The ALBA Synchrotron

ALBA is the Spanish synchrotron light source. It is a complex of electron accelerators to produce synchrotron light, which allows visualization and analysis of matter and its properties at atomic and molecular levels.
ALBA is in operation since May 2012 and nowadays has eight beamlines where experiments in different scientific fields are performed: physics, chemistry, life sciences, materials science, cultural heritage, biology, nanotechnology. Four new beamlines are in construction, at different level of advancement.
This scientific infrastructure produces about 5,000 hours of beamtime per year and per beamline and is available for the academic and the industrial sector, giving service to more than 1,800 researchers every year.

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2024-05-30
12:56
11 p, 4.1 MB Room-Temperature Solid-State Nitrogen-Based Magneto-Ionics in CoxMn1−xN Films / López-Pintó, Nicolau (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Física) ; Jensen, Christopher J. (NIST Center for Neutron Research) ; Chen, Zhijie (Georgetown University. Physics Department.) ; Tan, Zhengwei (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Física) ; Ma, Zheng (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Física) ; Liedke, Maciej Oskar (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden. Institute of Radiation Physics) ; Butterling, Maik (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden. Institute of Radiation Physics) ; Wagner, Andreas (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden. Institute of Radiation Physics) ; Herrero-Martín, Javier (ALBA Laboratori de Llum de Sincrotró) ; Menéndez Dalmau, Enric (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Física) ; Nogués, Josep (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia) ; Liu, Kai (Georgetown University. Physics Department) ; Sort Viñas, Jordi (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Física)
The increasing energy demand in information technologies requires novel low-power procedures to store and process data. Magnetic materials, central to these technologies, are usually controlled through magnetic fields or spin-polarized currents that are prone to the Joule heating effect. [...]
2024 - 10.1002/adfm.202404487
Advanced functional materials, (May 2024) , art. 2404487  
2024-05-14
04:01
12 p, 4.5 MB Biomimetic Photodegradation of Glyphosate in Carborane-Functionalized Nanoconfined Spaces / Gan, Lei (Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona) ; Nord, Makenzie T. (Oregon State University) ; Lessard, Jacob M. (Oregon State University) ; Tufts, Noah Q. (Oregon State University) ; Chidambaram, Arunraj (Chemspeed Technologies AG) ; Light, Mark E. (University of Southampton) ; Huang, Hongliang (Tiangong University) ; Solano, Eduardo (ALBA Laboratori de Llum de Sincrotró) ; Fraile, Julio (Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona) ; Suárez-García, Fabián (Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología del Carbono) ; Viñas, Clara (Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona) ; Teixidor, Francesc (Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona) ; Stylianou, Kyriakos C (Oregon State University) ; Giner Planas, José (Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona)
The removal of organophosphorus (OP) herbicides from water has been studied using adsorptive removal, chemical oxidation, electrooxidation, enzymatic degradation, and photodegradation. The OP herbicide glyphosate (GP) is one of the most used herbicides worldwide, leading to excess GP in wastewater and soil. [...]
2023 - 10.1021/jacs.3c02019
Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 145, Issue 25 (June 2023) , p. 13730-13741  
2024-05-14
04:01
8 p, 4.5 MB Polyimides as Promising Cathodes for Metal-Organic Batteries : A Comparison between Divalent (Ca 2+, Mg 2+) and Monovalent (Li +, Na +) Cations / Monti, Damien (Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona) ; Patil, Nagaraj (IMDEA Energy) ; Black Serra, Ashley Phillip (Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona) ; Raptis, Dionysios (University of Crete) ; Mavrandonakis, Andreas (IMDEA Energy) ; Froudakis, George E. (University of Crete) ; Yousef, Ibraheem (ALBA Laboratori de Llum de Sincrotró) ; Goujon, Nicolas (Basque Research and Technology Alliance) ; Mecerreyes, David (Universidad del País Vasco) ; Marcilla, Rebeca (IMDEA Energy) ; Ponrouch, Alexandre (Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona)
Ca- and Mg-based batteries represent a more sustainable alternative to Li-ion batteries. However, multivalent cation technologies suffer from poor cation mass transport. In addition, the development of positive electrodes enabling reversible charge storage currently represents one of the major challenges. [...]
2023 - 10.1021/acsaem.3c00969
ACS Applied Energy Materials, Vol. 6, Issue 13 (July 2023) , p. 7250-7257  
2024-05-13
15:04
10 p, 4.3 MB Infrared microspectroscopy to elucidate the underlying biomolecular mechanisms of FLASH radiotherapy / Martínez-Rovira, Immaculada (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Física) ; Montay-Gruel, Pierre (University of Antwerp (Bèlgica)) ; Petit, Benoît (Lausanne University Hospital (Suïssa)) ; Leavitt, Ron J. (Lausanne University Hospital) ; González-Vegas, Roberto (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Física) ; Froidevaux, Pascal (Lausanne University Hospital (Suïssa)) ; Juchaux, Marjorie (Centre de recherche d'Orsay. Institut Curie) ; Prezado, Yolanda (Centre de recherche d'Orsay. Institut Curie) ; Yousef, Ibraheem (ALBA Laboratori de Llum de Sincrotró) ; Vozenin, Marie-Catherine (Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève)
FLASH-radiotherapy (FLASH-RT) is an emerging modality that uses ultra-high dose rates of radiation to enable curative doses to the tumor while preserving normal tissue. The biological studies showed the potential of FLASH-RT to revolutionize radiotherapy cancer treatments. [...]
2024 - 10.1016/j.radonc.2024.110238
Radiotherapy and oncology, Vol. 196 (july 2024) , p. 110238  
2024-02-12
14:29
14 p, 2.8 MB Solvent Influence in the Synthesis of Lead(II) Complexes Containing Benzoate Derivatives / Ayllon, Jose Antonio (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Química) ; Vallcorba Valls, Oriol (ALBA Laboratori de Llum de Sincrotró) ; Domingo, Concepción (Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona)
A series of lead(II) complexes incorporating benzoate derivative ligands was prepared: [Pb(2MeOBz)] (1), [Pb(2MeOBz)(HO)] (2), [Pb(1,4Bzdiox)(DMSO)] (3), [Pb(1,4Bzdiox)(HO)] (4), [Pb(Pip)(HO)] (5), and [Pb(Ac)(Pip)(MeOH)] (6) (2MeOBz: 2-methoxybenzoate; 1,4Bzdiox: 1,4-benzodioxan-5-carboxylate; DMSO: dimethylsulfoxide; Ac: acetate; Pip: piperonylate; MeOH: methanol). [...]
2024 - 10.3390/inorganics12010024
Inorganics, Vol. 12, Issue 1 (January 2024) , art. 24  
2024-01-11
11:56
31 p, 1.5 MB In situ XPS analysis of the electronic structure of silicon and titanium thin films exposed to low-pressure inductively-coupled RF plasma / Fraxedas, Jordi (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia) ; Schütte, Max (ALBA Laboratori de Llum de Sincrotró) ; Sauthier, Guillaume (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia) ; Tallarida, Massimo (ALBA Laboratori de Llum de Sincrotró) ; Ferrer, Salvador (ALBA Laboratori de Llum de Sincrotró) ; Carlino, Vincent (IBSS Group Inc.) ; Pellegrin, Eric (Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH)
Carbon contamination of synchrotron and free-electron lasers beamline optics continues to be a major nuisance due to the interaction of the intense photon beams with the surfaces of the optical elements in the presence of residual gases even in ultrahigh vacuum (UHV) conditions. [...]
2021 - 10.1016/j.apsusc.2020.148684
Applied surface science, Vol. 542 (March 2021) , art. 148684  
2024-01-09
14:06
15 p, 7.6 MB A Metal-Organic Framework Incorporating Eight Different Size Rare-Earth Metal Elements : Toward Multifunctionality À La Carte / Li, Zhen (Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona) ; Li, Xiao-Bao (Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona) ; Light, Mark E. (University of Southampton. Department of Chemistry) ; Carrillo, Anna E. (Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona) ; Arauzo, Ana (Universidad de Zaragoza. Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada) ; Valvidares, Manuel (ALBA Laboratori de Llum de Sincrotró) ; Roscini, Claudio (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia) ; Teixidor, Francesc (Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona) ; Viñas, Clara (Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona) ; Gándara, Felipe (Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid) ; Bartolome, Elena (Escola Universitària Salesiana de Sarrià) ; Giner Planas, José (Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona)
Multi-metallic multivariate (MTV) rare earth (RE) metal−organic frameworks (MOFs) are of interest for the development of multifunctional materials, however examples with more than three RE cations are rare and obstructed by compositional segregation during synthesis. [...]
2023 - 10.1002/adfm.202307369
Advanced functional materials, Vol. 33, Issue 47 (November 2023) , art. 2307369  
2024-01-08
12:40
33 p, 50.4 MB Through the Looking Glass : Technological Characterization of Roman Glasses Mimicking Precious Stones from the Gorga Collection (Museo Nazionale Romano-Palazzo Altemps) / Di Febo, Roberta (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Geologia) ; Casas Duocastella, Lluís (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Geologia) ; Silvestri, Alberta (Università Degli Studi di Padova. Dipartimento di Geoscienze) ; del Campo, Ángel Adolfo (Instituto de Cerámica y Vidrio. Departamento de Electrocerámica (CSIC)) ; Vallcorba Valls, Oriol (ALBA Laboratori de Llum de Sincrotró) ; Queralt, Ignasi (Institut d'Avaluació Ambiental i Recerca de l'Aigua. Departament de Geociències) ; Oró, Judith (Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona) ; Villa Navas, Mario (Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona) ; Gàzquez, Jaume (Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona) ; Rius, Jordi (Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona) ; Giobbe, Chiara (Museo Nazionale Romano) ; Bandini, Giovanna (Museo Nazionale Romano)
This paper provides a detailed technological characterization of the Roman opus sectile glasses (second century AD) coming from the renowned Gorga collection. Nine glass samples corresponding to imitations of the porfido verde antico, cipollino rosso, rosso antico, giallo antico, diaspro nero e giallo, semesanto and agate/alabaster stones were studied. [...]
2023 - 10.3390/min13111421
Minerals, Vol. 13, Issue 11 (November 2023) , art. 1421  
2023-12-01
05:58
10 p, 2.4 MB Wireless magneto-ionics : voltage control of magnetism by bipolar electrochemistry / Ma, Zheng (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Física) ; Fuentes-Rodríguez, Laura (Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona) ; Tan, Zhengwei (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Física) ; Pellicer Vilà, Eva Maria (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Física) ; Abad, Llibertat (Institut de Microelectrònica de Barcelona) ; Herrero-Martín, Javier (ALBA Laboratori de Llum de Sincrotró) ; Menéndez Dalmau, Enric (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Física) ; Casañ Pastor, Nieves (Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona) ; Sort Viñas, Jordi (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Física)
Modulation of magnetic properties through voltage-driven ion motion and redox processes, i. e. , magneto-ionics, is a unique approach to control magnetism with electric field for low-power memory and spintronic applications. [...]
2023 - 10.1038/s41467-023-42206-5
Nature communications, Vol. 14 (October 2023) , art. 6486  
2023-10-11
16:12
9 p, 1.4 MB Antisite Defects and Chemical Expansion in Low-damping, High-magnetization Yttrium Iron Garnet Films / Santiso, José (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia) ; García, Carlos (Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María) ; Romanque, Cristian (Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María) ; Henry, Loïc (Université Grenoble Alpes) ; Bernier, Nicolas (Université Grenoble Alpes) ; Bagués Salgueró, Núria (The Ohio State University) ; Caicedo Roque, Jose Manuel (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia) ; Valvidares, Manuel (ALBA Laboratori de Llum de Sincrotró) ; Sandiumenge Ortiz, Felip (Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona)
Yttrium iron garnet is widely investigated for its suitability in applications ranging from magneto-optical and microwave devices to magnonics. However, in the few-nanometer thickness range, epitaxial films exhibit a strong variability in magnetic behavior that hinders their implementation in technological devices. [...]
2023 - 10.1002/cnma.202200495
ChemNanoMat, Vol. 9, Issue 2 (February 2023) , art. e202200495