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ArticleScientific reports2022

Fabrication of X-ray absorption gratings by centrifugal deposition of bimodal tungsten particles in high aspect ratio silicon templates.

Simon Pinzek, Alex Gustschin, Nikolai Gustschin, Manuel Viermetz, Franz Pfeiffer

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Article in Scientific reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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  1. Microfluidic Gratings for X-Ray Phase Contrast Imaging.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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Simon PinzekChair of Biomedical Physics, Department of Physics, School of Natural Sciences, Technical University of Munich, 85748, Garching, Germany. simon.pinzek@tum.de.
Alex GustschinChair of Biomedical Physics, Department of Physics, School of Natural Sciences, Technical University of Munich, 85748, Garching, Germany.
Nikolai GustschinChair of Biomedical Physics, Department of Physics, School of Natural Sciences, Technical University of Munich, 85748, Garching, Germany.
Manuel ViermetzChair of Biomedical Physics, Department of Physics, School of Natural Sciences, Technical University of Munich, 85748, Garching, Germany.
Franz PfeifferChair of Biomedical Physics, Department of Physics, School of Natural Sciences, Technical University of Munich, 85748, Garching, Germany.

Funding

European Research Council AdG 695045
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Grating-based X-ray imaging employs high aspect ratio absorption gratings to generate contrast induced by attenuating, phase-shifting, and small-angle scattering properties of the imaged object. The fabrication of the absorption gratings remains a crucial challenge of the method on its pathway to clinical applications. We explore a simple and fast centrifugal tungsten particle deposition process into silicon-etched grating templates, which has decisive advantages over conventional methods. For that, we use a bimodal tungsten particle suspension which is introduced into a custom designed grating holder and centrifuged at over 1000×g. Gratings with 45 µm period, 450 µm depth, and 170 mm × 38 mm active area are successfully processed reaching a homogeneous absorber filling. The effective absorbing tungsten thickness in the trenches is 207 µm resulting in a filling ratio of 46.6% compared to a voidless filling. The grating was tested in a Talbot-Lau interferometer designed for clinical X-ray dark-field computed tomography, where visibilities up to 33.6% at 60 kV were achieved.

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SiliconTungstenRadiographyTomography, X-Ray ComputedX-RaysSiliconTungsten

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PMID35354819
PMCPMC8968707

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