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ID13 - Microfocus Beamline

Synopsis

ID13 is dedicated to high-spatial-resolution diffraction and scattering experiments using focused monochromatic x-ray beams. Two endstations, a microbranch and a nanobranch, are operated in time-sharing mode.
Status:  open

Disciplines

  • Life Sciences
  • Materials and Engineering
  • Environmental Sciences
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Chemistry
  • Physics
  • Cultural Heritage
  • Medicine

Applications

  • Hierarchically structured materials
  • Biological fibers and tissues (bio-materials, bio-medical applications)
  • Energy storage materials (electrochemical cells)
  • Polymer research
  • Food science
  • Earth and planetary science
  • Nano-composites
  • Semiconductors
  • Nano-structures
  • Nanobeam x-ray optics

Energy range

  • 10.0 - 20.0  keV

Beam size

  • Minimum (H x V) : 50.0 x 50.0  nm²
  • Maximum (H x V) : 20.0 x 20.0  µm²

Techniques

The beamline is specialized in XRPD, SAXS, WAXS with micro- and nano-focused beam. 

2D scanning techniques:

(in transmission and grazing incidence)

  • SAXS/WAXS – small-/wide-angle scattering
  • XRD/XRPD - X-ray (powder) diffraction and crystallography

All these method can be combined with simultaneous XRF (X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy).

3D scanning techniques:

  • Texture tomography
  • SAXS/WAXS Tensor tomography
  • XRD-CT / SAXS-CT

Beam coherence can be exploited for Bragg and forward Tomography. However these methods require solid experience on the side of the users.

For all 3D methods please contact beamline staff for feasibility and data evaluation requirements before submitting a proposal.

Technical details

The available beam parameters such as spot size, divergence, and flux vary with the incident photon energy. Various combinations of scanning mode, beam size, and fluorescence mode are available depending on the technique chosen.

For a complete description of the technical capabilities of the beamline, visit the Technical information page.

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