Quantum Beam SciencePub Date : 2022-12-01Epub Date: 2022-11-15DOI: 10.3390/qubs6040031
Chris J Benmore, Angela Edwards, Oliver L G Alderman, Brian R Cherry, Pamela Smith, Daniel Smith, Stephen Byrn, Richard Weber, Jeffery L Yarger
{"title":"The Structure of Liquid and Glassy Carbamazepine.","authors":"Chris J Benmore, Angela Edwards, Oliver L G Alderman, Brian R Cherry, Pamela Smith, Daniel Smith, Stephen Byrn, Richard Weber, Jeffery L Yarger","doi":"10.3390/qubs6040031","DOIUrl":"10.3390/qubs6040031","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>To enhance the solubility of orally administered pharmaceuticals, liquid capsules or amorphous tablets are often preferred over crystalline drug products. However, little is known regarding the variation in bonding mechanisms between pharmaceutical molecules in their different disordered forms. In this study, liquid and melt-quenched glassy carbamazepine have been studied using high energy X-ray diffraction and modeled using Empirical Potential Structure Refinement. The results show significant structural differences between the liquid and glassy states. The liquid shows a wide range of structures; from isolated molecules, to aromatic ring correlations and NH-O hydrogen bonding. Upon quenching from the liquid to the glass the number of hydrogen bonds per molecule increases by ~50% at the expense of a ~30% decrease in the close contact (non-bonded) carbon-carbon interactions between aromatic rings. During the cooling process, there is an increase in both singly and doubly hydrogen-bonded adjacent molecules. Although hydrogen-bonded dimers found in the crystalline states persist in the glassy state, the absence of a crystalline lattice also allows small, hydrogen-bonded NH-O trimers and tetramers to form. This proposed model for the structure of glassy carbamazepine is consistent with the results from vibrational spectroscopy and nuclear magnetic resonance.</p>","PeriodicalId":31879,"journal":{"name":"Quantum Beam Science","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11099869/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69808120","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
F. Schillaci, L. Giuffrida, M. Tryus, F. Grepl, S. Stanček, A. Velyhan, V. Istokskaia, T. Levato, G. Petringa, G. Cirrone, J. Cupal, L. Koubiková, D. Peceli, J. Jarboe, Tarcio de Castro Silva, M. Cuhra, T. Chagovets, V. Kantarelou, M. Tosca, V. Ivanyan, M. Greplova Zakova, J. Psikal, R. Truneček, A. Cimmino, R. Versaci, Veronika Olšovlcová, D. Kramer, P. Bakule, J. Řídký, G. Korn, B. Rus, D. Margarone
{"title":"The ELIMAIA Laser–Plasma Ion Accelerator: Technological Commissioning and Perspectives","authors":"F. Schillaci, L. Giuffrida, M. Tryus, F. Grepl, S. Stanček, A. Velyhan, V. Istokskaia, T. Levato, G. Petringa, G. Cirrone, J. Cupal, L. Koubiková, D. Peceli, J. Jarboe, Tarcio de Castro Silva, M. Cuhra, T. Chagovets, V. Kantarelou, M. Tosca, V. Ivanyan, M. Greplova Zakova, J. Psikal, R. Truneček, A. Cimmino, R. Versaci, Veronika Olšovlcová, D. Kramer, P. Bakule, J. Řídký, G. Korn, B. Rus, D. Margarone","doi":"10.3390/qubs6040030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/qubs6040030","url":null,"abstract":"We report on the technological commissioning of the Laser–Plasma Ion Accelerator section of the ELIMAIA user beamline at the ELI Beamlines facility in the Czech Republic. The high-peak, high-average power L3-HAPLS laser system was used with an energy of ~10 J and pulse duration of ~30 fs on target, both in single-pulse and high repetition-rate (~0.5 Hz) mode. The laser pulse was tightly focused to reach ultrahigh intensity on target (~1021 W/cm2) and sustain such laser–plasma interaction regime during high repetition-rate operations. The laser beam, ion beam, and laser–plasma emission were monitored on a shot-to-shot basis, and online data analysis at 0.5 Hz was demonstrated through the full set of used diagnostics (e.g., far and near field, laser temporal diagnostics, X- and gamma-ray detectors, Thomson Parabola ion spectrometer, time-of-flight ion detectors, plasma imaging, etc.). The capability and reliability of the ELIMAIA Ion Accelerator was successfully demonstrated at a repetition rate of 0.5 Hz for several hundreds of consecutive laser shots.","PeriodicalId":31879,"journal":{"name":"Quantum Beam Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45656631","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Virtual Angstrom-Beam Electron Diffraction Analysis for Zr80Pt20 Metallic Glasses","authors":"A. Hirata","doi":"10.3390/qubs6040028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/qubs6040028","url":null,"abstract":"To analyze amorphous structure models obtained by a molecular dynamics (or reverse Monte Carlo) simulation, we propose a virtual angstrom-beam electron diffraction analysis. In this analysis, local electron diffraction patterns are calculated for the amorphous models at equal intervals as performed in the experiment, and the local structures that generate paired diffraction spots in the diffraction patterns are further analyzed by combining them with a Fourier transform and a Voronoi polyhedral analysis. For an example of Zr80Pt20, an aggregate of coordination polyhedra is formed which generates similar diffraction patterns from most parts within the aggregate. Furthermore, the coordination polyhedra are connected in certain orientational relationships which could enhance the intensity of the diffraction spots.","PeriodicalId":31879,"journal":{"name":"Quantum Beam Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45994458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Solar-Rechargeable Radiation Dosimeter Design for Radiation Hazard Zone Located with LoRa Network","authors":"Cheng-Yan Guo, Tzu-Lu Lin, Tung-Li Hsieh","doi":"10.3390/qubs6030027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/qubs6030027","url":null,"abstract":"Since the nuclear energy leakage that occurred at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, people have paid more attention to the danger of environmental radiation. Environmental radiation is monitored using Geiger counters, which are not easy to obtain in some areas. Therefore, this research proposes an open-source and low-cost handheld Geiger counter that uses solar energy to charge lithium-ion batteries. Our design can provide a low-cost environmental radiation monitoring platform and effectively enhance the public’s scientific education awareness of radiation hazards. The measured dose rate can be output through the serial port, allowing a LoRa wireless network to transmit data to a database. When the sensing network deployed by the radiometer detects that the radiation value of the area is abnormally increased, it can issue an alarm to the government for the first time. Moreover, the low-power radiometer design can reduce energy consumption, reduce the burden on the ecological environment caused by the deployment of the sensing network, and provide sustainability for the environment.","PeriodicalId":31879,"journal":{"name":"Quantum Beam Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48385570","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Jochum, J. Cooper, Lukas M. Vogl, P. Link, O. Soltwedel, P. Böni, C. Pfleiderer, C. Franz
{"title":"Transmission Bender as an Analyzer Device for MIEZE","authors":"J. Jochum, J. Cooper, Lukas M. Vogl, P. Link, O. Soltwedel, P. Böni, C. Pfleiderer, C. Franz","doi":"10.3390/qubs6030026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/qubs6030026","url":null,"abstract":"MIEZE (Modulation of IntEnsity with Zero Effort) spectroscopy is a high-resolution spin echo technique optimized for the study of magnetic samples and samples under depolarizing conditions. It requires a polarization analyzer in between spin flippers and the sample position. For this, the device needs to be compact and insensitive to stray fields from large magnetic fields at the sample position. For MIEZE, in small angle scattering geometry, it is further essential that the analyzer does not affect the beam profile, divergence, or trajectory. Here, we compare different polarization analyzers for MIEZE and show the performance of the final design, a transmission bender, which we compare to McStas simulations. Commissioning experiments have uncovered spurious scattering in the scattering profile of the bender, which most likely originates from double Bragg scattering in bent silicon.","PeriodicalId":31879,"journal":{"name":"Quantum Beam Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44432812","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Taisen Zuo, Zhanjiang Lu, C. Deng, Songwen Xiao, Yongcheng He, Zhe-xi He, Xiong Lin, Changli Ma, Zehua Han, He Cheng
{"title":"Further Optimized Design of a Nested Rotate Sextupole Permanent Magnet Lens for the Focusing of Pulsed Neutrons","authors":"Taisen Zuo, Zhanjiang Lu, C. Deng, Songwen Xiao, Yongcheng He, Zhe-xi He, Xiong Lin, Changli Ma, Zehua Han, He Cheng","doi":"10.3390/qubs6030025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/qubs6030025","url":null,"abstract":"A compact nested rotate sextupole permanent magnet (Nest-Rot-SPM) lens was designed for the focusing of pulsed neutrons. It is based on the working conditions of the Very Small Angle Neutron Scattering (VSANS) instrument at the China Spallation Neutron Source (CSNS), and is expected to focus a neutron pulse from 6 Å to 10.5 Å, without chromatic aberration. Three hurdles must be addressed, i.e., the tremendous torque, the heat deposition, and the synchronization with the neutron pulse, respectively. The bore diameter and segment length of the lens are optimized using a formula analysis of the key parameters and model simulations of the torque and heat deposition. A twin torque canceling design is used to reduce the torque to one-third of its original value, or even lower. The goal of this project is to take the device into practical use in the VSANS at the CSNS.","PeriodicalId":31879,"journal":{"name":"Quantum Beam Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42263342","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T. Pasang, P. Lin, W. Misiolek, Jianjin Wei, S. Masuno, M. Tsukamoto, Eiji Hori, Yuji Sato, Y. Tao, Danang Yudhistiro, S. Yunus
{"title":"Blue Diode Laser Welding of Commercially Pure Titanium Foils","authors":"T. Pasang, P. Lin, W. Misiolek, Jianjin Wei, S. Masuno, M. Tsukamoto, Eiji Hori, Yuji Sato, Y. Tao, Danang Yudhistiro, S. Yunus","doi":"10.3390/qubs6030024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/qubs6030024","url":null,"abstract":"The need for thin foil welding is increasing significantly, particularly in the electronic industries. The technologies that are currently available limit the joining processes in terms of materials and their geometries. In this paper, a series of trials of fusion welding (bead-on- plate) of commercially pure titanium (CPTi) foils were conducted using a blue diode laser (BDL) welding method. The power used was 50 W and 100 W for 0.1 mm and 0.2 mm thick foils, respectively. Following welding, various samples were prepared to examine the weld profiles, microstructures, hardness, tensile strength, and fracture surface characteristics. The results showed that the base metal (BM) had an annealed microstructure with equiaxed grains, while the weld zones contained martensite (α’) with large grains. The hardness increased in both regions, from around 123 HV to around 250 HV, in the heat-affected zone (HAZ) and fusion zone (FZ) areas. The tensile tests revealed that the strengths of the welded samples were slightly lower than the unwelded samples, i.e., UTS = 300–350 MPa compared with 325–390 MPa for the unwelded samples. Fracture took place within the BM area. All of the samples, welded and unwelded, showed identical fracture mechanisms, i.e., microvoid coalescence or ductile fracture. The weld zone experienced very small strains (elongation) at fracture, which indicates a good weld quality.","PeriodicalId":31879,"journal":{"name":"Quantum Beam Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49520457","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Laser Cleaning as Novel Approach to Preservation of Historical Books and Documents on a Paper Basis","authors":"V. Parfenov, A. Galushkin, T. Tkachenko, V. Aseev","doi":"10.3390/qubs6030023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/qubs6030023","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this work is the study of laser cleaning of historical paper. The effect of laser exposure of the paper reflectance, fracture resistance and acidity was investigated. The paper surface roughness before and after laser treatment was analyzed by optical and scanning electron microscopy. It was shown that use of multi-pulse micromachining in combination with high-speed scanning of laser beams provides high safety for paper cleaning. The optimal parameters of laser radiation for effective and safe cleaning are a power density of about 2 × 105 W/cm2 at a wavelength of 1.06 μm, pulse repetition rate is 20 kHz; and a beam scanning speed of 200 mm/s–500 mm/s. The selective laser cleaning method for books and documents was proposed. Selective cleaning is achieved by means of high-precision control of the trajectory of movement of laser beams.","PeriodicalId":31879,"journal":{"name":"Quantum Beam Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42531632","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H. Takano, Yanlin Wu, T. Samoto, A. Taketani, Takaoki Takanashi, C. Iwamoto, Y. Otake, A. Momose
{"title":"Demonstration of Neutron Phase Imaging Based on Talbot–Lau Interferometer at Compact Neutron Source RANS","authors":"H. Takano, Yanlin Wu, T. Samoto, A. Taketani, Takaoki Takanashi, C. Iwamoto, Y. Otake, A. Momose","doi":"10.3390/qubs6020022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/qubs6020022","url":null,"abstract":"Neutron imaging based on a compact Talbot–Lau interferometer was demonstrated using the RIKEN accelerator-driven compact neutron source (RANS). A compact Talbot–Lau interferometer consisting of gadolinium absorption gratings and a silicon phase grating was constructed and connected to the RANS. Because of pulsed thermal neutrons from the RANS and a position-sensitive detector equipped with time-of-flight (TOF) analysis, moiré interference patterns generated using the interferometer were extracted at a TOF range around the design wavelength (2.37 Å) optimal for the interferometer. Differential phase and scattering images of the metal rod samples were obtained through phase-stepping measurements with the interferometer. This demonstrates the feasibility of neutron phase imaging using a compact neutron facility and the potential for flexible and unique applications for nondestructive evaluation.","PeriodicalId":31879,"journal":{"name":"Quantum Beam Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48382888","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Iwase, Y. Saitoh, A. Chiba, F. Hori, N. Ishikawa
{"title":"Effects of Energetic Carbon-Cluster Ion Irradiation on Lattice Structures of EuBa2Cu3O7−x Oxide Superconductor","authors":"A. Iwase, Y. Saitoh, A. Chiba, F. Hori, N. Ishikawa","doi":"10.3390/qubs6020021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/qubs6020021","url":null,"abstract":"C-axis-oriented EuBa2Cu3O7−x oxide films that were 100 nm thick were irradiated with 0.5 MeV C monoatomic ions, 2 MeV C4 cluster ions and 4 MeV C8 cluster ions at room temperature. Before and after the irradiation, X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurement was performed using Cu-Ka X-ray. The c-axis lattice constant increased almost linearly as a function of numbers of irradiating carbon ions, but it rarely depended on the cluster size. Cluster size effects were observed in the XRD peak intensity and the XRD peak width. With increasing the cluster size, the decrease in peak intensity becomes more remarkable and the peak width increases. The experimental result implies that the cluster ions with a larger size provide a more localized energy deposition in a sample, and cause larger and more inhomogeneous lattice disordering. As such, local and large lattice disordering acts as a pinning center for quantum vortex; energetic carbon-cluster ion irradiation will be effective for the increment in the critical current of EuBa2Cu3O7−x superconductors.","PeriodicalId":31879,"journal":{"name":"Quantum Beam Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-05-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46884186","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}