copyright 2023 All Rights Reserved.