XStereoVision

Stereoscopic X-Ray Vision to Investigate Nucleation, Growth and Assembly of Nanoparticles in 3D

This project is carried out in cooperation with Dr. Andreas Schropp and Prof. Dr. Christian Schroer at DESY, and Prof. Dr. Ulrich Vogt at KTH.
In recent years, materials scientists have developed a wide variety of approaches to precisely control the composition, shape and size of nanomaterials. However, the rational control over the nucleation and growth of multiple species in a solution is still demanding. The classical nucleation theory does often not describe well the formation of nanoparticles and their transformation into more complex nanostructures. Mechanistic information of these transformation steps is thus of special interest in order to achieve complete control over the final product. X-ray imaging is a powerful tool to take a look at transformation dynamics at the nanoscale.

In-situ X-ray imaging of nanostructures
Photo: AG Koziej