The “Historical Materials BAG”

A New Facilitated Access to Synchrotron X-ray Diffraction Analyses for Cultural Heritage Materials at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility

Journal article (2022)

Authors

Marine Cotte Sorbonne Université, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
Victor Gonzalez Université Paris-Saclay
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Frederik Vanmeert Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA), Universiteit Antwerpen
Núria Jiménez Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya
Elena Possenti National Research Council
Marta Ghirardello Politecnico di Milano
E. Avranovich Clerici Universiteit Antwerpen, Team Joris Dik - Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering
Riccardo Vivani University of Perugia
Yoko Taniguchi University of Tsukuba
Joanne McCarthy European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
Research Group
Team Joris Dik (Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2022 Marine Cotte, Victor Gonzalez, Frederik Vanmeert, Núria Jiménez, Elena Possenti, Marta Ghirardello, E. Avranovich Clerici, Riccardo Vivani, Yoko Taniguchi, Joanne McCarthy, More Authors
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27061997
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Published Date

2022

Language

English

Faculty

Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering

Department

Materials Science and Engineering

Research Group

Team Joris Dik

Abstract

The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) has recently commissioned the new Extremely Brilliant Source (EBS). The gain in brightness as well as the continuous development of beamline instruments boosts the beamline performances, in particular in terms of accelerated data acquisition. This has motivated the development of new access modes as an alternative to standard proposals for access to beamtime, in particular via the “block allocation group” (BAG) mode. Here, we present the recently implemented “historical materials BAG”: a community proposal giving to 10 European institutes the opportunity for guaranteed beamtime at two X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD) beamlines—ID13, for 2D high lateral resolution XRPD mapping, and ID22 for high angular resolution XRPD bulk analyses—with a particular focus on applications to cultural heritage. The capabilities offered by these instruments, the specific hardware and software developments to facilitate and speed-up data acquisition and data processing are detailed, and the first results from this new access are illustrated with recent applications to pigments, paintings, ceramics and wood.