Highlights 2001-2002 Table of Contents Research Highlights Machine Status Facts & Figures Events

Research Highlights

• Life Sciences
  • Insights into NGF - TrkA interaction: crystal structure of two neutralizing antibodies
    
  • Structure of a miniaturised hemoprotein by using the MAD technique on the Cobalt-edge
    
  • The contribution of sulphur anomalous scattering to determination of the structure of human CD44 hyaluronan binding domain from crystals with two dimensions shorter than 10 µm
    
  • The hydrogenase maturation protein HypF N-terminal domain atomic structure revealed by X-ray crystallography. A model for amyloid studies
    
  • SAXS study of spicules from marine sponges
    
  • Time-resolved X-ray studies of the molecular motor, myosin, in living cells
    
  
  
• Magnetic Systems
  • Microstructure and magnetic domain structure of epitaxial MnAs films on GaAs(100): A combined XMCDPEEM/LEEM/LEED study
    
  • X-Ray lithography for magnetic patterns and their characterisation
    
  • X-Ray magnetic circular dichroism in a VO²⁺ complex
    
  
  
• Materials and Surfaces
  • Surface order-disorder orientational phase transitions of C₆₀ molecules
    
  • Spatial anisotropy of the oxide growth on Ru(0001)
    
  • Multilayer thermal expansion from surface core level shifts: the Be(0001) case
    
  • Ionic liquids: phase diagram characterisation with combined SAXS-WAXS
    
  • Photoemission spectromicroscopy study of a Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O_8+d single crystal
    
  • Measurement of intrinsic electric field in InGaN/GaN heterostructures
    
  
  
• Atomic, Molecular and Supramolecular Studies
  • Porphyrins: fascinating molecules with biological significance
    
  • Interface formation between C₆₀ and diethynyl-Zn-Porphyrin investigated by SR-induced photoelectron and near-edge X-ray absorption (NEXAFS) spectroscopies
    
  • Photoelectron angular distributions of rotationally resolved states in para-H₂₊: A closer look at the dynamics of molecular photoionisation
    
  • Observation of helium doubly excited triplet states through detection of metastable atoms
    
  
  
• Instrumentation Development
  • BACH - Beamline for Advanced diCHroism at ELETTRA: A multipurpose beamline devoted to the study of magnetic materials by XMCD, XMLD, fluorescence and photoemission
    
  • A compact soft X-ray spectrometer for high resolution inelastic scattering measurements
    
  
  

Machine Status

• Machine status and developments
  
• Mechanical Design Unit
  

Facts & Figures

• ELETTRA beamline status
  
• ELETTRA layout
  
• Statistics of accepted proposals
  
• Resources allocated at ELETTRA
  
• Laboratory staff
  

Events

• Second symposium on “Special Applications of particle detectors in Medicine, Biology and Astrophysics” (SAMBA)
  
• School of Synchrotron Radiation and Applications at the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics
  
• Workshop on Synchrotron Radiation and the Cuprate, Fulleride and new High-Temperature Superconductors
  
• ELETTRA Users’ Meeting Satellite Workshop “Prospects for FELs in the VUV and Soft X-ray Region as Sources for Scientific Research”
  
• Photo gallery