B23 Beamline at Diamond Light Source

The next call to applying for B23 beamtime for October 2025 - March 2026 period is open. The deadline is 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟭𝟵𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗮𝘁 𝟭𝟳:𝟬𝟬. Further information can be found at: https://lnkd.in/d2fs9rZS

Last week before maintanence, Xiangbing Zeng from The University of Sheffield and his group: Anna Chuang, Matthew Gilbey, Koon C Wong, Yumin Tang and Josh Z. are at B23 Beamline at Diamond Light Source (Diamond Light Source) studying #LiquidCrystals using #CircularDichroism and #MuellerMatrixPolarimetry.

This week, Roland Resel’s group (Sanjay John, Anmol A., Fabian Gasser and Susobhan Das) from Technische Universität Graz are having a great time at Diamond Light Source doing circular dichroism experiments at B23 Beamline at Diamond Light Source. #Science #CircularDichroism

Another week with cutting-edge science at B23 - Jake Nicholson, Claudia Almuzara Romero and Annika Samuel (Alex Brogan’s group) from King's College London are enjoying their time using the facilities at B23.

✋ Did you know that some molecules have a "handedness"? Molecules with the same compositions can be mirror images of each other, much like your left and right hands. This property is called chirality. Despite having identical compositions, these different molecules can behave differently when interacting with other chiral molecules. 🧫 One such example is the drug penicillin V, derived from Penicillium mould. This drug has antibiotic properties and is chiral. However, its oppositely handed counterpart does not work as an antibiotic, despite having the same composition! Chiral structures also exhibit at a property called circular dichroism, where they absorb light differently depending on whether the light is left or right circular polarised. In our most recent science highlight, find out how researchers from Cornell University used the state-of-the-art Mueller Matrix Polarimeter at Diamond’s B23 beamline to find a novel method that can produce chiral semiconductors from inorganic, achiral nanoparticles with record-breaking circular dichroism. ⬇ https://lnkd.in/eark_AEG

Last week, a group from University of Glasgow led by Dave Adams (Dipankar Ghosh, Sofia Chinelli and Fin Hallam Stewart ) had fun using the advanced B23’s circular dichroism facilities.

We started the year well, with two important papers published in January with contribution from B23 team. Check them out: https://lnkd.in/dtXT4Jba https://lnkd.in/dWgsBGrA

Last week, two groups have taken advantage of the B23’s facilities: a group from Haute Ecole Arc - Ingénierie Switzerland (Jérôme Charmet, Esteban Alvarez Seoane, Vincent Frédéric Béguin and University of Bath, UK (G. Dan Pantos, Samuel Clowes, Ollie Nedderman). Wishig them all the luck in their research!

New week, new users. A group from University of Porto/University of Leeds (Joana Silva, Carlos Redondo-Gómez, PhD and Amin Sadeghpour) run experiments on Mueller Matrix Polarimetry.

We started the year in style with the users from CNR, Italy (Claudia Honisch and Paolo Ruzza) and from University of Reading (John Brazier, Daniela Lopes Cardoso, PhD and Mrs Charlotte Nalder-Ayling), who studied chiral interaction on DNA.