Research Areas - (1) X-PEEM XANES Biomineral Imaging

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Pupa Gilbert 🔗
University of Wisconsin-Madison 🔗
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Department(s)/lab(s): Physics | Pupa Gilbert Research Group @ UWMadison
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Uses X-ray photoemission electron microscopy (X-PEEM) with XANES spectroscopy at synchrotron light sources to map crystal orientation and amorphous-to-crystalline transitions at ~10 nm resolution in biominerals (coral skeletons, sea urchin spines, mollusk nacre, tooth enamel).