Visualization of elemental distributions and local analysis of element-specific chemical states of an Arachnoidiscus sp. frustule using soft X-ray spectromicroscopy

Tomoko Ishihara; Takuo Ohkochi; Akinobu Yamaguchi; Yoshinori Kotani; Masaki Oura

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0243874

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Visualization of elemental distributions and local analysis of element-specific chemical states of an Arachnoidiscus sp. frustule using soft X-ray spectromicroscopy

Tomoko Ishihara,

Roles Investigation, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Soft X-ray Spectroscopy Instrumentation Team, Physical and Chemical Research Infrastructure Group, Advanced Photon Technology Division, RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Sayo-gun, Hyogo, Japan
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Takuo Ohkochi,

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Soft X-ray Spectroscopy Instrumentation Team, Physical and Chemical Research Infrastructure Group, Advanced Photon Technology Division, RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Sayo-gun, Hyogo, Japan, Spectroscopic Analysis Group II, Spectroscopy and Imaging Division, Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI), Sayo-gun, Hyogo, Japan
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Akinobu Yamaguchi,

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Soft X-ray Spectroscopy Instrumentation Team, Physical and Chemical Research Infrastructure Group, Advanced Photon Technology Division, RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Sayo-gun, Hyogo, Japan, Laboratory of Advanced Science and Technology for Industry (LASTI), University of Hyogo, Ako-gun, Hyogo, Japan
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Yoshinori Kotani,

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Spectroscopic Analysis Group II, Spectroscopy and Imaging Division, Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI), Sayo-gun, Hyogo, Japan
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Masaki Oura

Roles Writing – original draft

* E-mail: oura@spring8.or.jp

Affiliation Soft X-ray Spectroscopy Instrumentation Team, Physical and Chemical Research Infrastructure Group, Advanced Photon Technology Division, RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Sayo-gun, Hyogo, Japan

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9999-5612

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Visualization of elemental distributions and local analysis of element-specific chemical states of an Arachnoidiscus sp. frustule using soft X-ray spectromicroscopy

Tomoko Ishihara,
Takuo Ohkochi,
Akinobu Yamaguchi,
Yoshinori Kotani,
Masaki Oura

Published: December 16, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243874

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