The JATOBÁ beamline is dedicated to the study of a wide range of materials using the X-ray diffraction technique known as PDF, or Pair Distribution Function

The Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory, part of the Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), is commissioning a new Synchrotron Light Source, Sirius, one of the brightest in the world in its energy range. The beamlines under construction for the Sirius/LNLS are based on advanced technologies in various engineering fields and synchrotron light techniques. The JATOBÁ beamline is being built to produce a high-energy x-ray beam, focused on micrometric dimensions, dedicated to the study of a wide range of materials using the X-ray diffraction technique known as PDF, or Pair Distribution Function.

The project will be developed in collaboration among LNLS, the Environmental Chemistry Group at the Chemical Institute of UNICAMP and the Cellular and Molecular Biology Laboratory of CENA/USP (Piracicaba, SP). The project aims to study the speciation, bioaccumulation and biotransformation of arsenic in two cyanobacteria when exposed to a medium enriched with As (III)/As(V).

The project will be developed through collaboration between professors from IGCE / UNESPetro and researchers from the Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS), from the Brazilian Center for Research in Energies and Materials (CNPEM) aimed at studying the elementary composition of heterogeneous and hierarchical materials.