Applications of Synchrotron Radiation for Environmental Sciences and Materials Research for Development of Environmentally Friendly Resources
Closed for Proposals
Project Type
Coordinated Research ProjectProject Code
F11015
CRP
1751
Approved Date
15 July 2011Project Status
ClosedStart Date
10 February 2012Expected End Date
9 February 2016Completed Date
18 February 2016Description
Synchrotron radiation (SR) laboratories offer a wide variety of techniques that can be applied to the study of matter. The scientists making use of Synchrotron radiation come from many different fields ranging from physics and chemistry, to materials, environmental and life sciences. Synchrotron science is advancing rapidly. This includes the development of ‘4th-generation’ sources, significant upgrades to storage ring based sources and advances in optics and detectors. Remote access mechanisms are being established by most facilities, providing additional access opportunities. Facilities and users in developing countries could also benefit from these developments and many countries have already taken action in this direction. Since the SR facility can be used in many fields, it can foster inter-disciplinary research activities within as well as between countries. One of the fast growing applications of SR is in environmental science and engineering, and it would be appropriate and relevant to the IAEA mandates and needs of Member States, to formulate a CRP on application of SR focussing on two important areas, namely Materials and Environmental Sciences. This project is expected to build capabilities to use SR, to develop research programs in this area and finally lead to socio-economic development in the MS.
Objectives
Optimization of Synchrotron X-ray Radiation based techniques for applications in Material sciences and environmental sciences.
Specific Objectives
Study the role of the crystallisation enhancer in building ceramics (conventional brick, earthenware or industrial ceramics, where the role of metal containing crystallisation enhancers is often determined empirically) using SR based techniques
Establishment of interdisciplinary research programs based on the use of SR for the development of new mining technologies that are environmentally sustainable.
Application of SR to optimize the preparation of conventional building materials such as cements and concrete
Establishment of synchrotron measurements, particularly XAS, as new and reliable tools for environmental monitoring.
Establishment of comprehensive interdisciplinary research programs based on the use of SR, that can span a complete range of processes including analysis of solid mine tailings, that have an implication on the food chain.
Impact
The CRP utilized SR and complimentary methodologies including ion beam analysis to provide improved characterization and better understanding of materials properties, and their interactions of environmental relevance, such as chemical speciation of a variety of elements in a wide spatial range. With this new information, advances in the following fields were obtained: Advanced understanding of metal bioavailability and its impact on the establishment of vegetation in contaminated sites; Increased awareness about potential toxic effects among population and governmental official sectors; Appraisal of human health hazards by toxic elements contained in agricultural products; Preventive conservation of artworks by increasing awareness of photo aging process and recommending to museum curators appropriate preventing measures such as lowering of ambient light levels for some paintings and more systematic use of transparent covers (glass covers or intact varnish layers).
CRP Publications
MEXICO (Univ. of Guanajuato), FRANCE (ESRF Grenoble), ITALY (Elettra-Sincrotrone), SLOVENIA (Univ. of Ljubljana and Jo?ef Stefan Institute)
Research Paper
2017
Authors: R. Loredo-Portales, H. Castillo-Michel, G. Aquilanti, Ma. G. De La Rosa-álvarez, D. O. Rocha-Amador, K. Vogel-Mikus, P. Kump, G. Cruz-Jiménez; Paper title: Synchrotron based study of As mobility and speciation in tailings from a mining site in Mexico; Journal: Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, Vol. 5, Pages 1140-1149, Year 2017
SLOVENIA (University of Ljubljana, University of Nova Gorica, and Jo?ef Stefan Institute)
Article
2013
Authors: ?pela Koren, Iztok Arcon, Peter Kump, Marijan Necemer and Katarina Vogel-Miku?; Paper title: Influence of CdCl2 and CdSO4 supplementation on Cd distribution and ligand environment in leaves of the Cd hyperaccumulator Noccaea (Thlaspi) praecox; Journal: Plant Soil, Vol. 370, pages 125–148, Year 2013
INDIA (Nat. Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali 160071), and SLOVENIA (University of Ljubljana, University of Nova Gorica, and Jo?ef Stefan Institute)
Research Paper
2013
Authors: Sudhir P. Singh, Katarina Vogel-Miku?, Iztok Arcon, Primo? Vavpetic, Luka Jeromel, Primo? Pelicon, Jitendra Kumar, and Rakesh Tuli; Paper title: Pattern of iron distribution in maternal and filial tissues in wheat grains with contrasting levels of iron; Journal: Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 64, pages 3249–3260, Year 2013
Slovenia/ University of Ljubljana
article
2014
KLANCNIK, Katja, VOGEL-MIKU?, Katarina, GABER?CIK, Alenka. Silicified structures affect leaf optical properties in grasses and sedge. Journal of photochemistry and photobiology. B, Biology, 2014, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2013.10.011
BELGIUM (Université catholique de Louvain and University of Liège), SLOVENIA (Univ. of Ljubljana, Jo?ef Stefan Inst., Univ. of Nova Gorica and Nat. Inst. of Chemistry), LUXEMBOURG (Centre de Recherche Public, Belvaux)
Original Article
2013
Authors: Isabelle Lefèvre, Katarina Vogel-Miku?, Luka Jeromel, Primo? Vavpetic, Sébastien Planchon, Iztok Arcon, Johannes T. Van Elteren, Gilles Lepoint, Sylvie Gobert, Jenny Renaut, Primo? Pelicon, Stanley Lutts; Paper title: Differential cadmium and zinc distribution in relation to their physiological impact in the leaves of the accumulating Zygophyllum fabago L., Journal: Plant, Cell and Environment, Vol. 37, Pages 1299–1320, Year 2014
MEXICO (Univ. of Guanajuato), FRANCE (ESRF Grenoble), SLOVENIA (Univ. of Ljubljana and Jo?ef Stefan Institute)
Journal Article
2015
Authors: René Loredo Portales, Gustavo Cruz Jiménez, Hiram Castillo Michel, Diana Olivia Rocha Amador, Katarina Vogel Miku?, Peter Kump and Guadalupe de la Rosa; Paper title: Understanding Copper speciation and mobilization in soils and mine tailings from “Mineral La Aurora” in central Mexico; Journal: Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana, Vol. 67, Pages 447-456, Year 2015
Mexico/ Universidad de Guanajuato
article
2015
Morales-López Gladys, de la Rosa-álvarez Ma. Guadalupe, García-Jiménez Ma. Guadalupe, Delgado-Ríos Marcos, Rocha-Amador Diana O., Castillo-Michel Hiram, Gardea-Torresdey Jorge, Cruz-Jiménez Gustavo. Iron speciation in PM10 from a Mexican city: X-ray absorption spectroscopy as a tool for the identification of the potential source of pollution. Prepared for Environmental Geochemistry
Mongolia/ National University of Mongolia
article
2015
Tserenpil Sh., Sapkota A., Peng J-H., Liu C-Q, Liu B. 2015. Variation in lead isotopic ratios in Mongolian urban and rural soils. Euroasian Soil Sciences (under review).
MEXICO (Univ. of Guanajuato), FRANCE (ESRF Grenoble), SLOVENIA (Univ. of Ljubljana and Jo?ef Stefan Institute)
Conference Proceedings Paper
2014
Authors: Guadalupe de la Rosa, J. Jesús Ibarra Sánchez, Gustavo Cruz-Jiménez, Rene Loredo-Portales, Katarina Vogel, Hiram Castillo-Michel; Paper title: Dinámica de Arsénico en el Sistema de Jales Mineros de ¨La Aurora¨: Importancia de la Interdisciplinariedad en la resolución de Problemas Ambientales; Journal: Memorias del XXXV Encuentro Nacional de la AMIDIQ (Puerto Vallarta, México, May 6-9, 2014), published by Academia Mexicana de Investigación y Docencia en Ingeniería Química (AMIDIQ); Pages 759-763, Year 2014 ISBN 978-607-95593-2-8
Jordan/SESAME
article
2015
Messaoud Harfouche, Ayoup M. Ghrair, Da’san M. Jaradat, Riyad M. Jaber, Nashat Swai and Giuliana Aquilanti (2015) Absorption and Mobility of Cr and Zn in Soil in the Vicinity of Jordan River XAFS16 conference, Karlsruhe Germany, August 2015(will be published in the conference proceedings)
Slovenia/ University of Ljubljana
article
2013
KOREN, ?pela, ARCON, Iztok, KUMP, Peter, NECEMER, Marijan, VOGEL-MIKU?, Katarina. Influence of CdCl2 and CdSO4 supplementation on Cd distribution and ligand environment in leaves of the Cd hyperaccumulator Noccaea (Thlaspi) praecox. Plant and soil, 2013, 125-148, doi: 10.1007/s11104-013-1617-0.
Jordan/SESAME
article
2015
M. Harfouche, G. Aquilanti, A. M. Ghrair, D. M. Jaradat and A. AlDarabee (2015) Elemental distribution and structural behavior of heavy metals in Jordan soils: an XRF and XAFS study (in preparation)
CANADA (Canadian Light Source Inc., Saskatoon, SK, Canada)
Paper
2015
Authors: Lisa L. Van Loon, Cassidy Throssell and Michael D. Dutton; Paper title: Comparison of nickel speciation in workplace aerosol samples using sequential extraction analysis and X-ray absorption near-edge structure spectroscopy; Journal: Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, Vol. 17, Pages 922-931, Year 2015
Slovenia/ University of Ljubljana
Doctoral thesis
2013
KOREN, ?pela. Vpliv kadmija na mineralno prehrano in metabolizem ogljikovih hidratov pri ranem mo?njaku (Thlaspi praecox Wulf.): doktorska disertacija = Impact of cadmium on mineral nutrition and carbohydrate metabolism in pennycress (Thlaspi praecox Wulf.): doctoral dissertation. Ljubljana: [?. Koren], 2013. 133 p. (supervisor prof.dr. Marjana Regvar, co-supervisor prof.dr. Katarina Vogel-Miku?)
Mexico/ Universidad de Guanajuato
article
2013
Guadalupe de la Rosa, Hiram Castillo-Michel, Gustavo Cruz-Jiménez, Jesús Bernal-Alvarado, Teodoro Córdova-Fraga, Laura López-Moreno, Marine Cotte. "Cr localization and speciation in roots of chromate fed Helianthus annuus L. seedlings using synchrotron techniques" 2013. International Journal of Phytoremediation. DOI: 10.1080/15226514.2013.810584.
Mexico/ Universidad de Guanajuato
article
2015
René Loredo Portales, Gustavo Cruz Jiménez, Hiram Castillo Michel, Diana Olivia Rocha Amador, Katarina Vogel Mikus, Peter Kump, Guadalupe de la Rosa. “Understanding Copper speciation and mobilization in soils and mine tailings from “Mineral La Aurora” in central Mexico: contributions from Synchrotron techniques“. 2015. Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica de México. Accepted
Slovenia/ University of Ljubljana
article
2013
SINGH, Sudhir P., VOGEL-MIKU?, Katarina, ARCON, Iztok, VAVPETIC, Primo?, JEROMEL, Luka, PELICON, Primo?, KUMAR, Jitendra, TULI, Rakesh. Pattern of iron distribution in maternal and filial tissues in wheat grains with contrasting levels of iron. Journal of Experimental Botany, 2013, 3249-3260, doi: 10.1093/jxb/ert160.
Slovenia/ University of Ljubljana
article
2013
SINGH, Sudhir P., VOGEL-MIKU?, Katarina, VAVPETIC, Primo?, JEROMEL, Luka, PELICON, Primo?, KUMAR, Jitendra, TULI, Rakesh. Spatial X-ray fluorescence micro-imaging of minerals in grain tissues of wheat and related genotypes. Planta, 2014, 277-289, doi: 10.1007/s00425-014-2084-4
Mexico/ Universidad de Guanajuato
article
2015
René Loredo Portales, Gustavo Cruz Jiménez, Hiram Castillo Michel, Diana Olivia Rocha Amador, Katarina Vogel Mikus, Peter Kump, Guadalupe de la Rosa. Arsenic speciation and mobility in mine tailings from the Guanajuato mining District. In preparation.
SLOVENIA (Univ. of Ljubljana and Jo?ef Stefan Institute)
Doctoral Dissertation
2013
Authors: ?pela Koren; Title: Impact of cadmium on mineral nutrition and carbohydrate metabolism in pennycress (Thlaspi praecox Wulf.) [Vpliv kadmija na mineralno prehrano in metabolizem ogljikovih hidratov pri ranem mo?njaku (Thlaspi praecox Wulf.)]; Supervised by Prof. Alenka GABER?CIK, Dr. Katarina VOGEL-MIKU?, Prof. Marjana REGVAR and Dr. Primo? PELICON
MEXICO (Univ. of Guanajuato), FRANCE (ESRF Grenoble), PUERTO RICO (Univ. of Puerto Rico)
Original Article
2014
Authors: Guadalupe de la Rosa, Hiram Castillo-Michel, Gustavo Cruz-Jiménez, Jesús Bernal-Alvarado, Teodoro Córdova-Fraga, Laura López-Moreno and Marine Cotte; Paper title: Cr Localization and Speciation in Roots of Chromate Fed Helianthus annuus L. Seedlings Using Synchrotron Techniques; Journal: International Journal of Phytoremediation, Vol. 16, Pages 1073-1086, Year 2014
Slovenia/ University of Ljubljana
article
2014
LEFEVRE, Isabelle, VOGEL-MIKU?, Katarina, JEROMEL, Luka, VAVPETIC, Primo?, PLANCHON, Sébastien, ARCON, Iztok, ELTEREN, Johannes Teun van, LEPOINT, Gilles, GOBERT, Sylvie, RENAUT, Jenny, PELICON, Primo?, LUTTS, Stanley. Differential cadmium and zinc distribution in relation to their physiological impact in the leaves of the accumulating Zygophyllum fabago L. Plant, cell and environment, 2014, 1299-1320, doi: 10.1111/pce.12234
China/Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
article
2015
Xibai Zeng , Shiming Su, Qiufen Feng, Xiurong Wang, Yangzhu Zhang, Lili Zhang, Sheng Jiang, Aiguo Li, Lianfang Li, Yanan Wang, Cuixia Wu, Lingyu Bai, Ran Duan, Arsenic speciation transformation and arsenite influx and efflux across the cell membrane of fungi investigated using HPLC–HG–AFS and in-situ XANES, Chemosphere 119 (2015) 1163–1168
SLOVENIA (Univ. of Ljubljana, Jo?ef Stefan Institute and Univ. of Nova Gorica)
Book Chapter
2012
Authors: Katarina Vogel-Miku?, Iztok Arcon, Peter Kump, Primo? Pelicon, Marijan Necemer, Primo? Vavpetic, Marjana ?pela; Title: (Chapter 25) Analytical tools for exploring metal accumulation and tolerance in plants; Journal: Book “Phytotechnologies”, edited by Naser A. Anjum, Maria E. Pereira, Iqbal Ahmad, Armando C. Duarte, Shahid Umar, and Nafees A. Khan (CRC Press, Boca Raton, 2012), pages 443 - 496
INDIA (Nat. Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali 160071), and SLOVENIA (University of Ljubljana and Jo?ef Stefan Institute)
Original Article
2014
Authors: Sudhir P. Singh, Katarina Vogel-Miku?, Primo? Vavpetic, Luka Jeromel, Primo? Pelicon, Jitendra Kumar, and Rakesh Tuli; Paper title: Spatial X-ray fluorescence micro-imaging of minerals in grain tissues of wheat and related genotypes; Journal: Planta, Vol. 240, pages 277–289, Year 2014
SLOVENIA (University of Ljubljana)
Research Paper
2014
Authors: Katja Klancnik, Katarina Vogel-Miku?, Alenka Gaber?cik; Paper title: Silicified structures affect leaf optical properties in grasses and sedge; Journal: Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology Vol. 130, Pages 1-10, Year 2014
Mexico/ Universidad de Guanajuato
article
2014
Dinámica de Arsénico en el Sistema de Jales Mineros de ¨La Aurora¨: Importancia de la Interdisciplinariedad en la resolución de Problemas Ambientales. Guadalupe de la Rosa, J. Jesús Ibarra Sánchez, Gustavo Cruz-Jiménez, Rene Loredo-Portales, Katarina Vogel, Hiram Castillo-Michel. Proceedings XXXV Encuentro Nacional de la AMIDIQ. 759-763. 2014. ISBN 978-607-95593-2-8.
Slovenia/ University of Ljubljana
article
2013
VOGEL-MIKU?, Katarina, ARCON, Iztok, KUMP, Peter, PELICON, Primo?, NECEMER, Marijan, VAVPETIC, Primo?, KOREN, ?pela, REGVAR, Marjana. Analytical tools for exploring metal accumulation and tolerance in plants. V: ANJUM, Naser A. (ur.). Phytotechnologies: remediation of environmental contaminants. Boca Raton (FL): Taylor & Francis, cop. 2013, 443-495.
Mongolia/ National University of Mongolia
article
2012
Tserenpil Sh., Liu C-Q., Wang L. 2012. Antimony binding to soil-derived humic acid: Nuclear Magnatic Resonance and X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure Spectroscopy study. Microchemical journal. 68-73.