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DL-SAXS Contacts

Beamline Phone Number:
+44 (0) 1235 77 8030

Principal Beamline Scientist:
Nick Terrill
Tel: +44 (0) 1235 778047
E-mail: nick.terrill@diamond.ac.uk

Leeds Lead:
Michael Rappolt
Tel: +44 (0)113 3431931
E-mail: m.rappolt@leeds.ac.uk

DL-SAXS

Status: Operational in optimisation mode

Beamsize: 200 micron
Detector: Eiger 2 R 1M (SAXS), Pilatus 3 R 100K (WAXS)
Wavelength: 0.71 & 1.35 Å
Energy: 9.2, 17.4 keV

Scattering SAXS: Small Angle X-ray Scattering WAXS: Wide Angle X-ray Scattering GISAXS: Grazing Incidence SAXS Remote Access In situ

Welcome to the Diamond Leeds SAXS Facility

Current Status of DL-SAXS (Offline SAXS) for potential Experiments

Diamond now hosts a new Offline SAXS User facility. Jointly bid for by Diamond and Leeds University the facility, funded by the EPSRC, will offer complementary materials science measurements to those available on I22. A contract was placed with Xenocs to bring one of their first Xeuss 3.0 Q-Zoom instruments to Diamond. The Diamond-Leeds SAXS facility (DL-SAXS) is located in a new purpose built laboratory and include Sample Environment Development facilities.

DL-SAXS has recently come through a rigorous programme of commissioning and is now in its optimization phase with users from Leeds University before offering it to the wider community. 25% of the available beamtime on the instrument will be made available via PRP for measurements and run by a dedicated technician supported by the Diamond SAXS team. Look for DL-SAXS in UAS!

DL-SAXS

The Offline SAXS instrument, Xeuss 3.0, from Xenocs, has been delivered with both an Excillium Gallium MetalJet and Molybdenum Microsource options.

The instrument has a sample chamber with a standard set of sample holders for solids, liquids and gels both for in air and under vacuum measurement.

The instrument is equiped with an Eiger R 1M for SAXS data collection. Details of each of the sample hodler and other additional samples holders can be found in the sample environment section.