Electron and X-ray microscopy Community for structural and chemical Imaging Techniques for Earth materials

Project Information

EXCITE

Grant agreement ID: 101005611

DOI 10.3030/101005611

Project closed

EC signature date 11 March 2021

Start date 1 May 2021

End date 30 April 2024

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Research Infrastructures

Total cost € 4 999 635,50

EU contribution € 4 999 635,50

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITEIT UTRECHT
Netherlands

Deliverables

Documents, reports (13)

Report on market consultation to identify IT infrastructures
Report on outreach activities to new users [1]

Report on outreach activities to new users in the first 12 months of the project

Documentation and analysis of EXCITE workflows

Report on documentation and analysis of EXCITE workflows We will compare workflows and identify how to standardise the reporting of the procedures and the steps that are needed for different research needs and applications

Communication and dissemination plan

A communication and dissemination plan will be made to ensure effective communication channels

Report on the demands of the user community
Report on developing and implementing quantitative density imaging from X-ray absorption scans

Report on developing and implementing quantitative density imaging from Xray absorption scans

Report on community-driven, open-source solution for correlative microscopy

Report on communitydriven opensource solution for correlative microscopy

Foresight White Paper for EXCITE TNA

Foresight White Paper for EXCITE TNA in which we explore which funding schemes and access modes can assure sustainability of EXCITE TNA in particular and earthmaterials microscopy in general

Report on collaborations with existing ESFRI and other world-class RIs

Report on collaborations with existing ESFRI and other worldclass RIs

Management guidelines
Midterm summary report on networking activities
Report on conferences and meetings with EXCITE representation [1]

Report on conferences and meetings with EXCITE representation in M118

Initial data management plan

Creating an Initial data management plan This initial Data Management Plan describes the existing and planned data management data access and data security policies

Open Research Data Pilot (1)

Report on open software and open data standards and practices within EXCITE

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (20)

The Influence of Undercooling and Sector Zoning on Clinopyroxene–Melt Equilibrium and Thermobarometry

Author(s): Alice MacDonald, Teresa Ubide, Silvio Mollo, Alessio Pontesilli, Matteo Masotta
Published in: Journal of Petrology, Issue 64(10), 2023, ISSN 0022-3530
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egad074

Protracted localization of metamorphism and deformation in a heterogeneous lower-crustal shear zone

Author(s): Sascha Zertani, Luca Menegon, Giorgio Pennacchioni, Iris Buisman, Fernando Corfu, Bjørn Jamtveit
Published in: Journal of Structural Geology, Issue 176, 2023, ISSN 0191-8141
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2023.104960

The effect of aqueous fluid on viscous relaxation of garnet and modification of inclusion pressures after entrapment

Author(s): Xin Zhong, David Wallis, Phillip Kingsbery, Timm John
Published in: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Issue 636, 2024, ISSN 0012-821X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2024.118713

Combining Automated Mineralogy with X-ray Computed Tomography for Internal Characterization of Ore Samples at the Microscopic Scale

Author(s): Florian Buyse, Stijn Dewaele, Matthieu N. Boone & Veerle Cnudde
Published in: Natural Resources Research, Issue 32, 2023, Page(s) 461-478, ISSN 1573-8981
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/s11053-023-10161-z

On-fault earthquake energy density partitioning from shocked garnet in an exhumed seismic midcrustal fault

Author(s): Giovanni Toffol, Giorgio Pennacchioni, Luca Menegon, David Wallis, Manuele Faccenda, Alfredo Camacho, Michel Bestmann
Published in: Science Advances, Issue 10 - 9, 2024, ISSN 2375-2548
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adi8533

Beyond the surface: Coupling water permeability assessments to X-ray micro-computed tomography for evaluation of self-healing on lime-based mortars

Author(s): Grosso Giordano F.; Valdez Madrid D.; Schröer L.; Boon N.; Cnudde V.; De Belie N.
Published in: Construction and Building Materials, Issue 431, 2024, ISSN 0950-0618
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2024.136603

Magnetic and microscopic investigation of airborne iron oxide nanoparticles in the London Underground

Author(s): H. A. Sheikh, P. Y. Tung, E. Ringe & R. J. Harrison
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 12, 2022, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-24679-4

3D Visualization of cyanobacterial biofilms using micro-computed tomography with contrast-enhancing staining agents

Author(s): Laurenz Schröer, Tim Balcaen, Karel Folens, Nico Boon, Tim De Kock, Greet Kerckhofs, Veerle Cnudde
Published in: Tomography of Materials and Structures, Issue 4, 2024, ISSN 2949-673X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmater.2024.100024

Micro computed tomography images of capillary actions in rough and irregular granular materials

Author(s): Nadimi S.; Mendes J.; López A.; Schröer L.; Manoorkar S.; Ellman S.; Cnudde V.; Bruno A.W.
Published in: Scientific Data, Issue 11-1-78, 2024, ISSN 2052-4463
Publisher: Nature Research
DOI: 10.1038/s41597-024-02925-w

SIGMA: Spectral Interpretation using Gaussian Mixtures and Autoencoder

Author(s): Po-Yen Tung, Hassan Aftab Sheikh, Matthew R Ball, Farhang Nabiei, and Richard Harrison
Published in: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, Issue 24(1), 2023, Page(s) online, ISSN 1525-2027
Publisher: Geochemical Society
DOI: 10.1029/2022gc010530

Microstructural and isotopic analysis of shocked monazite from the Hiawatha impact structure: development of porosity and its utility in dating impact craters

Author(s): Hyde W.R.; Kenny G.G.; Whitehouse M.J.; Wirth R.; Roddatis V.; Schreiber A.; Garde A.A.; Plan A.; Larsen N.K.
Published in: Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, Issue 179-3, 2024, ISSN 0010-7999
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-024-02097-1

Adhesion evaluation and interface characterization of 3D printed concrete for automatic repair

Author(s): Yaxin Tao a, Yi Zhang a b, Xiaoyun Wang a c, Jose R.A. Godinho d, Geert De Schutter a, Kim Van Tittelboom a
Published in: Construction and Building Materials, Issue 414, 2024, ISSN 0950-0618
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2024.134952

Sulfide Melt Wetting Properties in Earth's Mantle: New Constraints From Combined 2D and 3D Imaging

Author(s): Beyer C.; Fonseca R.O.C.; Bissbort T.; Schröer L.; Cnudde V.
Published in: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, Issue 2505, 2024, ISSN 1525-2027
Publisher: Geochemical Society
DOI: 10.1029/2024gc011535

Contribution of 3D automated mineralogy in unraveling the formation history of Nb-Ta-Sn mineralized LCT pegmatites in the Karagwe-Ankole belt (Central Africa)

Author(s): Florian BUYSE, Stijn DEWAELE, Matthieu N. BOONE & Veerle CNUDDE
Published in: Geologica Belgica, Issue 27(1-2), 2024, ISSN 1374-8505
Publisher: Geologica Belgica
DOI: 10.20341/gb.2024.001

Quantifying frost-weathering-induced damage in alpine rocks

Author(s): Mayer, Till; Deprez, Maxim; Schröer, Laurenz; Cnudde, Veerle; Draebing, Daniel
Published in: Cryosphere, Issue Volume 18, Issue 6, 2024, Page(s) 2847-2864, ISSN 1994-0416
Publisher: Copernicus Group
DOI: 10.5194/tc-18-2847-2024

Influence of different sample preparation techniques on imaging viruses and virus-like particles by scanning electron and scanning transmission electron microscopes

Author(s): Monika Kąkol, Ezher Tagliasacchi, Andrzej Borkowski, Mirosław Słowakiewicz
Published in: Frontiers in Microbiology, Issue 14, 2023, Page(s) online, ISSN 1664-302X
Publisher: Frontiers Media
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1279720

The Impact of Grain-Size Distributions of Iron-Oxides on Paleomagnetic Measurements

Author(s): Out F.; de Boer R.A.; Walmsley J.; de Groot L.V.
Published in: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, Issue 25-4, 2024, ISSN 1525-2027
Publisher: Geochemical Society
DOI: 10.1029/2024gc011512

REE Concentrations in Secondary Uranium Minerals from the Izera Metamorphic Complex (SW Poland)

Author(s): Marcin Daniel Syczewski, Rafał Siuda, Jan Parafiniuk
Published in: Minerals, Issue 13(7), 2023, ISSN 2075-163X
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/min13070945

Geochemical behavior of heavy metals and radionuclides in a pit lake affected by acid mine drainage (AMD) in the Muskau Arch (Poland)

Author(s): Sekudewicz I.; Syczewski M.; Rohovec J.; Matouskova; Kowalewska U.; Blukis R.; Geibert W.; Stimac I.; Gąsiorowski M.
Published in: Science of the Total Environment, Issue 908, 2024, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168245

Non-destructive evaluation of ductile-porous versus brittle 3D printed vascular networks in self-healing concrete

Author(s): Yasmina Shields, Eleni Tsangouri, Claire Riordan, Cristina De Nardi, Jose Ricardo Assunção Godinho, Ticho Ooms, Paola Antonaci, Dave Palmer, Abir Al-Tabbaa, Tony Jefferson, Nele De Belie, Kim Van Tittelboom,
Published in: Cement and Concrete Composites, Issue 145, 2024, ISSN 0958-9465
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2023.105333