XChem Applications & Types of Access

How will this experiment be affected by the Covid-19 arrangements at Diamond?

Consider what you can reasonably achieve with only 2 users allowed at any one time and apply for the amount of beamtime you would need to achieve your goals within these constraints - even if this would required some beamtime to go unused (this is against normal Diamond conditions of use).

Specifically consider:

• Can the measurements be done remotely or by mail-in with Diamond staff agreement? 
• Consider what you can reasonably achieve with only 2 users allowed in the building at any one time (a shift change with 2 different users is possible). Use of labs and social distancing mean it is hard to be as efficient as normal and so apply for the amount of beamtime you would need to achieve your goals within these constraints. 
• Are you able to run your experiment with limited notice and are your samples ready? 

For academic access, calls for proposals are issued twice a year (details here) and applications are made via the User Administration System (UAS).

The AP29-30 call is now open and the submission deadline is the 3rd of March 2021.

• Standard Access (including iNEXT Discovery) - will be relevant to most groups.
• BAG Access - will be relevant to a few groups.

Like all Diamond access, proposals are reviewed competitively by independent peer review (panel 11); our current capacity is 30-40 screens per year, though likely to increase.

For any questions, contact Frank von Delft, the I04-1/XChem Principal Beamlines Scientist and Alice Douangamath, the Senior Beamline Scientist responsible for the XChem facility.

For proprietary access, contact Alex Dias from the Industrial Liaison Office.