Original methodological research

Synchrotron experiments can provide information that is morphological as well as structural, chemical or elemental because of the energy resolution, low divergence and tunability of the beams produced. These features allow the use of spectro-microscopy and high resolution computed tomography techniques to understand the multi-scale heterogeneity of ancient materials.
This research area focus on:
- The development of new methodologies for 2D and 3D analysis

- The design of specific analytical couplings aimed at complete characterization of the sample;
- Manipulation of the sample and sample populations, and their analysis environments (especially for in situ studies of objects re-created in order to establish model systems);
- The location of a sample using non-invasive techniques.
 


To fully exploit the large amount of data generated by these experiments, the IPANEMA group is continuing original research on data processing in the areas of:
- Multivariate data analysis resulting from spectro-microscopy, to improve the quality of projections based on these data.
- Systematization and automation of procedures, to enable the characterization of the corpus of objects and reach the required reproducibility for inter-corpus comparisons;
- The combination of a priori information with the results of measurements to improve the quality of models generated, notably in tomography;
- The development of algorithms making it possible to combine measurements carried out using different methods.