PIXE imaging of hyperaccumulator plants using the Maia detector array

Jamie S. Laird; Chris G. Ryan; Robin A. Kirkham; Antony van der Ent; David N. Jamieson

doi:10.1016/j.nimb.2019.05.020

PIXE imaging of hyperaccumulator plants using the Maia detector array

Jamie S. Laird^*, Chris G. Ryan, Robin A. Kirkham, Antony van der Ent, David N. Jamieson

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

With its large solid angle and an input count rate beyond 10 M/s, the PIXE Maia system, recently commissioned on the CSIRO-MARC NMP at the University of Melbourne, is ideally suited to rapid, large area, high definition mapping of biological materials such as hyperaccumulator plants. These plants possess an unusual ability to accumulate large levels of toxic elements from their local environment. In this paper we summarise results collected on three accumulators, two Ni and one As. Damage issues related to PIXE analysis of materials are briefly discussed in the context of higher beam currents and fluorescence data collected to minimise their influence. Elemental maps for the three samples are then discussed as are the obvious advantages of the Maia system.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	73-78
Number of pages	6
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Volume	451
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2019.05.020
Publication status	Published - 15 Jul 2019
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Hyper-accumulator plants
Nuclear Microprobe (NMP)
Particle Induced X-ray Emission (PIXE)
Phytomining

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