Current Research

There is a wide range of research being conducted at Beamline 12.3.2. The following is a partial list of current topics:

Biomaterials: Structure of hydroxyapatite precipitates on biomaterial substrates

Composites: Mechanical properties of composite materials

Electronic Packaging: Failure mechanisms in Pb-free solder joints and surface finish

Environmental Science: Speciation of trace elements in ferromanganese nodules from soils

Ferroelectrics: Local strain fields around Ferroelectric domains

Extraterrestrial Geology: Characterization of micrometeorites and cometary dust particles

Geology/Mineralogy: identification of new minerals

High-Pressure Physics: structure refinement of crystals in a diamond-anvil cell

MEMS: Deformation mechanisms in MEMS devices

Microelectronics: Electromigration in Al and Cu interconnect lines

Polycrystals: in-situ deformation of Al and Cu bulk polycrystalline samples

Shape Memory Alloys: Study of superelasticity in a NiTi Shape Memory Alloy

Solid Fuel Cell Materials: Twinning properties of LaSrGaMgO

Superconductors: Characterization and strain measurements in superconducting YBCO films

Thin Films: Local plasticity studies in thin films