A study published in the journal of Energy and Environmental Science has combined experimental and theoretical approaches to study the passivation layers formed on calcium metal electrodes and their influence on the reversible operation of calcium-based batteries. The work is led by researchers from ICMAB-CSIC, who have performed experiments at MIRAS beamline of ALBA in collaboration with MIRAS scientists through an in-house research program, representing the applications of its synchrotron light technique in the field of batteries and energy science.
Researchers from Spain’s Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM), University of Alcalá (UAH), the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO) and the ALBA Synchrotron have demonstrated for the first time the presence of microplastic in a freshwater lake in the Arctic. So far, these kind of contaminants had only been registered in marine ecosystems of the arctic region.
They want to analyze the biochemical properties of this biomaterial, and its possible use to absorb and immobilize heavy metals from contaminated water. This is the first time that IRTA (Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology) and the ALBA Synchrotron stablish a scientific collaboration.
A study published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry C shows for the first time the combination of two synchrotron light techniques to study the high-pressure behavior of an iodate: X-ray powder diffraction and FTIR microspectroscopy. This is the first experiment performed at MIRAS in extreme conditions using the Far-infrared frequency range, illustrating the synergy of infrared microspectroscopy with other available techniques at ALBA, in particular at MSPD beamline, as a complementary analytical method.
A research, led by the ALBA Synchrotron and funded by the European project NANOCANCER, has analysed the impact of nanoparticles in radiotherapy of glioma tumour cells.Combining radiotherapy with nanoparticles can increase the efficacy of cancer treatments. The experiment has been carried out at the MIRAS beamline of ALBA, devoted to infrared microspectroscopy.
