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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering Science, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, Johannesburg, 2060, South Africa

    Simon H. Connell

  2. TriSEED Consultants, LLC, Hillsborough, NC, USA

    Sekazi K. Mtingwa

  3. Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ, 08028, USA

    Tabbetha Dobbins

  4. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA

    Nkem Khumbah

  5. South African Institute of Physics, Executive Office, Pretoria, South Africa

    Brian Masara

  6. European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble, France

    Edward P. Mitchell

  7. Department of Solid State Quantum Electronics, African Physical Society, Kigali, Rwanda

    Lawrence Norris

  8. Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany

    Prosper Ngabonziza

  9. Department of Physics, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa

    Prosper Ngabonziza

  10. The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation SOC Ltd (Necsa), Pretoria, South Africa

    Tshepo Ntsoane

  11. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

    Herman Winick

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Connell, S.H., Mtingwa, S.K., Dobbins, T. et al. Towards an African Light Source. Biophys Rev 11, 499–507 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12551-019-00578-3

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