Current Call - AP8 1 October 2010 - 31 March 2011
Currently accepting proposals for AP8. We strongly suggest you discuss potential proposals first with the beamline team. Proposals must be submitted using the Online Proposal System.
Call closes 23:59 on 1st April 2010.
Small Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS) covers the major disciplines of Biology, Chemistry and Physics delivering structural and dynamic information in nanoscience, mesoscopic architectures, supramolecular structures and nucleation/growth of crystals. SAXS is also proving important in archaeological, environmental and conservation sciences, indicating an ability to span a wide range of scientific disciplines.
The high brilliance of the insertion device source on I22 allows structural investigation of materials under extreme environments (for example fluid flow at high pressures and temperatures). I22 provides reliable access to millisecond and shorter time scales, essential to understanding kinetic processes such as early folding events in proteins.
Simultaneous recording of both small and wide angle X-ray scattering (SAXS and WAXS) techniques in combination allows users to probe length scales ranging from a few Angstroms to several microns with high resolution.
Key Advantages of I22:
- High flux: essential for SAXS studies of oriented samples.
- High resolution tuneable energy: enables studies of Anomalous SAXS (ASAXS).
- Minimum beam divergence: critical for Ultra Small Angle X-ray Scattering (USAXS)