The crystal diffracted to 2.2 resolution. The divergence of the microbeam was 2.6 mrad as determined by the spot size measured on the x-ray film. The microscience group at Cornell is interested in new applications of microbeams to science. For instance, we plan to look at fibers of a few microns in diameter in the near future using wide angle x-ray scattering to determine the structural differences between the skin and core of composite fibers. We also plan to map the strain, microstructure, and composition of tiny polycrystalline crystals using high spatial resolution with microdiffraction and microfluorescence measurements.
Many biological experiments are also in the conceptual stage.
Additionally, we would like to attract visiting scientists to come and join us in these efforts for some period of time. Presently at Northwestern University 1. E. A. Stern, Z. Kalman, A. Lewis, K. Lieberman, Appl. P. Engstr m et al., Nucl. D. J. Thiel, D. H. Bilderback, A. Lewis, E. A. Stern, Nucl.