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AWARDS

2023 R&D 100 Award - Hyperspectral X-ray Imaging Detector (HXI)

R&D 100

Established in 1963, the R&D 100 Awards is the only S&T (science and technology) awards competition that recognizes new commercial products, technologies, and materials for their technological significance that are available for sale or license.

Winner's Name

Douglas Bennett, Johnathon Gard, John A.B. Mates, Nathan Ortiz, Daniel Schmidt, Daniel Swetz, Joel Ullom, Daniel Becker, Jozsef Imrek, Kelsey Morgan, Abigail Wessels

Awarded

August 22, 2023

Awarding Organization

R&D World

Category: Mechanical/Materials
Developers: Los Alamos National Laboratory
Co-Developers: National Institute of Standards, Boulder, CO; University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
United States

Product Description: The hyperspectral x-ray imaging (HXI) detector provides ultra-sensitive elemental and chemical composition analysis with nanoscale spatial resolution for a wide range of materials. HXI delivers a new capability in energy resolution and efficiency for material analysis in scanning electron microscopes, allowing researchers to measure material signatures at the nanoscale.

Electronics and Sensors