Researchers publish 1000th paper based on CLS data

The Canadian Light Source synchrotron is celebrating the 1000th peer-reviewed paper to be published based on data collected at the facility. The 1000th paper was authored by Univ of Saskatchewan researchers Courtney Phillips and Derek Peak along with CLS scientist Tom Regler using the facility's spherical grating monochromator beamline. The paper is based on experiments using soft x-rays showing how aqueous copper bonds with various organics, helping researchers understand the metal's potential toxicity in natural systems. The team is one of the world's first to use silicon drift detectors on a soft x-ray beamline enabling researchers to get separate signals from each element. The paper is the core of Phillips' MSC project funded by a Canada Graduate Scholarship-Master's Program fellowship from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council….