TY - JOUR A1 - Guilherme, A. A1 - Buzanich, Günter A1 - Carvalho, M.L. T1 - Focusing systems for the generation of X-ray micro beam: An overview JF - Spectrochimica acta B N2 - This manuscript reviews the most used optical systems for X-ray microprobes and summarizes the experiences in research with synchrotron radiation as well as with X-ray tube generators. The need for smaller beam spot sizes for various applications and the unique properties of X-rays have induced a remarkable and fast development in X-ray optical systems. These systems are divided into three main categories: diffractive, reflective and refractive. Examples of the three will be covered in this paper, highlighting the properties that allow having spot sizes down to sub-micrometer regime. However, the extraordinary capabilities of such systems are always relative. Therefore, an overview of the techniques that use such optical systems will be given, emphasizing their applicability on several case studies. KW - X-ray optic KW - K–B mirror KW - Capillary KW - Compound refractive lens KW - Fresnel zone plate PY - 2012 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sab.2012.07.021 SN - 0584-8547 SN - 0038-6987 VL - 77 SP - 1 EP - 8 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-27722 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -