Delivery of stable ultra-thin liquid sheets in vacuum for biochemical spectroscopy
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Journal Article
Abstract
The development of ultra-thin flat liquid sheets capable of running in vacuum has provided an exciting new target for X-ray absorption spectroscopy in the liquid and solution phases. Several methods have become available for delivering in-vacuum sheet jets using different nozzle designs. We compare the sheets produced by two different types of nozzle; a commercially available borosillicate glass chip using microfluidic channels to deliver colliding jets, and an in-house fabricated fan spray nozzle which compresses the liquid on an axis out of a slit to achieve collision conditions. We find in our tests that both nozzles are suitable for use in X-ray absorption spectroscopy with the fan spray nozzle producing thicker but more stable jets than the commercial nozzle. We also provide practical details of how to run these nozzles in vacuum.
Editor(s)
Graceffa, Rita
Date Issued
2022-11-14
Date Acceptance
2022-11-01
Citation
Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2022, 9
ISSN
2296-889X
Publisher
Frontiers Media
Journal / Book Title
Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences
Volume
9
Copyright Statement
© 2022 Barnard, Lee, Alexander, Jarosch, Garratt, Picciuto, Kowalczyk, Ferchaud, Gregory, Matthews and Marangos. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Subjects
XUV Spectroscopy
Spectroscopy in liquids
Microfluidics
Liquids in vacuum
Interferometry
Liquid flatjet
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 1044610