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Finding Clues to the Formation of the Solar System, Today at Berkeley Lab, January 4, 2008.

Beamlines and Instrumentation:

Beamline 1.4.3: Infrared Spectromicroscopy

Instrument: Nicolet Magna 760 with Nic-Plan IR Microscope. N₂ Purged.
Spectral Range: 600 - 10,000 cm^-1
Beamline 1.4.3 Datasheet ( PDF Format)
10-micron spot size achieved for high spatial resolution FTIR spectromicroscopy

Beamline 1.4.4: Infrared Spectromicroscopy

Instrument: ThermoNicolet Nexus 870 with Continumm XL IR Microscope. N₂ Purged.
Spectral Range: 450 - 10,000 cm^-1
Continumm performs well with synchrotron.
IR & Visible polarizers, DIC optics, and UV fluorescence are available.
ATR objective with diamond, ZnSe and Ge crystals available.
Nic-Plan to Continuum coordinate converter

Beamline 1.4.2: Visible to Far-IR FTIR

Instrument: Bruker IFS 66v/S vacuum FTIR bench with step-scan capabilities.
Spectral Range: 20 - 25,000 cm^-1
Beamline 1.4.2 Datasheet ( PDF Format)
Bruker IFS 66v/S Manual

Very Far-IR Spectroscopy:

Intrument: Sciencetech SPS-200 vacuum step-scan interferrometer.
Spectral Range: 2 - 1000 cm^-1
Martin-Puplet interferometer with polarizing and amplitute chopping modes.

Additional experimental equipment available for users:

Two MMR Micro coolers which fit on both microscopes for sample temperatures from 70K - 730K.
A customized Janis SuperTran Optical Cryostat for sample temperatures of 2K - 475K. Set up for reflection or transmission measurements using the Bruker 66.
A custom Janis He-3 Optical Cryostat for sample temperatures down to 300mK. See the He-3 Cryostat Internship Report by Yangsanak Bounthavy, and the Design and Construction of Vacuum Chamber for Far-Infrared Coupling to He-3 Cryostat Internship Report by Maxime Chevillon.
SpectraTech ARK ATR - flat, trough, and flow-cell plates.
Access to ALS Chem Lab and ALS Soils Lab

IR & User Information:

How to become a user.
Coming to the ALS.
Schedule of Beamtime for BL1.4.
Schedule for this week

Beamlines Manual.
Publications and Presentations.

Including:

Viewgraph library
ALS IR News A periodic newsletter.
Infrared Calculators
Useful FTIR info and links, including:

Sign up for ALS IR e-mail list.

Webcams

People:

ALS IR Group
ALS IR Group Emeritus
ALS IR Ring Team

Happenings:

Study of Comet at ALS Rules Out ‘Q-Phase’ and Finding Clues to the Formation of the Solar System, Today at Berkeley Lab, January 4, 2008.
Synchrotron shines new light on algae, ALS Users Phil Heraud and Bayden Wood explain how synchrotrons help their studies of living algae and mamalian eggs. The Age, December 12, 2007.
Extracellular Proteins Promote Zinc Sulfide Aggregation, ALS News 280, September 26, 2007.
In Nature, Proteins Sweep up Nanoparticles, Berkeley Lab Research News, June 14, 2007.
A Comet Comes to the Advanced Light Source Science@Berkeley Lab News Article about the Stardust Project at the ALS including the IR beamlines. January, 2007. Particles from Comet P81/Wild 2 Viewed by ALS Microscopes, ALS News, Vol. 276 (May 30, 2007).
The 4th International Workshop on Infrared Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Accelerator Based Sources was held on Awaji-Island, Japan, 25th - 29th September 2007.
Probing Organic Transistors with Infrared Beams, ALS News, Vol. 267, July 26, 2006; Probing Organic Transistors with Infrared Beams, Lynn Yarris, Science@Berkeley Lab article, March 31, 2006.
IR Spectroscopy Techniques Probe Organic Field Effect Transistors, Daniel S. Burgess, Photonics Spectra, pp 114-115, March 2006.
ALS Beamlines Analyze Stardust Comet Samples - Feb. 13, 2006.
IR beamline user Michael Manga is listed in People Magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive" issue! Dec. 2005.
IR beamline user Michael Manga received a MacArthur Foundation "genius" award! October 2005.
The 3rd International Workshop on Infrared Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Accelerator Based Sources was held in Rathen, Germany on 26th - 30th June 2005.
The Synchrotron Infrared Imaging technique is featured on the DOE web site.
Mandana Veiseh's poster, "Direct Bacterial Detection by Single-Cell-Based Sensors and Synchrotron FTIR Spectromicroscopy," wins the Best Student Poster Award at the ALS Users' Meeting, Oct. 19, 2004. Here is a photo of Mandana and her poster from the 2004 ALS Annual Report.
Sasa Bajt, John Bradley, Zurong Dai and Giles Graham were recipients of the Chemistry and Materials Science Associate Directorate Award -- Excellence in Publication Award, LLNL, November, 2004, and the Physics and Advanced Technologies Directorate Award, LLNL, October, 2004 in recognition of published article in Science Magazine "Carbon and nitrogen isotopic anomalies in an anhydrous interplanetary dust particle".
Matter in Interplanetary Dust, ALS News, Sept 29, 2004.
DOE-NSF-NIH Workshop on Opportunities in THz Science Workshop Report (10 Mb PDF) Released Sept. 14, 2004. This report is important for our proposed CIRCE facility.
IR News #8: First Far-IR Microscopy at BL1.4.3.
We co-sponsored the International Workshop on Infrared Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Accelerator Based Sources held on July 8-11, 2003 at beautiful Lake Tahoe, California.
We hosted an exciting IR workshop titled "Applications of Coherent Infrared Synchrotron Radiation" on Friday afternoon, October 11, 2002. And a "Workshop on Coherent Synchrotron Radiation in Storage Rings" held October 28-29, 2002 in Napa, CA.
Our new Continuum IR microscope system performs well with the synchrotron source.
"New clues from infrared forensics", by Lynn Yarris: LBNL Science Beat Article, SpectroscopyNow Article, and Photonics.com Article.
IR Workshop: An Infrared Workshop was held as part of 2001's ALS Users' Meeting, Oct 16 & 17. Thank you for helping making this such a success! Reaching Further into the Infrared, LBNL Currents Article, Nov. 16, 2001; ALS Infrared Spectromicroscopy and Future Infrared Sources Workshop, Summary of IR Workshop, Synchrotron Radiation News 15(1), 10-11 (2002).
DOE BER News: Infrared Spectromicroscopy featured on journal cover, March 7, 2001, about our recent cover article in Applied Spectroscopy. This article was also highlighted in Synchrotron is Ideal Source for IR Microscopy, Photonics Spectra, May 2001, and Biophotonics International, June 2001.
A Workshop on Future Directions for Far-Infrared Sources was held on October 18, 2000. See the Workshop Summary.
IR User Mary Kauffman won the The Ray Woodriff Student Award at the Society for Applied Spectroscopy, Snake River Section, 5th Biennial Summer Meeting, in Sun Valley, Idaho, on August 7, 2000. Congratulations!
IR Spectra Show Dioxin-Induced Changes in Living Cells, ALS Science Highlight September 2000, Synchrotron light exposes living cells, Daniel S. Burges, Biophotonics International, June 2000, pp. 33-34. Infrared beam follows changes in living human cells, LBNL Science Beat article. SPECTROMICROSCOPY: Bright infrared beam follows changes in living human cells, Laser Focus World, May 2000. Exposed: Powerful infrared beams shed light on radiation damage in living cells, Mark Schrope, New Scientist, April 1, 2000. Synchrotron Takes Aim at Live Cells, Paul Preuss, LBNL Currents, April 7, 2000. Technique Allows 'Filming' of Cellular Processes, Westyn Branch-Elliman, Daily Cal, April 5, 2000.
Our research on individual human cells is being highlighted by the APS for its annual March Meeting including a News Conference scheduled for March 23, a mention in the main March Meeting Press Release, and a Lay-language version of the paper.
Research by IR user Upal Ghosh and collaborators titled "Sequestration and Availability of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) in Sediments" won the Cleanup Project of the Year Award from the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) on Nov. 30, 1999. ALS News Article.
A Far-IR Workshop was held on October 20, 1999. Here is the Workshop Summary. Thanks for making this a great success!
Microbial Reduction of Hexavalent Chromium: UC NewsWire, LBL News Release, Chemical & Engineering News story 8/30/99, ALS Science Highlight, ALS News Story, Daily Cal Article 9/1/99, LBL Currents Article 9/10/99, LBL Research Review Article, an Optics & Photonics News Article, Nov 1999, a Photonics Spectra Technology Brief, Jan 2000, and Berkeley Lab Highlights 1999-2000, all reporting on the scientific article "Real-time Characterization of Biogeochemical Reduction of Cr(VI) on Basalt Surfaces by SR-FTIR Imaging", Hoi-Ying N. Holman, Dale L. Perry, Michael C. Martin, Geraldine M. Lamble, Wayne R. McKinney, and Jennie C. Hunter-Cevera, Geomicrobiology J., 16(4), 307 (1999).
Mirror Positioning Feedback Minimizes IR Beam Motion - ALSNews Vol 130.
Vallejo Teachers: Face to Face with Science Currents article.
Beamline 1.4 was highlighted in the Berkeley Lab Research Review Fall 1998.
Research by H.-Y. Holman wins award at 1998 American Chemical Society meeting!
Teachers Spend Four Weeks at BL1.4.
PBS films for prime time at BL1.4.
First Light from the 1.4 front end!

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Viewgraph library ALS IR News A periodic newsletter. Infrared Calculators Useful FTIR info and links, including:

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How to become a user.
Coming to the ALS.
Schedule of Beamtime for BL1.4.
Schedule for this week

Beamlines Manual.
Publications and Presentations.

Viewgraph library
ALS IR News A periodic newsletter.
Infrared Calculators
Useful FTIR info and links, including:

ALS IR Group
ALS IR Group Emeritus
ALS IR Ring Team