X-Ray Microscopy and Spectromicroscopy: Status Report from the Fifth International Conference, Würzburg, August 19–23, 1996

Front Matter....Pages I-XIX
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
X-Ray Microscopy in Berkeley....Pages 3-12
X-Ray Microscopy in Aarhus....Pages 13-23
Cryo X-Ray Microscopy Experiments with the X-Ray Microscope at BESSY....Pages 25-34
Development of a Cryo Scanning Transmission X-Ray Microscope at the NSLS....Pages 35-44
The X-Ray Microscopy Facility Project at the ESRF....Pages 45-54
The X-Ray Microscopy Project at BESSY II....Pages 55-64
Imaging Soft X-Ray Microscopy with Zone Plates in Parallel Use of Optical Microscope for Wet Bio-Specimens in Air at UVSOR....Pages 65-69
High-Resolution Three-Dimensional Imaging with an X-Ray Microscope....Pages 71-76
X-Ray Microtomography Using Interferometric Phase-Contrast....Pages 77-83
Differential Phase Contrast X-Ray Microscopy....Pages 85-94
A New Near-Field Scanning Transmission X-Ray Microscopy with 10-nm Resolution....Pages 95-103
Front Matter....Pages 105-105
Visualization of Soil Colloids by X-Ray Microscopy....Pages 107-114
Aggregation of Colloids Observed by X-Ray Microscopy....Pages 115-123
Interaction of Microorganisms with Soil Colloids Observed by X-Ray Microscopy....Pages 125-131
Applications of X-Ray Microscopy to the Analysis of Sperm Chromatin....Pages 133-150
Mapping the Organic and Inorganic Components of Bone....Pages 151-159
X-Ray Microscopy of Fluid Lipid Membranes....Pages 161-172
X-Ray Microscopic Imaging of Magnetic Domains Using X-Ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism....Pages 173-178
X-Ray Holography of Fast-Frozen Hydrated Biological Samples....Pages 179-190
Applications of Laboratory Soft X-Ray Systems....Pages 191-195
Front Matter....Pages 105-105
A Perspective on Biological X-Ray and Electron Microscopy....Pages 197-206
Carbon Index Measurement Near K Edge, by Interferometry with Optoelectronic Detection....Pages 207-216
Front Matter....Pages 217-217
NEXAFS and X-Ray Linear Dichroism Microscopy and Applications to Polymer Science....Pages 219-229
An Improved Microprobe Using Direct Undulator Radiation....Pages 231-240
Cathode Lens Spectromicroscopy with a Low-Energy Electron Microscope....Pages 241-250
Spectromicroscopy with Soft X-Rays at Hasylab....Pages 251-260
X-Ray Magnetic Microspectroscopy Using the Circularly Polarized Undulator Radiation at the TRISTAN Accumulation Ring....Pages 261-269
Concept and Design of the SMART Spectromicroscope at BESSY II....Pages 271-282
Microchemical Analysis of Boron in Rat Brain Tumor: A Spectromicroscopy Study with MEPHISTO....Pages 283-291
Front Matter....Pages 293-293
Zone Plates in Nickel and Germanium for High-Resolution X-Ray Microscopy....Pages 295-304
Zone Plates for a Scanning Transmission X-Ray Microscope....Pages 305-311
Fabrication of the X-Ray Condenser Zone Plate KZP 7....Pages 313-318
Bragg—Fresnel Optics....Pages 319-325
Bragg—Fresnel Optics for High-Energy X-Ray Microscopy Techniques at the ESRF....Pages 327-336
High Numerical-Aperture X-Ray Condensers for Transmission X-Ray Microscopes....Pages 337-347
Front Matter....Pages 349-349
Debris-Free Liquid-Target Laser-Plasma X-Ray Sources for Microscopy and Lithography....Pages 351-361
X-Ray Spectromicroscopy of 120-fs Laser-Produced Plasma....Pages 363-372
Investigations on Laser-Generated Plasma Sources....Pages 373-383