The properties of materials are inherently related to their structure, ultimately at the atomic level. Understanding the arrangement at this length scale is key to the development of novel materials and advanced devices. Two beamlines, I16 Materials and Magnetism and I19 Small Molecule Diffraction, support a wide programme including studying the properties of highly correlated materials and the structure of excited systems. A third beamline, I13 Imaging and Coherence, will exploit the very high brightness of Diamond to image materials down to the 20 nm range.
| I16 Materials and magnetism - this beamline provides a unique, world-class single-crystal X-ray diffraction facility for studying a diverse range of materials. It is fully optimised to combine high flux and high resolution over a wide and continuously tuneable energy range for diffraction and scattering experiments. |
| B16 Test beamline - a beamline for testing new developments in optics and detector technology and for trialling new experimental techniques. |
| I19 Small molecule single crystal diffraction - a high-intensity beamline for determining the structure of small molecule crystalline materials, such as new catalysts and 'smart' electronic materials. |