Volume 1, Number 1-2, June 2002

vol. 1
CONTENTS
B. Orlowski	Synchrotron beams brighten the blanks up (PSRS President’s address)		1
W. Paszkowicz	The Bulletin – a new forum for Polish synchrotron-radiation users (Editorial)		2
D. Zymierska	The double jubilee		3
J. Auleytner	Moje uwagi dotyczace historii utworzenia Polskiego Towarzystwa Promieniowania Synchrotronowego (My remarks concerning the creation of Polish Synchrotron Radiation Society)		4
6-th International School and Symposium on Synchrotron Radiation in Natural Science, ISSRNS’2002
	ISSRNS – general information		6
K. Lawniczak-Jablonska	ISSRNS – Welcome address		7
	ISSRNS – programme		8
Abstracts of plenary lectures
G. Margaritondo	The future X-ray sources: new ideas and new plans	L-1	10
R.J. Cernik	Daresbury accelerator based science for the 21st century	L-2	10
S. Mobilio	X-ray absorption spectroscopy	L-3	11
S. Pascarelli, O. Mathon, and G. Aquilanti	New opportunities for high pressure X-ray absorption spectroscopy using dispersive optics	L-4	11
M. Taniguchi	High-resolution photoemission spectroscopy of d,f electron systems at Hiroshima Synchrotron Radiation Center	L-5	12
J. Ghijsen, R.L. Johnson, A. Rajagopal, and N. Koch	Photoemission studies on materials for organic light-emitting diodes	L-6	14
D. Attwood	Soft X-ray microscopy and EUV lithography: imaging in the 2040 nm regime	L-7	14
F. Gozzo, B. Schmitt, Th. Bortolamedi, M. Lange, D. Meister, D. Maden, P. Willmott, and B. Patterson	First experiments at the Swiss Ligth Source Materials Science Beamline powder endstation	L-8	15
M.C. Richter, P. Bencok, R. Brochier, V. Ilakovac, O. Heckman, and K. Hricovini	Resonant photoemission and XMCD on Mn-based systems	L-9	16
E. Holub-Krappe	Spin reorientation transition in magnetic thin layers	L-10	17
A. Cricenti, R. Generosi, M. Luce, P. Perfetti, G. Margaritondo, J.S. Sanghera, I.D. Aggarwal, N.H. Tolk, A. Congiu-Castellano, M.A. Rizzo, and D.W. Piston	FEL nanospectroscopy: latest applications in material science and biology	L-11	18
J.C. Dore, R.E. Benfield, D. Grandjean, M. Kröll, and D. Le Bolloch	Structural studies of mesoporous membranes and metal nanowires with synchrotron X-rays	L-12	18
G. Sankar	Application of combined X-ray diffraction and X-ray absorption spectroscopy to the study of catalytic materials	L-13	19
L.C. Duda, T. Schmitt, and J. Nordgren	Resonant soft X-ray emission of liquids and solids	L-14	20
W. Drube	Applications of tunable high-energy photoemission	L-15	22
P.-O. Nilsson	Electronic and atomic structure of buried layers	L-16	23
P. Nachimuthu, S. Matsuo, B. Farangis, D.W. Lindle, H. Wakita, and R.C.C. Perera	Electronic and structural properties of “smart windows” and liquids using in situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy	L-17	23
G. Grübel and F. Zontone	Correlation spectroscopy with coherent X-rays	L-18	24
M. Jaskólski	Synchrotron radiation in atomic-resolution studies of protein structure	L-19	24
J. Hrdý, N. Artemiev, A. K. Freund, and J. P. Quintana	Diffractive-refractive optics for synchrotron radiation	L-20	25
A. Goldoni	Synchrotron radiation spectroscopy of fullerenes and carbon nanotubes	L-21	25
V. Holý, J. Stangl, and G. Bauer	Surface-sensitive X-ray scattering from semiconductor self-organized heterostructures	L-22	26
G. Vlaic, E. Fonda, and E. Tomat	EXAFS in chemistry: selected applications	L-23	27
J.Z. Jiang	Phase transformations in metallic glasses	L-24	28
A.C. Thompson	X-ray fluorescence with synchrotron radiation	L-25	28
D. Raoux	SOLEIL Project	L-26	29
Abstracts of invited original lectures
G. Falkenberg, S. Mangold, and E. Welter	µ-XAFS investigations of Pb contaminated soil samples	I-1	30
R.J. Iwanowski	EXAFS and a new light on the concept of the covalent radius of elements – case of Mn	I-2	31
R. Bacewicz and S. Podsiadlo	Local structure around Mn and Fe atoms in (Ga,Mn)N and (Ga,Fe)N alloys	I-3	32
Ch. Janowitz	Low energy excitations in HTc´s probed by photoemission	I-4	33
J. Härtwig, S. Agliozzo, J. Baruchel, M. de Boissieu, J. Gastaldi, H. Klein, and L. Mancini	Structural perfection of icosahedral quasicrystal grains investigated by X-ray imaging and diffractometry	I-5	34
Y. Kinjo, M. Watanabe, H. Fiedorowicz, H. Daido, E. Yanase, M. Suzuki, S. Fujii, E. Sato, and K. Shinohara	Fine structures of human chromosomes observed by X-ray contact microscopy using laser-produced plasma X-rays	I-6	35
J.A. Leiro, K. Kokko, and V. Kulmala	Polarization dependent X-ray spectra of MgB₂	I-7	35
L. Wcislak, H.J. Bunge, H. Klein, and J.R. Schneider	Polycrystalline microstructure analysis and imaging with hard (100 keV) synchrotron X-rays	I-8	37
R. Przenioslo, I. Sosnowska, W. Van Beek, E. Suard, and A. Hewat	Phase separation and anisotropic lattice expansion in CaCu_xMn_3xMn₄O₁₂	I-9	38
A. Kuczumow	Synchrotron-based investigations of patterned and petrified geological objects	I-10	39
Abstracts of contributed papers
J.W. Sobczak, E. Sobczak, M. Hasik, A. Drelinkiewicz, and A. Kosinski	Pd K-edge EXAFS studies of Pd-doped polypyrrole	P-1	41
B. Mierzwa	EXAFS as a tool for studies of bimetallic nanocluster structure	P-2	41
M. Sikora, Cz. Kapusta, D. Zajac, L. Maksymowicz, M. Lubecka, B. Cieciwa, and E. Welter	EXAFS study of in substituted magnetic semiconductor CdCr₂Se₄	P-3	42
E. Piskorska, K. LawniczakJablonska, E. Benko, I.N. Demchenko, P. Klimczyk, E. Welter, R.C.C. Perera, and P. Nachimuthu	Chemical activation of the binding phase formation in c-BN composites	P-4	42
I.N. Demchenko, K. LawniczakJablonska, K.S. Zhuravlev, E. Piskorska, A.I. Nikiforov, and E. Welter	Studies of the local microstructure of Ge layers buried in silicon crystal by XANES and EXAFS	P-5	43
A. Jablonska, A. Burian, A.M. Burian, and M. Borowski	Short-range ordering studies of amorphous In-Se films by EXAFS	P-6	43
J.W. Sobczak, E. Sobczak, A. Drelinkiewicz, M. Hasik, and E. Wenda	Local structure of Pd-doped polymers investigated by a linear combination of XANES spectra	P-7	44
A. Wolska, K. Lawniczak-Jablonska, A. Molak, R.C.C. Perera, P. Nachimuthu, and J. Kachniarz	Study of the L₃ edge of Mn in NaNbO₃ compounds doped by Mn ions	P-8	44
R. Nietubyc and W. Wurth	L-edge X-ray absorption fine structure for thin films of transition metals	P-9	45
P. Pankowski, S. Pizzini, A. Wawro, and L.T. Baczewski	Optimisation of layer growth and structural characterization of TM/RE epitaxial thin films	P-10	46
R. Bacewicz, A. Twaróg, J. Garbarczyk, and P. Józwiak	XAFS study of vanadium in lithium vanadate glasses	P-11	46
R. Wojnecki, K. Lawniczak-Jablonska, and R.C.C. Perera	On the electronic structure of Ni₃Al_1-xMn_x alloy: LMTO calculation and X-ray spectroscopy	P-12	47
R. Severin, Th. Böker, C. Janowitz, and R. Manzke	Structural and electronic study of the Mo₆Se₈ Chevrel phases grown on a MoS₂substrate by van der Waals epitaxy	P-13	47
A. Jablonski and C. J. Powell	Comparisons of calculated and measured electron effective attenuation lengths	P-14	48
J.T. Lau, A. Föhlisch, R. Nietubyc, M. Reif, U. Langenbuch, M. Martins, and W. Wurth	Deposition and spectroscopy of size selected transition metal clusters in UHV	P-15	48
W.M. Kwiatek and A. Banas	Cancerous tissues analyzed by XANES and SRIXE	P-16	49
B.J. Kowalski, L. Plucinski, K. Kopalko, B.A. Orlowski, R.L. Johnson, Z.D. Kovalyuk, and G.V. Laskharev	Angle-resolved photoemission study of GaSe	P-17	49
I.A. Kowalik, B.J. Kowalski, B.A. Orlowski, R.J. Iwanowski, E. Lusakowska, J. Ghijsen, F. Mirabella, J. Sadowski, J. Kanski, P. Perlin, S. Porowski, I. Grzegory, and M. Leszczynski	Photoemission studies of Ga_1-xIn_xN epitaxial layers	P-18	50
J. Siurek, P. Chevallier, Chul-Un Ro, Hwa Shik Youn, and A. Kuczumow	Studies of silica substitution in wood during the petrifaction process	P-19	50
T. Schmitt, L.-C. Duda, A. Augustsson, F. Trif, and J. Nordgren	Resonant soft X-ray emission spectroscopy of doped and undoped vanadium oxides	P-20	51
B. Orlowski, B.J. Kowalski, K. Fronc, R. Zuberek, S. Mickevicius, F. Mirabella, and J. Ghijsen	Study of Fe/Si multilayers by photoemission spectroscopy	P-21	51
M. Florek, Hwa Shik Youn, Chul-Un Ro, H. Wierzbowski, J. Osán, and A. Kuczumow	Investigation of belemnite structures by synchrotron-based X-ray microfluorescence and diffraction	P-22	52
B.A. Orlowski, E. Guziewicz, B.J. Kowalski, T. Story, S. Mickievicius, A.Y. Sipatov, M. Chernyshova, I. Demchenko, N. Barrett, M. Taniguchi, A. Kimura, H. Sato, C.A. Sebenne, J.P. Lacharm, R. Medicherla, and W. Drube	Photoemission study of EuS/PbS electronic structure	P-23	52
J. Szade, W. Burian, M. Neumann, G. Skorek, M. Matteucci, and A. Goldoni	Investigation of photoelectron multiplets in europium and its compounds	P-24	53
P. Solarz, G. Dominiak-Dzik, and W. Ryba-Romanowski	Conversion of VUV to visible in K₅Li₂LnF₁₀ containing rare-earth ions	P-25	53
M. Sikora, Cz. Kapusta, D. Zajac, W. Tokarz, P. Fischer, E. Goering, G. Schütz, and E. Welter	X-MCD magnetometry of CMR manganites (La,RE)_0.67Ca_0.33MnO₃	P-26	55
M. Kamruzzaman and M. R. H. Khan	Electric properties and electroluminescence of GaN:Mg blue light emitting diodes	P-27	55
Ch. Bellin, V. Honkimäki, H. Reniewicz, P. Zaleski, A. Andrejczuk, L. Dobrzynski, E. Zukowski, and S. Kaprzyk	A high-resolution Compton scattering study of hexagonal zinc	P-28	56
E. Guziewicz, B.A. Orlowski, B.J. Kowalski, I.A. Kowalik, S. Mickievicius, A. Szczepanska, Z. Golacki, I. Grzegory, S. Porowski, and R.L. Johnson	Samarium on clean semiconductor surface – a photoemission study	P-29	57
H. Fiedorowicz, A. Bartnik, M. Horvath, L. Juha, K. Jungwirth, B. Králiková, J. Krása, M. Pfeifer, L. Pína, J. Skála, J. Ullschmied, and J. Wawer	High brightness laser plasma soft X-ray and EUV source with a double-stream gas puff target irradiated with the Prague Asterix Laser System (PALS)	P-30	58
A. Bartnik, H. Fiedorowicz, R. Jarocki, J. Kostecki, J. Mikolajczyk, R. Rakowski and M. Szczurek	Laser plasma soft-X ray and EUV sources based on a laser-irradiated gas puff target	P-31	59
J.B. Pelka, A. Cedola, and S. Lagomarsino	Application of X-ray waveguide to the study of small structures deposited on Si wafers by microdiffraction	P-32	59
A.A. Maltsev	Infrared synchrotron diagnostics as a new perspective direction in the physics and technology of accelerator experiments: the methods and detection systems for synchrotron infrared nondestructive diagnostics of proton bunches	P-33	60
R. Mroczka, G. Zukocinski, and A. Kuczumow	Investigations of different trajectories of X-rays in capillaries	P-34	60
J. Härtwig, S. Agliozzo, J. Baruchel, R. Colella, M. de Boissieu, J. Gastaldi, H. Klein, L. Mancini and J. Wang	Dynamical X-ray diffraction, the Borrmann effect, and quasicrystals	P-35	61
J. Borowski and J. Gronkowski	Numerical solutions of Takagi-Taupin equations for depth-dependent deformations	P-36	61
W. Wierzchowski, K. Wieteska, W. Graeff, M. Pawlowska, and B. Surma	The images of large oxygen precipitates by means of synchrotron Bragg-case section topography	P-37	62
W. Paszkowicz, C. Lathe, W. Szuszkiewicz, E. Dynowska, J.Z. Domagala, I.M. Fita, H. Fiedorowicz, and S. Cudzilo	In-situ observation of boron-magnesium reaction under high pressure	P-38	62
J. Grochowski and P. Serda	Rooted in nature and synthetic organic structures by HRPD	P-39	63
P. Piszora, J. Darul, W. Nowicki, and E. Wolska	Synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction studies on the phase transitions in LiMn₂O₄	P-40	64
M. Regulski, R. Przenioslo, I. Sosnowska, D. Hohlwein, and R. Schneider	Neutron diffraction study of the magnetic structure of Mn₂O₃	P-41	64
A. Szczygielska, A. Burian, J.C. Dore, and V. Honkimäki	Local structure of saccharose- and anthracene-based carbons studied by wide angle high energy X-ray scattering	P-42	65
F. Meneau, G. Sankar, and G.N. Greaves	Structural study of the amorphization of zeolite Y & A by X-ray and neutron techniques	P-43	65
W. Paszkowicz	Genetic algorithms as a tool in crystallographic computing: application to solving powder diffraction patterns	P-44	66
D. Zymierska, K. Godwod, J. Auleytner, J. Adamczewska, J. Choinski, and K. Reginski	Comparison of structure changes induced in semi-insulating and semiconducting GaAs crystals by implantation with fast nitrogen ions	P-45	66
A. Shalimov, J. Bak-Misiuk, A. Misiuk, J. Härtwig, W. Paszkowicz, J.Z. Domagala, Z.R. Zytkiewicz, D. Dobosz, and J. Trela	Stres-induced defect structure changes in thin AlGaAs layers	P-46	67
I. Frymark, G. Kowalski, M. Kaminska, and A. Krotkus	Structure changes of GaAs:Be crystals studied by X-ray quasiforbidden reflections	P-47	67
J.B. Pelka, M. Brust, W. Paszkowicz, and P. Gierlowski	Structure of self-assembled gold nanocluster films	P-48	68
J.B. Pelka, E. Dynowska, P. Przyslupski, I. Komissarov, D. Kostrzenska, O.H. Seeck, H. Reniewicz, and P. Pankowski	Structure characterization of Nd_0.67Sr_0.33MnO₃/YBa₂Cu₃O_7-δ multilayers by means of synchrotron radiation	P-49	68
D. Klinger, J. Auleytner, A. Barcz, and D. Zymierska	Recrystallization and dopant diffusion in amorphised semiconductor layers upon pulsed laser annealing	P-50	69
B. Surma, M. Pawlowska, A. Misiuk, J. Härtwig, and L. Bryja	Modification of the SOI-like structures by annealing under high hydrostatic pressure	P-51	69
J. Bak-Misiuk, A. Shalimov, A. Misiuk, J.Z. Domagala, W. Paszkowicz, J. Ratajczak, J. Härtwig, L. Bryja, and G. Gawlik	Structure of silicon crystals implanted with Si and N subjected to annealing under high uniform stress	P-52	70
D. Klinger, J. Auleytner, D. Zymierska, and L. Nowicki	Nanostructure of near-surface Si layers formed by Si implantation and pulsed laser annealing	P-53	70
K. Wieteska, W. Wierzchowski, W. Graeff, G. Kuri, A. Misiuk, A. Turos, and G. Gawlik	The reciprocal space mapping of implanted AIII BV semiconductor compounds	P-54	71
E. Zielinska-Rohozinska, M. Regulska, and V.S. Harutyunyan	High-resolution X-ray diffraction study of the Si doping influence on columnar crystal growth of GaN layers	P-55	72
J.B. Pelka, A. Andrejczuk, S. Jacobi, M. Jurek, A. Kauch, D. Klinger, J. Krzywinski, H. Reniewicz, M. Sikora, W. Sobala, R. Sobierajski, and B. Steeg	Study of damage in materials irradiated by ultra-short pulses of VUV free electron laser	P-56	72
E. Dynowska, P. Gierlowski, A. Abaloshev, J.B. Pelka, W. Paszkowicz, D. Kostrzenska, C. Bähtz, and M. Knapp	Structure of laser-modified YBCO thin films	P-57	74
W. Paszkowicz, P. Piszora, C. Bähtz, M. Knapp, F. Firszt, J. Bak-Misiuk, and R. Bacewicz	Lattice parameters of CuInSe₂ in the 10-295 K temperature range	P-58	74
P. Piszora, W. Nowicki, J. Darul, and E. Wolska	Laboratory and synchrotron radiation X-ray powder diffraction studies of the Fd3m->Fddd phase transformation in the lithium-manganese spinel oxide	P-59	75
W. Paszkowicz, W. Szuszkiewicz, E. Dynowska, J.Z. Domagala, and C. Lathe	Axial pressure distribution in a large-volume pressure cell	P-60	76
	Authors’ index		77
	Subject index		79
	Participants’ list		82
J. Grochowski	Synchrotron Crystallography 2001, SynCrys’2001 (Meeting Report)		86
	Useful addresses		88
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