Soft X-ray Microscopy Techniques for Medical and Biological Imaging at TwinMic—Elettra

Abstract

Progress in nanotechnology calls for material probing techniques of high sensitivity and resolution. Such techniques are also used for high-impact studies of nanoscale materials in medicine and biology. Soft X-ray microscopy has been successfully used for investigating complex biological processes occurring at micrometric and sub-micrometric length scales and is one of the most powerful tools in medicine and the life sciences. Here, we present the capabilities of the TwinMic soft X-ray microscopy end-station at the Elettra synchrotron in the context of medical and biological imaging, while we also describe novel uses and developments.

Keywords

• X-ray microscopy
• soft X-ray
• X-ray fluorescence
• ptychography
• compressive sensing