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B22 Contact

Beamline Phone Number:
+44 (0) 1235 778684

Principal Beamline Scientist:
Dr Gianfelice Cinque
Tel: +44 (0) 1235 778410
E-mail: gianfelice.cinque@diamond.ac.uk

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Robert Rambo

Email: robert.rambo@diamond.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1235 56 7675

B22 Multimode InfraRed Imaging And Microspectroscopy

Status: Operational

Beamsize: 15µm to 3 µm by microFTIR; resolution 10 to 100 nm by nanoIR (s-SNOM & AFM IR)
Detector: MCT, FPA, DLaTGS and Bolometer
Wavelength: 1 mm - 1 µm (10,000 to 10 cm-1)
Energy: 1 meV - 1 eV

Infrared Imaging Spectroscopy Microscopy nSpectroscopy: nano Spectroscopy Microfocus Humidity Control High Pressure In situ
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Publications

Technical Publications:

Listed below are the publications associated with B22.

  • Technical Design presentation at the SAC: The IR MicroSpectroscopy Beamline B22 (October 2007)
  • Detailed Proposal: An IR beamline for Infrared Microspectroscopy (March 2003)
  • Outline Proposal: An IR Beamline for Infrared Microspectrocopy (November 2002)

User Publications

These papers are all based at least in part on data gathered on beamline B22. If you have published a paper based on data from B22 which doesn't appear here, please send a reference (ideally including a DOI) to us.

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2 items found for 2026 [total: 258]


Prototaxites fossils are structurally and chemically distinct from extinct and extant Fungi
Corentin C. Loron, Sean Mcmahon, Laura M. Cooper, Seán F. Jordan, Andrei V. Gromov, Matthew Humpage, Niall Rodgers, Laetitia Pichevin, Hendrik Vondracek, Ruaridh Alexander, Edwin Rodriguez Dzul, Alexander T. Brasier, Michael Krings, Alexander J. Hetherington
Science Advances, 12 Jan 2026 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aec6277
Journal Paper B22-Multimode InfraRed imaging And Microspectroscopy open access
Mechanical behavior of metal-organic framework monoliths with enhanced fracture toughness
Mounir El Skafi, Hendrik Vondracek, James D. Taylor, Gianfelice Cinque, Jin-Chong Tan
Materials Today Nano, 152 Jan 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.mtnano.2026.100760
Journal Paper B22-Multimode InfraRed imaging And Microspectroscopy open access
  1. Corentin C. Loron, Sean Mcmahon, Laura M. Cooper, Seán F. Jordan, Andrei V. Gromov, Matthew Humpage, Niall Rodgers, Laetitia Pichevin, Hendrik Vondracek, Ruaridh Alexander, Edwin Rodriguez Dzul, Alexander T. Brasier, Michael Krings, Alexander J. Hetherington, "Prototaxites fossils are structurally and chemically distinct from extinct and extant Fungi", Science Advances, 12 (2026), DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aec6277
  2. Mounir El Skafi, Hendrik Vondracek, James D. Taylor, Gianfelice Cinque, Jin-Chong Tan, "Mechanical behavior of metal-organic framework monoliths with enhanced fracture toughness", Materials Today Nano, 152 (2026), DOI: 10.1016/j.mtnano.2026.100760
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