<ul><li>A team from the University of Michigan has developed a laboratory-scale three-dimensional X-ray diffraction microscope, a first of its kind, to provide synchrotron-style capabilities to a wider community of researchers.</li><li>The device uses a liquid-metal-jet electrode to produce high-energy X-rays, allowing for applications such as three-dimensional X-ray diffraction (3DXRD) microscopy, typically only performed at synchrotrons.</li><li>The new lab-scale device overcomes previous challenges with downscaled 3DXRD by using a liquid-metal-jet anode that enables the measurement of volume, position, orientation, and strain of polycrystalline grains simultaneously.</li><li>The design for the device, described in Nature Communications, is a collaboration with PROTO Manufacturing, and the researchers aim to make 3DXRD more accessible through commercialization of the technology.</li></ul>

Laboratory-scale three-dimensional X-ray diffraction makes its debut

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