Scientific Topics

X-ray imaging, diffraction and scattering methods:

• Near-field 2D imaging and 3D tomography methods with various contrasts, such as absorption, phase, extinction, diffraction (e.g. topography), dark-field, and others
• Far-field methods, such as X-ray reflectivity (XR), grazing incidence diffraction (GID), grazing incidence small-angle scattering (GISAXS), high-resolution diffraction (HR-XRD), nano diffraction, coherent diffraction imaging (CDI), ptychography, and others
• X-ray microscopy, such as full-field transmission microscopy (TXM), scanning microscopy (STXM), dark-field microscopy (DF-XRM), and others
• Related techniques, such as standing wave methods, quantum imaging, Compton microscopy

Related topics:

• Theory and algorithms, such as near field and far field image formation, phase retrieval, volume reconstruction, kinematical / DWBA / dynamical diffraction approaches, diffuse scattering approaches, and others
• Computing and AI approaches for simulations, statistical analysis, volume segmentation, high-throughput computing, and others
• Instrumentation, such as new beamlines and experimental stations, new possibilities by improved sources, optics, detectors, sample environments and others
• High-throughput, in situ, operando, in vivo approaches
• Crystal defects: theory and experiment
• Scientific applications in materials research, nano-sciences, life sciences, natural and cultural heritage, and other fields
• Industrial applications  
• Bio-medical applications