Fluorescence X-ray micro-spectroscopy activities at ESRF.

The X-ray Microscopy and Micro-analysis beamlines at ESRF operate complementary state-of-the-art instruments at ID21, ID22, ID18F and more recently ID22NI. Within a multi-modal strategy, these beamlines develop micro-imaging techniques with various contrast mechanisms (μXRF, μXANES, μXRD and phase contrast) and host experiments with scientific topics ranging from Geochemistry to Archeology, Environmental sciences, Biology and Material sciences. Future challenges include pushing spatial resolution down to the nano-scale and the development of innovative 3D micro-analysis techniques.