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  • Physics
  • Materials Science
  • Biology

Background:

  • Laboratory-based X-ray microscopy offers high-resolution imaging capabilities.
  • Current limitations exist in resolving features below the system's inherent resolution.
  • Multi-modal imaging provides complementary information for complex samples.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To demonstrate sub-micron resolution imaging using dark field contrast in X-ray microscopy.
  • To investigate the relationship between feature size, mask aperture, and imaging contrast.
  • To validate the utility of microscopic dark field imaging in diverse scientific applications.

Main Methods:

  • Utilizing intensity-modulation masks in a laboratory X-ray microscope.
  • Employing dark field, refraction, and attenuation contrast imaging modes.
  • Developing an analytical model to correlate imaging signals with sample properties.

Main Results:

  • Achieved sub-micron length scale access in the dark field channel.
  • Maintained micron resolution in resolved (refraction and attenuation) channels.
  • Quantified the dependence of imaging contrast on feature and aperture size.

Conclusions:

  • Microscopic dark field contrast extends the resolution limits of X-ray microscopy.
  • The developed analytical model accurately links signal to sample properties.
  • Demonstrated proof-of-concept applications in biological (collagen) and physical (battery dendrites) imaging.