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Science Group Leader
Julia Parker
Email: julia.parker@diamond.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1235 778924
I12 JEEP: Joint Engineering, Environment and Processing
Status: Operational
Beamsize: From 50 micrometer x 50 micrometer to 50 mm x 15 mm (EH1) or 100 mm x 30 mm (EH2)
Energy: 53 – 150 keV
Energy: 53 – 150 keV
Publications
These papers are all based at least in part on data gathered on beamline I12. If you have published a paper based on data from I12 which doesn't appear here, please send a reference (ideally including a DOI) to us.
33 items found for 2026 [total: 590]
Surface and volumetric elasticity characterisation of hydraulic lime mortar prisms under compression Construction And Building Materials, 538 Sept 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2026.146699
High-throughput eutectic screening and hot-melt extrusion enable rapid development of nifedipine amorphous solid dispersions International Journal Of Pharmaceutics, 11 Aug 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2026.127282
Probing nanoscale features of electrospun amorphous solid dispersions using advanced biophysical analysis Molecular Pharmaceutics, 62 Aug 2026 DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.6c00342
Structural characterization and electrochemical behavior of the medium-entropy spinel oxide (CrMnFeNi)3O4 Open Ceramics, 22 Jul 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.oceram.2026.101016
Investigation of the Bauschinger effect in forged Ti-6Al-4V under cyclic loading: effects of loading direction, temperature, and strain-rate Jul 2026
Thesis I12-JEEP: Joint Engineering, Environmental and Processing
Understanding topochemical microcrystal conversion in molten salt to produce high-aspect-ratio perovskites particles Journal Of The American Chemical Society, Jul 2026 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c06773
In-situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction investigation of microstructure evolution in Cr-doped cemented carbide during high-temperature creep deformation International Journal Of Refractory Metals And Hard Materials, 103 Jul 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmhm.2026.108016
Journal Paper I12-JEEP: Joint Engineering, Environmental and Processing
Quantifying brittle crack opening in human trabecular bone using synchrotron XCT–DVC Biomechanics, 6 Jul 2026 DOI: 10.3390/biomechanics6030063
Damage and healing in sandstone: an acoustic and tomographic investigation Jul 2026 DOI: 10.7488/era/7467
Thesis I12-JEEP: Joint Engineering, Environmental and Processing
Achieving far-red emission with ultrahigh quantum efficiency in Mn4+-activated Sr4AlNbO8 phosphors derived from Ge-induced valence state modulation and crystal field engineering Inorganic Chemistry, Jul 2026 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6c02466
Journal Paper I12-JEEP: Joint Engineering, Environmental and Processing
Reversible twinning and detwinning in TWIP steel under cyclic tensile loading: In situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction Applied Materials Today, 50 June 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.apmt.2026.103259
Acoustic emission and in-situ synchrotron X-ray computed tomography for the investigation of tensile failures in fibrous plaster Composites Part B: Engineering, 319 June 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2026.113659
Superheating in mafic magmas controls clinopyroxene nucleation delay and magma ascent dynamics Nature Communications, 17 June 2026 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-73352-1
Effect of PBF-LB process parameters and strut diameter on the microstructure and phase transformation behaviour of Ti-rich nitinol lattice structures Progress In Additive Manufacturing, 819 June 2026 DOI: 10.1007/s40964-026-01811-8
Influence of strontium and calcium oxide replacement on the structure of silicate–phosphate glasses relevant to bioactive systems Journal Of Non-Crystalline Solids, 680 May 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2026.124036
Journal Paper I12-JEEP: Joint Engineering, Environmental and Processing
Carbene-mediated photoconversion of cellulose diacetate Acs Nano, May 2026 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6c02702
Journal Paper I12-JEEP: Joint Engineering, Environmental and Processing
Investigating low temperature degradation in lithium-ion batteries using correlative characterisation and multi-scale imaging May 2026
Thesis I12-JEEP: Joint Engineering, Environmental and Processing
P and S wave speed evolution during rock deformation from coda wave interferometry and energy partitioning inversion Geophysical Journal International, Apr 2026 DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggag145
High energy synchrotron X-ray characterization of EUROFER97-2 steel under high temperature tensile and ratcheting testing Journal Of Nuclear Materials, 479 Apr 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2026.156646
Creating Ti-Fe α/β alloys by diffusion-driven solid-state processing Advanced Engineering Materials, 45 Apr 2026 DOI: 10.1002/adem.202502959
Microstructure and crystallographic phase sensitivity to process parameters in a bespoke PBF-LB 17-4 PH alloy Materials Science And Engineering: A, 30 Apr 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2026.150334
Inhomogeneous strain associated with Lüders band propagation in an FeCo-2V alloy Materials Science And Technology, 6 Apr 2026 DOI: 10.1177/02670836261443789
Exploring seismic velocity transients using in-situ acoustic monitoring and synchrotron-based X-ray tomography in triaxial dynamic loading experiments Mar 2026 DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu26-8295
Where curling stones collide with rock mechanics: cyclical damage accumulation and fatigue in granitoids Solid Earth, 17 Mar 2026 DOI: 10.5194/se-17-429-2026
Grain-scale 4D visualisation of strain partitioning during brittle creep in sandstone Mar 2026 DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu26-3514
Virtual reconstruction and comparative study of the face of StW 573 ("Little Foot") Comptes Rendus Palevol, 25 Mar 2026 DOI: 10.5852/cr-palevol2026v25a3
Investigation of new synchrotron X-ray and neutron techniques for local crystallographic analysis of Ni-based single crystal superalloys Feb 2026 DOI: 10.17863/CAM.126253
A second-generation apparatus for in situ synchrotron characterisation of directed energy deposition additive manufacturing with multi-modal monitoring and external forces Materials & Design, 262 Feb 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2026.115495
Preserving tissue integrity under the beam: high-energy, low-dose synchrotron CT for in situ imaging of bovine intervertebral discs Acta Biomaterialia, 9 Feb 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2026.02.033
Phase-averaged stresses and elastic load partitioning in an Al-8(Ce, La) alloy measured by in-situ synchrotron x-ray diffraction under uniaxial tensile testing Feb 2026 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-13832-3_75
Conference Paper I12-JEEP: Joint Engineering, Environmental and Processing
Obsidian forms by slow cooling Nature Communications, ume 1-6 Feb 2026 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-70110-1
Acute deformation characteristics of standard and flexible lithium-ion battery electrodes Communications Materials, 33 Jan 2026 DOI: 10.1038/s43246-025-01064-y
Mechanical and in situ thermal-related behavior upon directed energy deposition additive manufacturing of a high-performance Al alloy International Journal Of Extreme Manufacturing, Jan 2026 DOI: 10.1088/2631-7990/ae3349
- Miles R. W. Judd, Thomas Zillhardt, Francois Hild, Marialuigia Sangirardi, Stefan Michalik, Genoveva Burca, James Marrow, Sinan Acikgoz, "Surface and volumetric elasticity characterisation of hydraulic lime mortar prisms under compression", Construction And Building Materials, 538 (2026), DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2026.146699
- Evangelia Tsolaki, Alexandra Howard, Yunze Jiang, Xingyu Lu, Luyao Wang, Amjad Abouselo, Oxana V. Magdysyuk, Thomas Zillhardt, Dejan-Kresimir Bucar, Jonathan C. Burley, Gareth R. Williams, James Mccabe, "High-throughput eutectic screening and hot-melt extrusion enable rapid development of nifedipine amorphous solid dispersions", International Journal Of Pharmaceutics, 11 (2026), DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2026.127282
- Luyao Wang, Abhishek Rajbanshi, Najet Mahmoudi, Evangelia Tsolaki, Thomas Zillhardt, Eleanor Hilton, Michael T. Cook, Gareth R. Williams, "Probing nanoscale features of electrospun amorphous solid dispersions using advanced biophysical analysis", Molecular Pharmaceutics, 62 (2026), DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.6c00342
- David Csik, Gabriela Baranová, Daniel Hirka, Lenka Oroszová, Róbert Džunda, Mária Hagarová, László Temleitner, Alexey Maximenko, "Structural characterization and electrochemical behavior of the medium-entropy spinel oxide (CrMnFeNi)3O4", Open Ceramics, 22 (2026), DOI: 10.1016/j.oceram.2026.101016
- [Thesis] Simranjeet Singh, "Investigation of the Bauschinger effect in forged Ti-6Al-4V under cyclic loading: effects of loading direction, temperature, and strain-rate" (2026)
- Ruxue Yang, Shitong Zhou, Berenice Bulteel, Lorna Sinclair, Emma Bryan, Jacob Lewis-Fell, Stefan Michalik, Christina Reinhard, Genoveva Burca, Florian Bouville, "Understanding topochemical microcrystal conversion in molten salt to produce high-aspect-ratio perovskites particles", Journal Of The American Chemical Society (2026), DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c06773
- Ahmet Bahadir Yildiz, Anna Böhm, Ida Borgh, Abdalrhaman Koko, Christina Reinhard, Stefan Michalik, Emil Österberg, Stefan Olovsjö, Mikael Kritikos, Fredrik Lindberg, Jonathan Weidow, Susanne Norgren, Peter Hedström, "In-situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction investigation of microstructure evolution in Cr-doped cemented carbide during high-temperature creep deformation", International Journal Of Refractory Metals And Hard Materials, 103 (2026), DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmhm.2026.108016
- Dhruv Vasooja, Ahmet Cinar, Mahmoud Mostafavi, James Marrow, Christina Reinhard, Ulrich Hansen, Richard L. Abel, "Quantifying brittle crack opening in human trabecular bone using synchrotron XCT–DVC", Biomechanics, 6 (2026), DOI: 10.3390/biomechanics6030063
- [Thesis] Declan Andrew, "Damage and healing in sandstone: an acoustic and tomographic investigation" (2026), DOI: 10.7488/era/7467
- Yifeng Yan, Xingqiang Zhao, Yu Ding, Zhong Wei, Hongxia Yan, "Achieving far-red emission with ultrahigh quantum efficiency in Mn4+-activated Sr4AlNbO8 phosphors derived from Ge-induced valence state modulation and crystal field engineering", Inorganic Chemistry (2026), DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6c02466
- Xiaohui Bian, Stefan Michalik, Biao Cai, "Reversible twinning and detwinning in TWIP steel under cyclic tensile loading: In situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction", Applied Materials Today, 50 (2026), DOI: 10.1016/j.apmt.2026.103259
- Jiaxu Zuo, Sarah Mayfield, Thomas Zillhardt, Stefan Michalik, Genoveva Burca, James Marrow, Sinan Acikgoz, "Acoustic emission and in-situ synchrotron X-ray computed tomography for the investigation of tensile failures in fibrous plaster", Composites Part B: Engineering, 319 (2026), DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2026.113659
- Barbara Bonechi, Fabio Arzilli, Margherita Polacci, Alessandro Fabbrizio, Giuseppe La Spina, Eleni Michailidou, Elisa Biagioli, Richard A. Brooker, Jean-Louis Hazemann, Robert C. Atwood, Danilo Di Genova, Sumith Abeykoon, David A. Neave, Renat R. Almeev, Mike Burton, "Superheating in mafic magmas controls clinopyroxene nucleation delay and magma ascent dynamics", Nature Communications, 17 (2026), DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-73352-1
- Josephine Ryan Murphy, Nicole Church, Nicholas Jones, Paul Healy, Dermot Brabazon, "Effect of PBF-LB process parameters and strut diameter on the microstructure and phase transformation behaviour of Ti-rich nitinol lattice structures", Progress In Additive Manufacturing, 819 (2026), DOI: 10.1007/s40964-026-01811-8
- Bushra Al Hasni, Margit Fabian, Pal Jóvári, Stefan Michalik, "Influence of strontium and calcium oxide replacement on the structure of silicate–phosphate glasses relevant to bioactive systems", Journal Of Non-Crystalline Solids, 680 (2026), DOI: 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2026.124036
- Liuqing Yang, Pengyu Chen, Tianyu Hang, Linlin Wu, Minli Wei, Haoran Zhang, Jianbo Zhang, Xiaofei Yang, "Carbene-mediated photoconversion of cellulose diacetate", Acs Nano (2026), DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6c02702
- [Thesis] Charlie R. Kirchner-Burles, "Investigating low temperature degradation in lithium-ion batteries using correlative characterisation and multi-scale imaging" (2026)
- Jack-Andrew Smith, Maria-Daphne Mangriotis, Andrew Curtis, Xun Li, Alexis Cartwright-Taylor, Ian G Main, Ian B. Butler, "P and S wave speed evolution during rock deformation from coda wave interferometry and energy partitioning inversion", Geophysical Journal International (2026), DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggag145
- Tay Sparks, Xiaohui Bian, Oxana Magdysyuk, Yiqiang Wang, Biao Cai, "High energy synchrotron X-ray characterization of EUROFER97-2 steel under high temperature tensile and ratcheting testing", Journal Of Nuclear Materials, 479 (2026), DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2026.156646
- Jiaqi Xu, Xun Zhang, Jack M. Donoghue, Albert D. Smith, Rahul Unnikrishnan, Rhys Thomas, Vahid Nekouie, Jie Luo, Dongchen Hu, Michael Preuss, Philip J. Withers, "Creating Ti-Fe α/β alloys by diffusion-driven solid-state processing", Advanced Engineering Materials, 45 (2026), DOI: 10.1002/adem.202502959
- D. Della Crociata, I. Maskery, H. Eskandari Sabzi, P. E. J. Rivera-Díaz-Del-Castillo, R. Hague, M. Simonelli, "Microstructure and crystallographic phase sensitivity to process parameters in a bespoke PBF-LB 17-4 PH alloy", Materials Science And Engineering: A, 30 (2026), DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2026.150334
- Sirapob Toyting, Christopher W. Harrison, Stefan Michalik, Alexis Lambourne, Howard J. Stone, "Inhomogeneous strain associated with Lüders band propagation in an FeCo-2V alloy", Materials Science And Technology, 6 (2026), DOI: 10.1177/02670836261443789
- [Conference Paper] Xun Li, Michael Chandler, Alexis Cartwright-Taylor, Damien Freitas, Maria-Daphne Mangriotis, Birhanmeskel Woldemichael, Alexander Liptak, Robert Atwood, Mark Chapman, Florian Fusseis, Ian Butler, Andrew Curtis, Ian Main, "Exploring seismic velocity transients using in-situ acoustic monitoring and synchrotron-based X-ray tomography in triaxial dynamic loading experiments" (2026), DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu26-8295
- Derek D. V. Leung, Florian Fusseis, Ian B. Butler, "Where curling stones collide with rock mechanics: cyclical damage accumulation and fatigue in granitoids", Solid Earth, 17, 429 - 452 (2026), DOI: 10.5194/se-17-429-2026
- [Conference Paper] Michael Chandler, Xun Li, Alexis Cartwright-Taylor, Ian Butler, Damien Freitas, Birhanmeskel Woldemichael, Alexander Liptak, Robert Atwood, Ian Main, Maria-Daphne Mangriotis, Andrew Curtis, Florian Fusseis, Mark Chapman, "Grain-scale 4D visualisation of strain partitioning during brittle creep in sandstone" (2026), DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu26-3514
- Amelie Beaudet, Emeline Dupont, Franck Guy, Jean Dumoncel, Robert Atwood, Vincent Fernandez, Nghia T. Vo, Ronald Clarke, Jason L. Heaton, Travis R. Pickering, Kristian J. Carlson, Gérard Subsol, Dominic Stratford, "Virtual reconstruction and comparative study of the face of StW 573 ("Little Foot")", Comptes Rendus Palevol, 25 (2026), DOI: 10.5852/cr-palevol2026v25a3
- [Thesis] Jessica Pitchforth, "Investigation of new synchrotron X-ray and neutron techniques for local crystallographic analysis of Ni-based single crystal superalloys" (2026), DOI: 10.17863/CAM.126253
- Imogen Cowley, Harry E. Chapman, Sebastian Marussi, Xianqiang Fan, David Rees, Tristan Fleming, Yunhui Chen, Alexander Rack, Robert C. Atwood, Martyn A. Jones, Samuel J. Clark, Chu Lun Alex Leung, Peter D. Lee, "A second-generation apparatus for in situ synchrotron characterisation of directed energy deposition additive manufacturing with multi-modal monitoring and external forces", Materials & Design, 262 (2026), DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2026.115495
- C. M. Disney, R. Lees, A. W. Parker, R. Atwood, G. Burca, "Preserving tissue integrity under the beam: high-energy, low-dose synchrotron CT for in situ imaging of bovine intervertebral discs", Acta Biomaterialia, 9 (2026), DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2026.02.033
- [Conference Paper] Ruining Jin, Christina Reinhard, Alessandro De Nardi, Shikang Feng, Thomas Zillhardt, Patrick S. Grant, Enzo Liotti, "Phase-averaged stresses and elastic load partitioning in an Al-8(Ce, La) alloy measured by in-situ synchrotron x-ray diffraction under uniaxial tensile testing" (2026), DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-13832-3_75
- E. W. Llewellin, F. B. Wadsworth, P. Sullivan, J. P. Coumans, K. J. Dobson, M. C. S. Humphreys, A. Allabar, J. E. Gardner, R. A. Brooker, M. Nowak, T. Connolley, T. Havard, C. Allgood, "Obsidian forms by slow cooling", Nature Communications, ume 1-6 (2026), DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-70110-1
- Sam Riley, Antonios Vamvakeros, Gustavo Quino, John Morley, Mengzheng Ouyang, Andrew Shevchuk, Kehan Huang, Pierre-Olivier Autran, Stefan Michalik, Genoveva Burca, Billy Wu, Nigel Brandon, Chandramohan George, "Acute deformation characteristics of standard and flexible lithium-ion battery electrodes", Communications Materials, 33 (2026), DOI: 10.1038/s43246-025-01064-y
- Da Guo, Chengbo Zhu, Harry E. Chapman, Kai Zhang, Wei Li, Shishira Bhagavath, Robert Atwood, Stefan Michalik, Dmitry G. Eskin, Iakovos Tzanakis, Chu Lun Alex Leung, Peter D. Lee, "Mechanical and in situ thermal-related behavior upon directed energy deposition additive manufacturing of a high-performance Al alloy", International Journal Of Extreme Manufacturing (2026), DOI: 10.1088/2631-7990/ae3349
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