EXPLORE ESRF BEAMLINES - ID10 Surface scattering end station - Oleg Konovalov

ID10 Surface Scattering End Station
Abstract

The ID10 Surface Scattering End Station, located at the EH1 experimental hutch of the ID10 beamline, hosts a versatile instrument designed for studying liquid, soft, and solid interfaces. This instrument combines multiple techniques, including grazing-incidence diffraction (GID), grazing-incidence wide-angle scattering (GIWAXS), grazing-incidence small-angle scattering (GISAXS), X-ray reflectivity (XRR), and X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES), into a single platform.

Scattering experiments can be conducted in both horizontal and vertical scattering geometries. High-resolution studies are achievable in both configurations through the use of analyzer crystal stages oriented differently. The beamline operates within a photon energy range of 8 to 30 keV.

ID10-SURF is optimized for research in soft condensed matter on solid, liquid, and fluid surfaces and interfaces, including buried interfaces. This facility provides insights into structures and structural changes across a wide time range (from milliseconds to hours) and length scales (from the atomic scale to 500 nm).

The standard beam size, focused on a sample using a compound refractive lens (CRL), measures 12 microns vertically and 35 microns horizontally. Additionally, a variety of sample environments, such as a Langmuir trough, enable extensive studies of soft matter and biophysical systems.

The performance and versatility of the instrument are demonstrated through representative examples.

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