References

The team behind Xnovo Technology ApS represents more than 15 years of experience in synchrotron research. Below is a selection of key publications by the founders of Xnovo Technology ApS in collaboration with scientific colleagues in the field as well as recent publications involving LabDCT.

Research involving the GrainMapper3D™ software

• Dynamics of Ga penetration in textured Al polycrystal revealed through multimodal three-dimensional analysis, N. Lu et al., Acta Materialia, vol. 271, 117145, (2021).

• Investigation of Relationships between Grain Structure and Inhomogeneous Deformation by Means of Laboratory-Based Multimodal X-Ray Tomography: Strain Accuracy Analysis, M. Kobayashi et al., Experimental Mechanics, vol. 61, 817-828, (2021).

• Crystallographic tomography and molecular modelling of structured organic polycrystalline powders, P. Gajjar et al., CrystEngComm, vol. 23, 2520-2531, (2021)

• Optimizing laboratory X-ray diffraction contrast tomography for grain structure characterization of pure iron, A. Lindkvist et al., Journal of Applied Crystallography, vol. 54, 99-110, (2021)

• Tracking polycrystal evolution non-destructively in 3D by laboratory X-ray diffraction contrast tomography, S. A. McDonald et al., Materials Characterization, vol. 172, 110814, (2021).

• Particle stimulated nucleation revisited in three dimensions: a laboratory-based multimodal X-ray tomography investigation, X. Lei et al., Materials Research Letters, vol. 9, 65-70, (2021).

• Microstructural shift due to post‐deformation annealing in the upper mantle, Y. Boneh et al., Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, doi:10.1029/2020GC009377, (2020).

• 3D grain structure of an extruded 6061 Al alloy by lab-scale X-ray diffraction contrast tomography (DCT), Y. Zhao et al., Materials Characterization, vol. 177, 110716, (2020).

• Unsupervised Deep Learning for Laboratory‑Based Diffraction Contrast Tomography, E. Hovad et al. Integrating Materials and Manufacturing Innovation, E. Hovad et al., Integrating Materials and Manufacturing Innovation, vol. 9, 315-321, (2020)

• A flexible and standalone forward simulation model for laboratory X-ray diffraction contrast tomography, H. Fang et al., Acta Cryst. A76, 1-12, (2020).

• Characterization of metals in four dimensions, A.J. Shahani et al., Materials Research Letters, vol. 12, 462-476 (2020).

• Dynamics of particle-assisted abnormal grain growth revealed through integrated three-dimensional microanalysis, N. Lu et al., Acta Materialia, vol. 195, 1-12 (2020)

• 3D Crystal Orientation Mapping of Recrystallization in Severely Cold-rolled Pure Iron Using Laboratory Diffraction Contrast Tomography, J. Sun et al., ISIJ International, vol. 60(3), 528-533 (2020)

• Statistics and Reproducibility of Grain Morphologies and Crystallographic Orientations Mapped by Laboratory Diffraction Contrast Tomography, J. Sun et al., IOP Conf. Ser.: Mater. Sci. Eng., 580, 012046 (2019)

• Integral mean curvature analysis of 3D grain growth: Linearity of dV/dt and mean grain volume, B.R. Patterson et al., IOP Conf. Ser.: Mater. Sci. Eng., 580, 012020 (2019)

• Non-destructive three-dimensional crystallographic orientation analysis of olivine using laboratory diffraction contrast tomography, M. J. Pankhurst et al., Mineralogical Magazine, vol. 83(5), 705-711 (2019)

• PolyProc: A Modular Processing Pipeline for X-ray Diffraction Tomography, J. Kang et al., Integrating Materials and Manufacturing Innovation, vol. 8(3), 388-399 (2019)

• 3D grain reconstruction from laboratory diffraction contrast tomography, F. Bachmann et al., J. Appl. Cryst., vol. 52, 643-651 (2019)

• A Forward Modeling Approach to High-Reliability Grain Mapping by Laboratory Diffraction Contrast Tomography (LabDCT), S. Niverty et al., JOM, vol. 71(8), 2695-2704 (2019)

• Non-destructive Characterization of Polycrystalline Materials in 3D by Laboratory Diffraction Contrast Tomography, J. Oddershede et al., Integrating Materials and Manufacturing Innovation, vol. 8(2), 217-225 (2019)

• Grain boundary wetting correlated to the grain boundary properties: A laboratory-based multimodal X-ray tomography investigation, J. Sun et al., Scripta Materialia, vol. 163, 77-81 (2019)

• Integrated imaging in three dimensions: Providing a new lens on grain boundaries, particles, and their correlations in polycrystalline silicon, R. Keinan et al., Acta Materialia, vol. 148, 225-234 (2018)

• Microstructural evolution during sintering of copper particles studied by laboratory diffraction contrast tomography (LabDCT), S. A. McDonald et al, Sci. Rep., vol. 7(1), 5251 (2017)

• Diffraction Contrast Tomography in the Laboratory – Applications and Future Directions, C. Holzner et al., Micros. Today, vol. 24, no. 4, 34–43 (2016)

• Non-destructive mapping of grain orientations in 3D by laboratory X-ray microscopy, S. A. McDonald et al., Sci. Rep., vol. 5 , 14665 (2015)

Background research

• Three-dimensional grain mapping by x-ray diffraction contrast tomography and the use of Friedel pairs in diffraction data analysis, W. Ludwig et al., Rev. Sci. Inst., vol. 80, 033905, (2009)

• X-ray diffraction contrast tomography: a novel technique for three-dimensional grain mapping of polycrystals. I. Direct beam case, W. Ludwig et al., J. Appl. Cryst., vol. 41, 302-309, (2008)

• Three-Dimensional X-ray Diffraction Microscopy, H.F. Poulsen: (Springer, 2004)

• Three-dimensional maps of grain boundaries and the stress state of individual grains in polycrystals and powders, H.F. Poulsen et al., J. Appl. Cryst., vol. 34, 751-756, (2001)

• Tracking: a method for structural characterization of grains in powders or polycrystals, E.M. Lauridsen et al., J. Appl. Cryst. ,vol. 34, 744-750 (2001)

Other research

• Fast and quantitative 2D and 3D orientation mapping using Raman microscopy, O. Ilchenko et al., Nature Communications, vol. 10, 5555 (2019).

• Diffractive small angle X-ray scattering imaging for anisotropic structures, M. Kagias et al., Nature Communications, vol. 10, 5130 (2019).

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