Aug. 2008
Dear Colleagues,
This mail is to give you the latest information concerning the ID03 surface diffraction beamline in view of the next ESRF proposal
deadline on the 1st of September (http://www.esrf.fr/UsersAndScience/UserGuide/ )
As you probably already know, on the last proposal deadline of March, 1st, ID03 has been highly requested. We received 46 proposals and we
have been able to allocate 13 of them. Generally on the September deadline the number of presented proposals is slightly lower then the
chances of getting beamtime are higher. Then if your proposal was highly graded I advice you to resubmit it.
The beamline is going quite well. The beam stability has allowed us to perform surface diffraction experiments from metal whiskers whose
dimensions were about 0.1 x 0.1 mm2.
We have also successfully performed resonance experiments. I remind you that the useful energy range is between 6 and 24 keV.
Concerning the sample environment, now we have a new low temperature set-up for the UHV diffractometer which allows to reach 25 K, with a
maximum temperature of about 1000 K. The only limitation is that with this setup it is not possible to change the sample without breaking the vacuum.
With respect to the techniques, we are now in the position of carrying out GISAXS and SXRD experiments simultaneously in both hutches and the
to correlate the surface morphology changes with the surface structure.
As presented by Joost Frenken at the last ECOSS 25 conference in Liverpool, a new flow reactor, which can be mounted on the vertical diffractometer, has been
developed in the frame of the collaboration between the University of Leiden and the ESRF.
In the case you need more precise information about the beamline performances and equipment or you wish to have an advice on the
feasibility of your proposal do not hesitate in contacting us. The present list of personnel is available at
http://www.esrf.fr/UsersAndScience/Experiments/SurfaceScience/ID03/BeamlineStaff
I look forward to see you on ID03.
Best regards,
Roberto