An X-ray detector capable of capturing images in billionths of a second has been developed by Oxfordshire scientists.
The Large Pixel Detector (LPD) can capture an image every 222 nanoseconds, allowing it to record chemical reactions as they take place.
Scientists at the Science and Technology Facilities Council’s (STFC) Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Didcot are behind the latest invention which will now be installed in Hamburg, Germany.
Lead engineer Matthew Hart, said: “It’s such a great feeling to see the detector installed ready for experiments. It’s taken 10 years of development to meet some really challenging requirements and finally the day has arrived to see it working."
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